Skype to Teams: COVID-driven expectations

Christopher Amdi Mark, Senior IT Architect at Novo Nordisk, shares how the global pharmaceutical company transformed its meeting room estate — from traditional Cisco room systems and telepresence to over 2,500 Microsoft Teams Rooms with plans for more

• How the shift from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams during COVID changed what users expected from meeting rooms

• MTR Windows with Logitech and Lenovo, and the early challenges of scaling too quickly

• Why Cisco's Android-based Microsoft Teams Rooms brought Novo Nordisk back to a trusted partner

• Why BYOD is "Bring Your Own Disaster" — and how that might evolve

• Managing a mixed estate of Cisco MTR Android, MTR Windows, and traditional Room OS devices with Cisco CVI across thousands of rooms

• Replacing Cisco IX5000 telepresence suites with immersive front-row MTR experiences at a fraction of the cost

• Where AI fits in — from intelligent camera framing to Microsoft Copilot Facilitator in the meeting room

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