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interoperability

Different vendors' kit working in each other's meetings. Now table stakes.

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The ability of one vendor's rooms, devices, and platforms to join another's meetings properly — a Teams room joining a Zoom call without a workaround. Buyers now assume it; vendors certify it; 'the multi-platform room' is the default request in every refresh cycle.

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