Microsoft Teams can quickly be set as default on Cisco conferencing {hardware}

Cisco’s video conferencing {hardware} can be up to date to let customers set Microsoft Teams because the default video conferencing software program, the two companies have announced. Initially six units can be licensed to work with Teams within the first half of subsequent 12 months, together with the Cisco Room Bar (a mixed speaker and webcam), the 55 and 75-inch variations of the Cisco Board Pro (a freestanding display designed for video conferencing) and the Cisco Room Kit Pro.

Cisco’s press launch stresses that its personal Webex video calling software program (which it paid billions for a little over a decade ago) isn’t going wherever. “The devices will continue to support joining Webex meetings with all the features and functionality customers enjoy today,” the discharge notes. But constructing in native help for Teams and permitting it to be set because the default acknowledges what number of companies are entrenched in Microsoft’s ecosystem and rely totally on its software program for video conferencing.

“Customers want collaboration to happen on their terms — regardless of device or meeting platform,” Cisco’s Jeetu Patel mentioned in an announcement. Alongside its assembly units, Cisco peripherals just like the Cisco Desk Camera 4K webcam and two upcoming headsets can even be obtainable with help for Microsoft Teams.