Nureva and AudioCodes secure Microsoft Teams Rooms certification for MDEP hardware

This certification signals a shift toward hardware interoperability via the Microsoft Device Ecosystem Platform, reducing the friction of multi-vendor deployments in corporate environments. By removing the need for custom programming and complex digital signal processors, Nureva and AudioCodes are lowering the technical barrier for high-quality hybrid meeting spaces. This move pressures traditional AV integrators to adapt to plug-and-play enterprise standards that favor centralized software management over bespoke hardware configurations. Watch for whether this MDEP-powered approach accelerates the replacement of legacy ceiling microphone arrays with virtualized audio solutions in large-scale campus rollouts.

Nureva and AudioCodes are positioning their joint solution within a growing ecosystem of Microsoft Teams Rooms certified hardware. In May 2026, Bitmovin announced that MUBI selected its VOD Encoder to replace a legacy on-premises encoding stack, illustrating how cloud-native platforms are displacing older infrastructure across the video pipeline. While that deployment targets content delivery rather than conferencing hardware, it reflects the same enterprise trend Nureva and AudioCodes are exploiting: replacing bespoke, multi-vendor integrations with managed, certified platforms that reduce IT overhead. The MDEP framework allows Android-based devices from different manufacturers to interoperate under a single Microsoft-managed control plane, and Nureva's HDL310 microphone array is among the first audio peripherals certified under this model alongside a third-party compute and camera bundle.

On the business side, AudioCodes has been broadening its Microsoft Teams hardware portfolio beyond its traditional voice gateway roots. The company's RXVCam70 and RXV200-ES represent a deliberate pivot into the unified communications room-system market, where it competes with established players like Poly (now HP), Yealink, and Logitech. Nureva, meanwhile, has built its reputation on solid-state microphone technology that eliminates the need for ceiling-mounted arrays in medium-sized rooms. The joint certification gives both companies a procurement advantage in enterprises that standardize on Microsoft Teams Rooms and require certified hardware for support and compliance. Bitmovin's 2026/2027 Video Developer Report found that 98 percent of video professionals now use AI or ML somewhere in their workflows, underscoring how software-defined approaches are reshaping expectations across the entire video stack, including room systems that increasingly rely on AI-driven audio processing and camera framing.

From a technical standpoint, the MDEP-powered approach competes with traditional Teams Rooms on Windows and Teams Rooms on Android solutions from single-vendor bundles. Mux recently detailed its evolution from open-source AI toolkits to first-party video intelligence APIs with Mux Robots, demonstrating how platform vendors are absorbing AI capabilities directly into their infrastructure rather than requiring customers to manage separate provider integrations. That same consolidation logic applies to conferencing hardware: MDEP lets Nureva and AudioCodes deliver a certified, pre-integrated package where audio processing, camera control, and room management are handled through a unified software layer rather than requiring IT teams to configure discrete components. For enterprise buyers evaluating medium-room solutions, the key differentiator is whether the certified bundle can match the audio quality and camera performance of higher-priced single-vendor systems while offering simpler deployment and centralized firmware management through the Teams admin center.