Category: Devices

  • Using non-Teams Room Licensing on your Teams Room Systems and Surface Hubs? Read This.

    Important Update: Teams Rooms Device Licensing Enforcement has been extended to Sept. 30, 2023. Check out this tech community update for further details. If you’re using Microsoft Teams Room systems or Surface Hubs in your organisation, these devices will be licensed to allow connectivity to Microsoft 365. Microsoft have two licenses available for Teams Rooms…

  • Register a Poly Rove DECT Handset DIRECTLY to Microsoft Teams

    Back in September of 2021, Microsoft announced the public preview of their SIP Gateway solution that would allow select “Standard SIP” phones to connect to Teams. This feature has since become generally available and was welcome news, as it allowed organisations that had a large investment in non-Teams native handsets to bring them across during…

  • Using 3PIP Phones with Skype for Business Online or Microsoft Teams? Read This.

    Waaaaaay back in April this year, Microsoft announced that they were changing the way Skype for Business Certified IP Phones (or 3PIP devices, more on that shortly) are approved for sign in against Office 365. Today, something called an Application ID (or App ID for short) is shared across all devices that have approved 3PIP…

  • Devices for Microsoft Teams

    Microsoft’s Ignite conference has come and gone for another year, and it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to say that 2018 was the year of Microsoft Teams. There were over 60 sessions dedicated to Teams (with a single solitary session to cover Skype for Business – Server 2019), clearly articulating Microsoft’s confidence and…

  • Still Using Lync Phone Edition Devices? Read This

    UPDATE: Microsoft have changed their stance on support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 within Office 365 post October 31st 2018. From this date, TLS 1.0/1.1 will not be supported, but devices still using these will not be blocked from connecting to Office 365. Read more about it here. Ahhhh fond memories. I recall with much joy…

  • Introducing the Polycom Trio 8500 Conference Device

    Towards the end of 2015, it was with great joy that the world welcomed the Polycom Trio 8800 conference room device into being. Prior to this, the conference phone of choice for Lync/Skype for Business deployments was the Polycom CX3000: a somewhat ageing platform that was still running Lync Phone Edition software, which Microsoft is…