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Yealink VC210 Microsoft Teams Collab Bar Hands On

Yealink kindly sent me a VC210 Microsoft Teams collaboration bar to test. Collaboration bars are a brand-new Microsoft certified device category for Microsoft Teams, focused on smaller meeting spaces like focus rooms, huddle spaces, rooms designed for one to five people. These devices are hitting a lower price point, the list price is $1,299. At the higher end, it might also be considered for the...

Poly, Crestron and Yealink Video Phones Coming to Microsoft Teams

An interesting development at Enterprise Connect, that didn’t get a great deal of press, was the early showcasing of IP video phones for Microsoft Teams. The Poly CCX 700, Crestron Flex P250 and Yealink VP59 will all offer natives Microsoft Teams video calling. Poly CCX 700 will come with a 7-inch multitouch screen and integrated 1080p HD built-in camera. It can also be purchases with a bundled...

How to Firmware Upgrade a Yealink Phone from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams

This week Yealink were the first phones to be certified and generally available for Microsoft Teams. The 3 certified Yealink phones, the T58A, T56A and CP960 can all actually run as Skype for Business phones or Microsoft Teams Phones. Moving forward Microsoft will enable updating of Microsoft Teams phone firmware directly from Office 365, but if you want “swap” a Yealink phone from Skype for...

First Microsoft Teams Phones are Generally Available from Yealink. AudioCodes, Crestron and Polycom coming soon

It’s official, both on the Microsoft documentation and the Yealink website, Yealink phones are the first generally available IP Phones Microsoft Teams. From the Microsoft documentation, it also looks like the Crestron M100 is GA, with more Crestron phones coming soon. Firmware and admin guides are available on the Yealink site: T58A Teams: T56A Teams: CP960 Teams   Teams Phone user...

Yealink now up to 10 Skype for Business Certified IP Phones and more planned

  With the addition of the new CP960-Skype for Business® edition conference phone certified for Skype for Business Online and Skype for Business Server 2015. The Yealink CP960 offers: Based on Android OS Supports the SILK speech codec Yealink Noise Proof Technology 20-foot (6-meter) and 360-degree microphone pickup range 5”720×1280 multi-touch screen, modern interface Calendar, Skype...

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