As of August 19, 2022, Microsoft has announced an update regarding Teams meeting room licenses.
Indeed, from September 01, 2022, Microsoft will start offering Microsoft Teams Rooms Basic and Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro licenses to replace the previous licenses offered: Microsoft Teams Rooms Standard and Microsoft Teams Rooms Premium.
For all the features included or not, please refer to the table below or the links in the source section below.
| Feature name | Microsoft Teams Rooms Basic | Microsoft Teams Room Pro |
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Supported experiences |
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Teams Rooms on Windows |
Included |
Included |
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Teams Rooms on Android |
Included |
Included |
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Teams Rooms on Surface Hub |
Included |
Included |
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Meeting join |
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One-touch join |
Included |
Included |
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Proximity join |
Included |
Included |
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Meeting ID |
Included |
Included |
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Meet now (start ad-hoc meetings) |
Included |
Included |
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Direct guest join for Zoom and Webex meetings |
Included |
Included |
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Join meetings across Teams clouds |
Not included |
Included |
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Check-in with Teams panel |
Not included |
Included |
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Share and collaborate |
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Share and view all Teams content types |
Included |
Included |
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Share an analog whiteboard with intelligent content capture |
Not included |
Included |
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Meeting commitment |
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Teams video gallery with multiple layout options |
Included |
Included |
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Front row |
Not included |
Included |
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Together mode |
Not included |
Included |
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Large gallery (up to 50 videos) |
Not included |
Included |
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Split gallery across two screens |
Not included |
Included |
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Engage with chat and Loop components |
Not included |
Included |
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Calling |
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Make and receive peer-to-peer and group calls |
Included |
Included |
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Microsoft 365 Phone System |
Not included |
Included |
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PSTN Calling |
Not included |
Included |
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Inbound and outbound SIP/H323 video calls |
Not included |
Included |
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Intelligent audio and video (may require additional peripherals) |
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Intelligent speaker support for live transcript with speaker identification |
Not included |
Included |
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Intelligent camera support with multiple video streams |
Not included |
Included |
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Support for multiple cameras |
Not included |
Included |
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Panoramic room view |
Not included |
Included |
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Remote PTZ controls |
Not included |
Included |
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AI noise suppression |
Not included |
Included |
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People counting |
Not included |
Included |
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Security and compliance |
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Secure operating system |
Included |
Included |
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System-level security (such as secure boot and assigned access) |
Included |
Included |
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Endpoint management with Microsoft Endpoint Manager |
Not included |
Included |
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Azure Active Directory Advanced Grouping and Conditional Access |
Not included |
Included |
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Device management |
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Teams admin center enrollment and inventory |
Included |
Included |
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Automatic software updates |
Included |
Included |
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Detailed system and configuration information |
Not Included |
Included |
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Peripheral health management |
Not included |
Included |
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Remote settings configuration |
Not included |
Included |
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Device history and activity |
Not included |
Included |
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Device alerting |
Not included |
Included |
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Device analytics |
Not included |
Included |
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Custom tagging |
Not included |
Included |
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App updates and AI-powered remediation service previously offered as part of managed services within Microsoft Teams Rooms Premium |
Not included |
Included |
Source:
New Microsoft Teams Rooms licensing updates
Teams Rooms Plans and Pricing | Microsoft 365
I don’t know about you, but if I was a company with 30+ team meeting rooms that made calls over the public network (PSTN ) and was paying $15/room/month, and now I’m going to have to pay $40/room/month that hurts!
