- Windows 10 Team Edition Support ends October 14, 2025
- Surface Hub V1 -Hardware cannot upgrade and can become outdated for organizations
- Microsoft recommends hardware update or migration to supported Windows 11 platforms
Thousands of companies could be exposed to meeting room disorder, soon the upcoming Windows 10 ending of the LIFE deadline seems to affect Microsoft Team Rooms devices.
From October 14, the Surface Hub V1 devices, such as other Windows 10 systems, no longer receive updates or support from Microsoft as the company is supporting Windows 10 Team Edition.
Unlike standard Windows 10 editions, Windows 10 team does not have an extended support option, and although Surface Hub 2S devices can be upgraded to Windows 11 or is equipped with a Surface Hub 3 calculation cartridge, the original node does not have the luxury.
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“Surface Hub V1 devices will no longer be supported. It is recommended to upgrade to a newer Surface Hub device,” Microsoft said in an update.
This advice places many meeting rooms in an awkward position and will see some devices turn into an expensive but not -supported equipment as the impact extends beyond surface hardware.
The Microsoft Teams Rooms app no longer works on Windows 10 devices after October 14, and Holds Rooms Pro Management Portal will not either.
As Microsoft puts it: “The Microsoft Teams Rooms app based on classic teams will no longer be available.”
Andrew Francis, Senior Manager for Applications Engineering in Shure, told Registered that many companies can underestimate the problem.
“While the original focus is often on personal devices such as laptops and desktops, there are many other final points that need to be considered. An important example is the Microsoft team rooms on a Windows 10 device,” he said.
Francis noted that there are about a million active team rooms around the world, both on Windows and Android, but many Windows-based devices cannot move to Windows 11 due to hardware restrictions.
There is a further layer of complexity for the companies whose meeting room technically spans several departments or outsourced providers.
The threatening deadline means that organizations now have to choose between upgrades, migrations or replacements.
For Surface Hub 2S users, Microsoft users say three settings: Install a Surface Hub 3 Compute Cartrone, Perform a software migration before October 14 or lock units for a manual USB installation of Windows 11.
Unfortunately, Surface Hub V1 customers have only one option that buys a new model. Failure to do this could see some meeting rooms left with expensive equipment that is no longer suitable for use.
