Microsoft has announced that its Surface Hub 3 meeting and collaboration boards are now generally available.
The boards, available in both 50-inch and 85-inch sizes, intend to “symbolise a paradigm shift in conceptualising teamwork and workspace technology”, according to Microsoft, emphasising user-centric design and seamless collaboration.
The Surface Hub 3 also supports Smart Rotation and portrait modes, making it simple to switch the screen layout to whatever suits a user’s needs.
Frank Buchholz, Senior Program Manager at Microsoft, wrote in an accompanying blog:
We’re pleased to announce Surface Hub 3 begins shipping today, available in both 50-inch and 85-inch sizes. Designed end-to-end by Microsoft, Surface Hub 3 is the premier all-in-one hybrid meeting and collaboration device built for modern work.”
The all-in-one device aims to address the needs of modern businesses, providing a fusion of Microsoft’s classic design and advanced collaboration functionality with intuitive use, versatility and full integration with Microsoft Teams Rooms.
The Surface Hub 3 Feature Set
Surface Hub 3 provides an integrated, enhanced Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows experience, bridging the gulf between remote and in-office participants so that everyone on a call is engaged via video, audio, and interactive content sharing.
Advanced features like Front Row create more immersive collaboration between in-person and virtual meeting participants so users can see people, content and chat simultaneously.
The Surface Hub 3’s 20-point multi-touch, dual-pen active inking and high-quality optics provide an excellent user experience. Its 4K screen and intelligent camera also provide clarity and focus whether a user is in the meeting room or joining remotely.
Surface Hub 3 offers versatility for users to rotate the device to Portrait or physically roll it into other locations to accommodate different meeting rooms, with an upgradeable modular design.
By being built on the Windows 11 IoT Enterprise, the Surface Hub 3 device features layers of security and intuitive management, ensuring an organisation’s data is protected while streamlining device admin.
What Else Has Happened In Teams This Week?
Gartner has released its UCaaS Magic Quadrant 2023, which displays the UCaaS market leaders. Vendors from across the UC industry seek a coveted top right-hand corner position of its “magic quadrant”; those leaders whose products and services make it a worthwhile option for potential customers.
As with the 2022 edition, Microsoft led the way thanks to its substantial Teams offering. Teams was followed by RingCentral, Zoom and Cisco, respectively — identical to their positions for 2022. As with last year, too, 8×8 takes fifth place.
In other Teams news, Microsoft is introducing a new feature to Teams Premium that will allow organisers to prevent participants from copying or forwarding meeting chats.
After the organiser enables this new restriction, chat participants cannot copy chat messages using the menu option or keyboard shortcut. Participants won’t be able to forward or share messages through Outlook either. The new feature intends to mitigate the risk of data leaks, as stopping copied or forwarded chat messages can better control sensitive information.
Microsoft also announced that the new Teams client is now generally available for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) customers.
The new Teams client is faster in overall responsiveness, including launching the app and joining meetings, and is up to two times faster while consuming 50 percent less memory and disk space than classic Teams.
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