BlueJeans Streamlines Back-to-Office Planning with Cloud Video Interop for Microsoft Teams
September 24 2020 - 4:38PM
Today BlueJeans by Verizon unveiled new features and upgrades for
the next generation of the Microsoft-certified BlueJeans Gateway
for Microsoft Teams (BlueJeans Gateway). With increased support for
today’s hybrid workforce, the latest updates to the BlueJeans
Gateway are designed to help organizations plan back-to-office
strategies with minimal IT investment and without disrupting the
workflow patterns users have grown to appreciate while working from
home.
These product updates are consistent with a recent report from
Verizon Business in conjunction with Harvard Business Review
Analytic Services, which found that 86 percent of global companies
surveyed believe the digital workplace will coexist with the
physical workspace post COVID-19. As organizations begin planning
the transition back-to-office for some of their workforce, the
simplicity and ease-of-deployment of the BlueJeans Gateway for
Microsoft Teams helps ensure that employees have the same unified
Teams meeting experience while safely dispersed -- working from
home, remotely, or in the office.
The latest updates include:
- Large Event Support: Organizations can now use
their existing standards-based room systems to join Teams Live
Events.
- Localized Interactive Voice Response (IVR):
The BlueJeans Gateway now uses the location of the call to
automatically serve up appropriate in-language content for
Japanese, German, Italian, Spanish, and French-speaking
regions.
- 7x7 Gallery View: In-room participants will be
able to see up to 49 attendees on the VTC monitor at one time.
Additionally, the BlueJeans Gateway will support Microsoft's
Together mode in Teams, which places participants together on a
shared virtual background to replicate the feeling of being in the
same physical space.
- Enhanced Management: Improved analytics in
Command Center for Teams Meetings and Teams Live Events, as well as
infrastructure upgrades to enhance call quality and resiliency for
Teams Gateway users, will provide better admin and moderator
support.
- Improved Visibility: The BlueJeans Gateway
will present in-room attendees with clear notifications when
meeting recording and transcription are enabled.
- Simplified Deployment: Microsoft 365 admins
can now visit the BlueJeans Gateway eCommerce store to procure
their license and deploy the solution in 4 easy steps—entirely
online.
The BlueJeans Gateway for Microsoft Teams has been deployed
globally to more than 400 organizations, including AECOM, JLG
Architects, Pernod Ricard, Fives Group, and Telit. For
organizations using Teams and who plan to return to the office, the
BlueJeans Gateway provides the ability to use existing conference
room systems to join Teams quickly while minimizing the need for
additional IT resources.
“When we decided to roll out Microsoft Teams across our
organization, the last thing we wanted was to rip and replace our
existing conference rooms systems,” said Antonio Eguizabal, Head of
Core Services Delivery at Pernod Ricard. “The BlueJeans Gateway for
Microsoft Teams enabled us to not only optimize the ROI on our
existing hardware, but it allowed us to accelerate our Teams
rollout so our teams can book conference rooms and join Teams
meetings with a single touch. Considering not all of our employees
will be in the office at the same time, this will ensure our teams
are able to enjoy the same easy-to-join Meetings experience
regardless of their device, room or location.”
Ira M. Weinstein, founder and managing partner, Recon Research,
added, “Providing multiple touchpoints for user collaboration is at
the heart of digital transformation. Today’s distributed workforce
has to be productive and efficient, regardless of each worker’s
location, role or access method. The BlueJeans Gateway for
Microsoft Teams is easy to test, easy to deploy, and easy to use.
This combination of benefits makes Teams meetings easily accessible
to mobile, desktop, and conference room users.
Resources:
- 7x7 Gallery View with Together mode and the Enhanced Management
features are scheduled to be released later this year. For more
information on updates and availability, visit
bluejeans.com/products/integrations/microsoft-gateway
- To learn more about the BlueJeans Gateway for Microsoft Teams,
take a Gateway Test Drive or download your free trial of BlueJeans
Gateway today.
- Here are the links to the recent Verizon Business report in
conjunction with Harvard Business Review Analytic Services and the
Webinar.
For more information, visit www.bluejeans.com.
Media Contacts:Erin
Cheeverecheever@bluejeans.com
Lauren Schulzlauren.schulz@verizon.com
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