From simpler deployment and management to new devices, expanded certifications, and intelligent meeting experiences, discover how Neat has advanced collaboration with Microsoft Teams since Ignite 2025.

Over the past year, we’ve strengthened our collaboration with Microsoft by expanding our portfolio of certified devices, extending support for existing products, and introducing new capabilities that make Microsoft Teams Rooms simpler to deploy, manage, and use.

These developments reflect our continued commitment to helping you make the most of your meeting spaces, whether you’re equipping individual offices, connecting people around a conference table, or managing hundreds of rooms across multiple locations.

Ahead of Microsoft Ignite 2026, we’re looking back at what we’ve accomplished since last year’s event and how that progress is helping Microsoft Teams customers create better meeting experiences today while preparing for what’s next.

Advancing Microsoft Teams Rooms with MDEP and new devices

This year, we marked another important milestone in our collaboration with Microsoft by joining the Microsoft Device Ecosystem Platform (MDEP). This Android-based platform strengthens security, simplifies device management, and improves accessibility, helping organizations meet the demands of modern enterprise environments.

Alongside this development, we’ve expanded our Microsoft Teams-certified portfolio with three more devices: Neat Board 32, Neat Pad Pro, and Neat Pad Gen 2. Together, they make it simpler to equip spaces of different sizes and configurations, from executive offices and shared workspaces to compact huddle areas. All three devices already run Android 15, giving organizations the benefits of the latest Android platform from day one.

Neat Board 32 brings an all-in-one collaboration experience to smaller spaces and individual desks, combining a 32-inch interactive display, 4K wide-angle camera, directional audio, and intelligent framing. Its compact design gives you greater flexibility to bring Microsoft Teams Rooms into spaces you might previously have overlooked.

Neat Pad Pro offers a larger 10-inch scheduling display for improved visibility and accessibility, while Neat Pad Gen 2 combines the familiar Neat Pad form factor with our P2 processing platform to deliver faster performance and greater reliability.

Protecting your investment with Android 13 and beyond

Meeting room technology needs to deliver value long after installation. When you manage a large deployment, you need predictable support timelines, ongoing security updates, and reliable performance to make confident technology decisions.

This year, we extended Microsoft Teams certification for five Neat devices as they transitioned to Android 13: Neat Bar Gen 2, Neat Bar Pro, Neat Pad, Neat Board 50, and Neat Board Pro.

Android 13 brings enhanced security and performance improvements while allowing these devices to continue receiving Microsoft Teams Rooms updates. That gives you greater confidence in your existing investments and more time to plan future upgrades around your organization’s needs.

We’re also working toward bringing Android 15 to these five devices, building on the progress we’ve already made with Neat Board 32, Neat Pad Pro, Neat Pad Gen 2, and Neat Center, which already run the newer OS. Microsoft Teams certification for the Android 13 devices currently extends through August 15, 2028, with Microsoft support continuing through October 15, 2029.

Bringing everyone closer to the conversation

In larger meeting rooms, participants often sit far from the main camera or move around during discussions, making it harder for remote colleagues to follow conversations and interact naturally.

Neat Center‘s Microsoft Teams certification marks another milestone in our efforts to improve hybrid collaboration, making it the only network-connected center-of-room solution certified for Microsoft Teams.

Neat Center works alongside a front-of-room Neat device, combining a 360-degree camera, 16-microphone array, and intelligent framing to capture people around the meeting table. By bringing audio and video closer to participants, it helps remote colleagues follow conversations and see speakers more naturally, even when they turn away from the main display.

We’ve also expanded Neat Center’s capabilities to support up to three devices per room. Now generally available, this capability makes it easier to capture participants from multiple perspectives across larger meeting spaces. Neat Focus further enhances the experience by letting you prioritize specific areas and speakers.

Bringing AI into the meeting room

Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft Teams Rooms are helping organizations get more from hybrid meetings. From identifying speakers and capturing meeting notes to helping participants stay engaged, AI-powered capabilities are creating new opportunities for more productive collaboration.

Neat complements these experiences with intelligent audio and video technologies, including multi-stream video, voice isolation, and intelligent framing, making it easier for remote participants to see and hear people in the room clearly.

Simplifying deployment and management

Deploying Microsoft Teams Rooms across your organization shouldn’t be complicated. From initial installation to ongoing management, Neat helps you simplify the process without compromising the meeting experience.

Microsoft Teams Rooms Express Install helps you do just that. Our integrated devices reduce the need for separate cameras, microphones, speakers, and other components, so you can equip rooms with less hardware and configuration.

With devices such as Neat Board 32, Neat Board 50 and Neat Board Pro, you can follow three straightforward steps: install the hardware, complete the guided setup, and sign in to Microsoft Teams. Neat Pulse then gives you centralized monitoring and remote management, helping you maintain visibility and control as your deployment grows.

The benefits extend well beyond installation. Global reinsurer SCOR offers a compelling example: the company deployed more than 200 Microsoft Teams Rooms using Neat, reducing operational costs by 40% and achieving six-figure savings.

European consumer electronics retailer MediaMarktSaturn also standardized on Neat across more than 200 meeting spaces, creating a more consistent collaboration experience while reclaiming up to 260 hours of IT time annually. Meanwhile, German utilities provider Stadtwerke Bochum reported no user support calls following its Neat deployment.

Working together to shape what’s next

Our collaboration with Microsoft extends beyond product certifications and engineering milestones. We also share a commitment to exploring how AI and intelligent technology can improve the meeting experience.

In the first episode of Neat Seat, our CEO, Javed Khan, joined Ilya Bukshteyn, Corporate Vice President and GM of Microsoft Teams Calling, Meetings and Devices, to discuss the future of workplace collaboration.

Together, they explored the growing role of AI in meetings, how organizations can capture important information and decisions, and how to simplify the deployment and management of intelligent collaboration technology at scale.

Looking ahead to Ignite 2026

As we build on another year of progress with Microsoft, we’re looking forward to connecting with customers and partners at Microsoft Ignite 2026.

Visit us at booth 5686L in The Hub at Moscone South to see Neat devices in action, discover how we’re enhancing the Microsoft Teams experience, and speak with our team.

Book your booth tour to see Neat in action at Microsoft Ignite 2026. Or stop by for a demo and have your badge scanned for a chance to win a Neat Board 32.

Can’t make it to Microsoft Ignite? Discover Microsoft Teams on Neat or book a personalized demo to see how our intelligent devices can simplify collaboration across your meeting spaces.