Certified Teams Rooms kit from Nureva and AudioCodes needs no ceiling mics

Microsoft has granted Teams Rooms certification to Nureva and AudioCodes for a joint solution built on Android and aimed at medium-sized meeting spaces. The interesting part is what the room goes without: no complex DSP, no custom programming, and no tabletop or ceiling microphones.

For the IT or AV lead who has to standardize dozens of rooms, what the certification really delivers is a parts list.

Four devices, tested as one set

The certified combination is one Nureva product plus three from AudioCodes:

• Nureva HDL310 audio conferencing system, for room-wide microphone pickup
• AudioCodes RXVCam70, a dual-lens PTZ camera with intelligent tracking
• AudioCodes RXV200-ES Android Intelligent AV Hub, which handles the room's AV connections
• AudioCodes RX-PAD-ES meeting room controller

Microsoft's Device Ecosystem Platform, or MDEP, is the foundation for the setup. According to Telecom Reseller editor Moshe Beauford, this gives organizations a certified Android platform for deploying and managing Teams Rooms. Under the certification, IT and AV teams get audio, video and room-control hardware that has been tested together for Teams Rooms, so organizations and integrators don't have to assemble the components on their own.

Where the install work drops out

The short list comes down to audio. Nureva's patented Microphone Mist technology in the HDL310 creates a grid of thousands of virtual microphones that covers the entire room. Because of that design, rooms need no tabletop or ceiling microphones, which can make installations simpler and cut down on how much equipment has to be put in.

Control is consolidated too. Together, the RX-PAD-ES controller and RXV200-ES hub simplify management of the complete room experience, including the HDL310 system. For a help desk, that could mean fewer tools to deal with in each room.

What the Teams badge actually tests

Certification sets a real bar, but a limited one. According to Microsoft's Teams Rooms documentation on Microsoft Learn, the Teams Devices Certification Program ensures certified devices meet a high standard, with higher performance targets and quality metrics across the entire Teams experience, including audio, video and the user interface. Its requirements also cover security and accessibility.

That limit matters when reading the kit's marketing. Certification does not check features, so if a feature claim is part of the reason for buying these rooms, confirm that behavior in a pilot room.

Multi-room rollouts feel it first

According to Telecom Reseller, organizations rolling out Teams Rooms in multiple meeting spaces can find the certification useful. A standard configuration makes one room design easier to repeat and gives IT a single, consistent set of devices to manage. Integrators get another defined hardware combination to design around, from two established vendors, without testing each piece separately.

The certification gives a medium Teams Room a defined four-device hardware list whose audio needs no tabletop or ceiling microphones. IT teams that support many rooms could write that room standard once and reuse it.

Room size is the line to check

One mismatch is worth catching before a spec sheet goes out. The certification announcement names medium-sized meeting and learning spaces. Nureva's AudioCodes ecosystem page, meanwhile, promotes plug-and-play, Teams-certified AV for large and extra-large spaces using the HDL310 and HDL410 with AudioCodes room solutions.

Microsoft's Teams Rooms certified systems and peripherals page, not any launch-week headline, is the one a room standard should cite.