The Microsoft Device Ecosystem Platform is spreading fast across Poly hardware but is ubiquity always a good thing for AV ecosystems? At the same time, Anthropic's Claude is about to become your default AI co-worker whether you opted in or not, forcing enterprises to confront the tension between breakthrough productivity and tightening privacy boundaries.

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Join host Tim Albright and top industry voices for this week's must-watch AVWeek episode, where they tackle the biggest moves in commercial AV. They break down HP's Poly- Microsoft integration strategy, dissect the compliance maze surrounding Microsoft’s multi-model AI approach, and explore what these shifts mean for IT leaders, integrators, and end users navigating rapid transformation.

Host: Tim Albright

Guests:

• Bren Walker – Kirkegaard
• BC Hatchett – Vanderbilt University
• Travis Cawthorne – Kramer

This Week In AV:

• IT Channel Oxygen – Exertis Cutting 1000 Jobs in UK
• AVNation – Broadsign to Acquire Place Exchange
• Microsoft – New Feature for Reporting Suspicious Calls
• AV Magazine – First 'first sound-transparent passive' Theater in Germany 
• Sennheiser – Firmware Updates for TC Bars

Roundtable Topics:

• AV Buyers' Club – HP Integrating MDEP into Poly Solutions
• UC Today – Anthropic's Claude to Be Enabled in Microsoft AI

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