SfB Online deprecation for Teams Rooms (formerly Skype Room Systems V2)/Surface Hub Windows devices

Starting March 15'2023, Microsoft is decommissioning Skype for Business Online infrastructure that might have been used in Skype Room System V2 (Surface Hub 2S) and Microsoft Teams Room devices for supported login modes so they can join SFBO meetings.

MTRoW logs on to the SFBO service just as you can with your PC client.

Support Meeting Mode

• Skype for Business only - You will see a sign-in error on the device touch panel.
• Skype for Business (default) and Microsoft Teams - You will see a sign-in error on the device touch panel, and the device will show in an unhealthy state in the Teams Admin Console.
• Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams (default) - The device will show in an unhealthy state in the Teams Admin Console, but no errors will be visible on the device.
• Microsoft Teams only - No experience changes.

It's time to check your environment to ensure no other systems are configured with any of the above Skype modes.

Today, there is no easy way to filter this data in TAC or the Teams Room Pro portal. You need to download the device information to the spreadsheet and look for "Teams enabled", "Default meeting client," and "sfb meeting enabled" headers to filter the data.

If you are using Teams Room Pro license you have better view to filter these devices.

When any of the room is configured with above highlighted (yellow) supporting modes, Teams Room Pro portal will create a self-diagnostic device health ticket.

Updating the Teams Meeting supported mode -

There are couple of ways you can update meeting mode on the device,

1. Microsoft Teams Admin Center (TAC).
2. Microsoft Teams Room Pro portal.
3. Teams Room configuration XML file.

Microsoft Teams Admin Center (TAC) -

Login to Microsoft Teams admin center navigate to Teams Devices and select "Teams Room on Windows" and choose the device to change the meeting mode,

Microsoft Teams Room Pro portal -

Login to https://portal.rooms.microsoft.com select Rooms and search the room, Select "Account" and supported meeting mode to "Teams Only" and select "Apply" and restart the device.

Teams Room configuration XML file -

Update the XML file and push it to the devices either manually or Azure automation sharing the file from Azure Storage.

<SkypeSettings>

<TeamsMeetingsEnabled>true</TeamsMeetingsEnabled> <SfbMeetingEnabled>false</SfbMeetingEnabled> <IsTeamsDefaultClient>true</IsTeamsDefaultClient> <WebExMeetingsEnabled>true</WebExMeetingsEnabled> <ZoomMeetingsEnabled>true</ZoomMeetingsEnabled>

</SkypeSettings>