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SRS2 Logitech or Crestron Smart Dock. Microsoft opinion ?
Dear members, I have a SRS2 Logitech smart dock, and was interested with Crestron Smart dock for the Crestron capabilities to interact with our current Crestron automated investment. I had a disc...
Hi i got an insight response from Crestron and this Smart Dock is not officialy defined for the reseller they don't know if Microsoft is going to sell it or Crestron. They prefer to promote their own product ak Mercury or RL2 as shown in the ISE exposition. Shame because it looks good...
I received a call from Crestron as well. They mentioned Mercury, however isn't RL2 still the first generation Lync / Skype Room System? I'm waiting to hear back from them on information about their Next Generation Skype Room System.
- Yes unfortunately it's the old generation Lync Room System1 and it will not be updated. Microsoft will put efforts towards SRS2 and evolutions of the build.
Mercury is not linked to SRS2 and is not embedded with a Skype account, rather a telephony product equipped with a camera. Think about a HUB with a USB camera, phone compatible with Cisco, and then you plug your PC to the Mercury and use this device.
I was at Enterprise Connect and they said it would be shipping very soon. I know some resellers have demo units, so they must be nearly available. But they do have a big focus on their Mercury product too.
- Yes it's indeed a big mystery for Crestron from a marketing point of view, this dock is sold as an accessory with a non Crestron product for Microsoft. It's considered as a limited product but it's a shame, they should interact with their Crestron DMPS300C matrix, i wish they could more promote this product