{"id":29182,"date":"2022-06-06T12:57:47","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T19:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.blog.logitech.com\/?p=29182"},"modified":"2024-07-02T13:07:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T20:07:42","slug":"collaborate-across-different-platforms-with-direct-guest-join","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.logitech.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/06\/collaborate-across-different-platforms-with-direct-guest-join\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaborate Across Different Platforms with Direct Guest Join"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the last couple of years, remote workers have grown accustomed to being able to easily join any video meeting service at any time. Now, as people return to the office, they expect that same user-friendly experience in the conference room.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s why interoperability is essential in today\u2019s distributed, cloud-based work environment. It needs to be effortless for people to communicate and collaborate across different operating systems, platforms, and devices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are excited to announce Direct Guest Join, a new feature that makes it simpler than ever to do just that. Direct Guest Join lets you easily join Microsoft Teams meetings from Zoom Rooms Appliances, and Zoom meetings from Teams Rooms on Android.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See how it works with Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe title=\"How to join Zoom meetings from Microsoft Teams Rooms | Logitech CollabOS\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ww-6YJjiXbU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Zoom Rooms Appliances:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe title=\"How to join Microsoft Teams meetings from Zoom Rooms Appliancesl Logitech CollabOS\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a4Qz2SI9Tks?list=PLHQ3zN7XkvqmPPabOc6AZLzhVyBQT9ekM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By connecting Zoom and Microsoft, Direct Guest Join brings a new level of flexibility, ease, and scalability to enterprise video collaboration. With this feature, hybrid teams can expand their boundaries and break down barriers to communication and collaboration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How it Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enable third-party meetings in your platform\u2019s settings<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Invite a Teams room or Zoom room to your meeting<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In one touch, the Teams service will join a Zoom call, and vice versa<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on the feature, refer to technical articles from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoftteams\/rooms\/third-party-join\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Microsoft<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360057044571-Enabling-or-disabling-Microsoft-Teams-Direct-Guest-Join\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zoom<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Direct Guest Join is available on Rally Bar and Rally Bar Mini devices running CollabOS 1.6.552 or higher. It is available for Logitech Windows-based room systems and Logitech solutions for Teams on Android and Zoom Appliance. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get Direct Guest Join via a free CollabOS software update using Sync now, or with Microsoft Teams admin center and Zoom Device Management as the updates become available.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last couple of years, remote workers have grown accustomed to being able to easily join any video meeting service at any time. Now, as people return to the office, they expect that same user-friendly experience in the conference room. That\u2019s why interoperability is essential in today\u2019s distributed, cloud-based work environment. 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