Microsoft and Poly have provided support to the Plenary Council of Australia in transitioning the hosting of its First Assembly to unified communications.
With the use of Microsoft Teams and Poly headsets with noise-canceling and acoustic fence technologies, the Australian catholic church will be able to communicate effectively during crucial hybrid meetings.
The Council needed a technological solution that could handle the size of this gathering in addition to managing the logistics of virtually bringing together close to 300 delegates from various locations to host its annual meeting.
The group sought assistance from Microsoft and Poly’s collaborative efforts.
Nearly 300 participants were provided with Surface laptops and Blackwire 5220 USB headsets so they may participate in the First Assembly activities through video conferencing on Microsoft Teams..
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Members can use this technology from wherever they are joining to hear and be heard clearly.
Head of Digital Engagement for Catholic Education Western Australia, Maggie Tiongson claims that despite the participants’ different ages and confidence levels, the solution made the experience simple and manageable for everyone.
Tiongson said, “Given the age factor of the delegates taking part in the Plenary proceedings, as well as expected challenges in technology literacy, it was a heartening and positive experience for many of them in the uptake and familiarisation with video conferencing.”
The impact of pandemic restrictions has altered how organizations operate, and unified communications is a crucial strategy that has been employed to produce better results.
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“The exceptional experience we had with the Poly Blackwire headsets certainly helped to increase our confidence that the overall quality of the Plenary Council dialogue would not be impacted by the challenges of being remote,” said Tiongson.
According to Poly, it provided excellent sound so that attendees could hear and be heard with exceptional clarity and also allowed offsite attendees to shut out the distractions while engaging virtually in the current discussion.
Recently, Poly announced the inclusion of the development of Poly Studio Systems for Zoom Rooms, powered by HP.
With the help of this technology, each Poly Studio System includes a number of solutions that are approved for Zoom Rooms and are driven by the HP Mini Conferencing PC, along with a Poly TC10 controller and scheduler.
Earlier this year, the company also revealed that its acclaimed Studio X family of video bars would be the first Android-based, single codec video appliances for Google Meet.
Source: IT Brief Australia
Jaw de Guzman is the content producer for Comms Room, a knowledge platform and website aimed at assisting the communications industry and its professionals.
