Teams Room | KC's Blog https://www.kjctech.net Tue, 24 Jan 2023 18:20:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/www.kjctech.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-KC-Logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Teams Room | KC's Blog https://www.kjctech.net 32 32 24634607 Updating Microsoft Teams Room https://www.kjctech.net/updating-microsoft-teams-room/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=updating-microsoft-teams-room https://www.kjctech.net/updating-microsoft-teams-room/#respond Mon, 28 Feb 2022 07:29:21 +0000 https://www.kjctech.net/?p=4728 The good news is that Microsoft Teams Room is distributed through the Microsoft Store so the updates to the app are installed from that automatically during nightly maintenance. But if needed, a manual update can be done as well. This document from Microsoft includes everything you need to know about the manual update process. However, here is the quick rundown […]

The post Updating Microsoft Teams Room first appeared on KC's Blog.]]> The good news is that Microsoft Teams Room is distributed through the Microsoft Store so the updates to the app are installed from that automatically during nightly maintenance. But if needed, a manual update can be done as well.

This document from Microsoft includes everything you need to know about the manual update process. However, here is the quick rundown that simplifies the process.

First, download the offline app update script. For example, https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2151817 is the version of 4.11.12.0.

Copy the script to a USB drive. Installing it through a USB drive just seems to be easier.

Now let’s update the Teams Room console.

Press the Win key five times, the windows login screen will show up. Switch to Administrator and use the default password “sfb” if you haven’t changed to log in.

Insert the USB drive that has the offline app update script into the computer. Open an elevated PowerShell window and run the following cmdlet.

PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted "D:\MTR-Update-4.11.12.0.ps1"

Restart the room device and you are all set.

The post Updating Microsoft Teams Room first appeared on KC's Blog.]]> https://www.kjctech.net/updating-microsoft-teams-room/feed/ 0 4728 Setting Up Your Own Microsoft Teams Rooms System https://www.kjctech.net/setting-up-your-own-microsoft-teams-rooms-system/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=setting-up-your-own-microsoft-teams-rooms-system https://www.kjctech.net/setting-up-your-own-microsoft-teams-rooms-system/#comments Sun, 19 Sep 2021 07:53:55 +0000 https://www.kjctech.net/?p=4670 I managed to get my hands on a set of Logitech Meetup Kit for Microsoft Teams lately and almost immediately fell in love with both the equipment and the Microsoft Teams Room system. The one-touch to start the meeting works great and does improve a lot the whole video meeting experience. The Kit includes a 4K camera, a touch-enabled Tap […]

The post Setting Up Your Own Microsoft Teams Rooms System first appeared on KC's Blog.]]> I managed to get my hands on a set of Logitech Meetup Kit for Microsoft Teams lately and almost immediately fell in love with both the equipment and the Microsoft Teams Room system. The one-touch to start the meeting works great and does improve a lot the whole video meeting experience.

The Kit includes a 4K camera, a touch-enabled Tap device, and a Lenovo MniPC that is preloaded by the Microsoft Teams Room system.

I was so intrigued by the preloaded system that I dug a bit deep to see if I can use my existing devices to build the system up on my own. Believe it or not, it’s totally doable.

Requirements

  • A miniPC that runs Windows 10 with its ePKEA license key.
  • A Windows I0 IoT Enterprise installation media, build 19041.631 or 19042.631 for the moment.
  • A certified Tap device to pass the initial setup.
  • A resouce mailbox that subscribes to Microsoft Teams license.

If you are setting it up on a Surface Pro 4 or up, you might be able to pass the room’s initial setup without a Tap device.

Speaking of the Tap device, it’s really nice to have it. As matter of a fact, for the Teams meeting, it seems a must because, for Teams meeting, you will need 2 screens to operate, one for the console and one for the actual meeting. If you are only using Zoom, you can get away with only one screen. Meaning that the tap is not necessary if you are only on Zoom meetings.

As for Windows 10 license, the devices from the vendors that run Teams Room are licensed by Windows 10 IoT enterprise. But technically, it should be able to run on other versions of Windows 10 as well.

Setting it up

First of all, prepare the installation media.

Simply download the CreateSrsMedia.ps1 script and run it through an elevated PowerShell window.

Choose OEM when first asked, then you will need the following to prepare the installation media.

Select 7 for none when prompted by this:

When asked for the path to the root of the Windows install media, right-click the Windows 10 IoT Enterprise Media and choose Mount to mount as a drive on your system. And then use the drive letter for the question.

Then, wait…it could take some time to prepare the media.

Now, boot from this media on the miniPC you want to set up as the Teams Room.

You will have a Microsoft Teams Room ready shortly after.

A few quick notes

The default password for the local admin account of a Teams Room is sfb. So you should change it right after you have set it up.

You can join the room to your on-premise domain or Azure AD but it’s totally optional. I actually prefer it’s being a standalone machine solely for one function.

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