Many organizations are transforming meeting spaces ranging from small huddle areas to large conference rooms through a modern and collaborative Microsoft Teams experience: Teams Rooms.
Through this add on, organizations can start meetings on time with one-touch join, then instantly project to the display in the room and share to remote participants. Dell, Yealink, Logitech, Crestron, Polycom, Lenovo, and HP are some of the certified audio video peripherals for this technology.
Today we will delve into the licensing options you have to enable Rooms in your business’ operations.
Microsoft Teams Rooms Licensing
You have two different options to enable Rooms, in the table below you can check out what you get with each one:
| Microsoft Teams Rooms Standard | Microsoft Teams Rooms Premium | |
| Microsoft Teams | ✔ | ✔ |
| Phone System | ✔ | ✔ |
| Audio Conferencing | ✔ | ✔ |
| Microsoft Intune | ✔ | ✔ |
| Azure Active Directory | ✔ | ✔ |
| Worldwide Availability | ✔ | ✔ |
| Managed Services |
| ✔ |
Features available in Microsoft Teams Rooms
| You have Microsoft Teams. Here’s what you need to buy: | You have Skype for Business Server 2015/2019 (on-premises). Here’s what you need to buy: | |
| Join a scheduled meeting | Microsoft Teams Rooms Standard or Premium | Skype for Business Server Standard CAL |
| Initiate an ad hoc meeting | Microsoft Teams Rooms Standard or Premium | Skype for Business Server Standard CAL Skype for Business Server Enterprise CAL |
| Initiate an ad hoc meeting and dial out from a meeting to phone numbers | Microsoft Teams Rooms Standard or Premium | Skype for Business Standard CAL Skype for Business Server Enterprise CAL |
| Give the room a phone number and make or receive a call from the room or join an audio conference using a phone number | With Direct Routing and/or Operator Connect: Microsoft Teams Rooms Standard or Premium Without Direct Routing or Operator Connect: Domestic or International Calling Plan Microsoft 365 Business Voice | Skype for Business Server Standard CAL Skype for Business Server Plus CAL |
| Manage your room device with Microsoft Intune | Microsoft Teams Rooms Standard or Premium | Microsoft Intune subscription with on-premises MDM |
| Microsoft Teams Rooms Managed Services | Microsoft Teams Rooms Premium |
If you would like to discuss the licensing options further, please contact our friendly experts who will guide you to find the best option for your company.
