Lightware – Microsoft Teams Rooms Integration
Lightware’s Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTRoW) Integration to Expand and Extend AV Connectivity with Automation and Room Control features
Seamless Technology Integration
Lightware's Taurus Switcher solutions with Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows was developed for system integrators, IT professionals and corporate meeting room users, it delivers advanced Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) functionality and room control capabilities for Teams meeting spaces.
Microsoft Teams Rooms Integration for Taurus UCX/TPX
With this collaboration corporate spaces can streamline their meeting processes, ensuring seamless integration of personal devices and centralized room control. Education facilities can enhance classroom cooperation by enabling easy content sharing and efficient room management. Conference venues can elevate the attendee experience with flexible connectivity options.
Our Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTRoW) integration enables
to use meeting room peripherals in BYOD mode
You can enjoy the professional peripherals of the meeting room (like Teams certified cameras and microphones), while you can start the meeting call from your own laptop, using any collaboration platforms.
to share content on Teams calls
You can share content from your laptop while an MTR call is in progress
to control devices in the room
The icons available on the touch screen can be programmed through LARA to control room equipment such as projector, screen and lighting.
Up to three clients can be connected and switched between them automatically or manually by the Teams like touch-interface
Powered by the Taurus product family, it augments the Microsoft Teams Rooms experience by allowing users to effortlessly integrate their personal laptops with the room’s meeting system. This enables flexible content sharing together with access to lighting, projector and shade controls from a single control panel.
Automatic and Manual Source Selection
During MTR Call
During an ongoing meeting, the room peripherals (like cameras, audio devices) are always connected to the MTR, while laptops only function as sources.
During Out of Call
The connected laptops can receive the meeting room peripherals as BYOD clients, which can be done manually or automatically.
Room Contol Functions
Using the touchpanel allows control over the following functions within the meeting room:
- Displays on/off
- Projector on/off
- Projector screen on/off
- Light control on/off
Additional room control functions are under development.
The system’s main components are
Taurus UCX/TPX/TPN Series
Universal Switchers with
HDMI 2.0 and USB-C connectivity
MTRoW Bundle
MS Teams Rooms PC and Touchpanel
MS Teams Certified Peripherals
Webcam, PTZ camera, screen
Additional functions can be introduced to further enhance meeting room capabilities with the Lightware Companion App. Lightware Taurus Switchers have also been validated for use by a wide range of leading meeting room technology manufacturers, including Lenovo, Poly, Logitech, Yealink and Barco.
Validated manufacturers on whose devices the MTRoW integration works
By configuring the Lightware Companion App on a Microsoft Teams Rooms PC and integrating the Companion module within Lightware Advanced Room Control (LARA), additional functions can be introduced to enhance the capabilities of the meeting room.
This solution can be integrated with any Windows-based Microsoft Teams Rooms system for seamless hybrid meeting experiences.