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Surface Hub user - need interactive Whiteboard
Hello! I found Chris Smith's post and I wanted to chime in that I have exactly the same needs. I am a Technician at a nonprofit biomedical research institute (in Maine, not Alaska, in my case). We have two Surface Hubs installed as "test" units in our IT departments, one here in Maine and the other in our Connecticut office. The object ot the test implementation is to evaluate the product and determine whether it should be deployed much more widely across the institution in our conference rooms.
Overall, the IT users who have used the Hubs have had largely quite positive experiences with the devices. However, like Chris, the main feedback I get consistently is that interactive whiteboarding is a must, and that isn't there yet (it appears).
Much like Chris, we need (roughly in order of importance):
- Interactivity between two (or more) connected Surface Hubs.
- Interactivity between a Surface Hub and other connected users on Lync/Skype for Business on Windows and macOS.
- Interactivity with users on mobile Skype for Business (mostly iOS in our case).
I'd love an additional update on this functionality. When we originally demoed the device in your Cambridge office (back before the devices were shipping) the Microsoft rep indicated that this was the number one request they'd gotten in early feedback. He made, of course, no concrete promises, but indicated that this was definitely being considered on the product roadmap.
It has been quite some time, and the Anniversary update has come and gone without this functionality appearing. And I'm wondering if this is still planned?
At this point, it is probably the main issue that is holding us back from a wider deployment of these devices.
Thanks in advance!
- Ed