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Teams meetings (using Zoom/Webex/BlueJeans) and room equipment
Hi Russell - We too considered going the Logitech Tap, but found the experience cloogy and confusing for end users vs standard Team Meeting Room (TMR) interface. What's more, there was a subscription involved for the Logitech Interop and confusion licensing (per room or per user or per meeting?) that made us less-than-excited to use that solution.
The good news... is that Microsoft announced TMR ability to connect to Zoom/WebEx back at Ignite 2019. Check out thehttp://Hi%20Russell - Teams interop is now working for WebEx and Zoom (preview). Check out the blog announcement here (It's near the end of #3 - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/what-s-new-in-microsoft-teams-microsoft-ignite-2019/ba-p/937025/page/3#comments (It's near the end of #3). While we waited, we encouraged folks to join a Zoom/WebEx via their PC to share the content to the room, and dial in when possible. A bit cumbersome, but worked.
The better news is TRM connection to third parties has gone GA for WebEx and is in preview for Zoom. TheGrahamWalsh did a https://www.graham-walsh.com/microsoft-teams-room-guest-join-access-for-zoom/. You can also use the guidance for help setting up your WebEx piece.
As far as Bluejeans goes, I do see a join custom URI option now on my TMR devices. I don't have a BlueJeans link (we rarely get them after the Zoom/Teams war started) but I might give that a go.
Either way, I definitely think the TRM experience is much better than the Logitech Tap Interop experience.
Hope this helps (albeit a bit late).
Hi Jody, and thanks for your reply.
We ended up going with the Logitech Rally bundle and using a PC to drive the applications, rather than the Tap. Everyone has been quite pleased with it thus far. We're going more teams-based in the near future so we'll definitely be taking a closer look at TMR.
Likewise with Bluejeans becoming less relevant over the last few months - almost everything has been Skype/Teams/Zoom.
Russell.