@Jeff Schertz Everywhere I go, I continue to see this same response. This is NOT true. It took me 1/2 a day to figure it out and have it working (1 caveat below). Everyone notes that when launching the app it requests the dock. By simply declaring the login credentials in the skypesettings.xml prior to launch, this goes away. As long has you have the licensing setup properly it works w/o issue. You of course must have 2 screens (I used a Raspberry Pi 7" multi-touch touchscreen magnet mounted next to the TV on the wall). By placing a micro PC (recommend min. i5 w/ 8GB RAM as this seems to be the spec for Surfaces used) behind TV and using a wireless speakerphone on the desk, and an existing Logitech camera that was from our pre-existing Polycom Presence +, everything works. I have a fully functioning small room by leveraging an existing PC & camera for less than $200 without having to run any new cabling in floor core. I did have to add a scheduled task to play an inaudible sound blip every 20 minutes, as the speakerphone powers off after 30 minutes. If left unplugged, I'm sure this will kill the battery after a day or so if no power is on the table.
Here comes the caveat. What still doesn't function (I only tried a single device and spent 2-3 hours on it) is the external presentation button in the app. The Surface docks from Logitech use nothing more than an HDMI capture card running on default USB capture driver from MSFT. However, I'm guessing the app may be hard coded to recognize only certain device IDs. There is no option in the app to define it , nor any XML code to app via the skypesettings.xml file (at least none I have found). The inexpensive adapter I purchased did function in capturing the screen with other apps, so I know it was functional, and this is only a guess. I simply chose not to waste time on this, as you can simply share the screen via the Teams app (send to room in chat and press answer button on touchscreen or add Teams meeting via invite or direct call from your Teams or via touchscreen.
For those that want something on the desk and can run wiring, a suggestion would be a reused PC and a 10" touchscreen from WaveShare (model B not D) can be at/on desk and run an HMDI/USB extender to TV on wall for camera and video. It's homemade, but with cabling, extender, touchscreen and speakerphone, your talking about a $350 investment.
And since I didn't mention it, I was quite happy with the eMeet Luna speakerphone's sound quality, however, you do need to go into the mic sound settings and set levels to 100 to pick all of small room (6 to 8 recommended). And while I did not test, the Luna can link 2 together with a cable between them.
Not elegant, but works 100%.
