Microsoft made several announcements today regarding the future of hybrid work. Hybrid is the new term for telecommuting, but with an organizational focus instead of individual. The #MicrosoftTeams blog post is here news.microsoft.com/june-2021-hybr… 1/10
Among the announcements are several new features for asynchronous collaboration, new chat features, and some hardware and software updates to #MSTeams Rooms (MTR). 2/10
In this TalkingPointzThread I want to highlight new room hardware. This includes a new product from @PolyCompany and a new partner with @neat_no 3/10
Lets start with the new Studio E70 from @PolyCompany. This is a new USB AV bar-like unit for larger rooms. It features 2x 4k 20 megapixel intelligent cameras and mic array. It has a very modern look. Poly’s propeller logo now has wings. 4/10 
The two cameras work together - one wide one tele and it can even do adv tricks like group framing and speaker tracking. Can connect to anything, but will be bunded with Poly codecs G7500 and X50 - and sold by itself. $3499. 5/10
The partnership with @neat_no is a big win for Neat. Gives existing customers an option to reuse equipment with Teams, and will appeal to new prospects that reject single vendor devices. 6/10
Neat share holders will see a big win as Neat's TAM just dramatically expanded. @ericsyuan in particular gets a second chance now if an account goes with Teams instead of @Zoom. 7/10
Not all Neat products will work on Teams. Ixnay on the Neat Board, I doubt the @neat_no Pad can be multipurposed as a room panel. Also, Neat will run an Android client, and MS treats Android as a second class citizen (which is more than Google Meet offers). 8/10
For Neat, working with #MSTeams opens up a lot more opportunities, but MS tends to get heavily involved in product design. MS will also presumably require separate SKUs (for identical hardware) as it does with others. Maybe even a Teams button on some devices. 9/10
Microsoft adding Neat is a signal that @PolyCo and @Logitech are doing very well. Microsoft tends to give the partner pie additional slices as it grows. 10/10
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