FORTÉ Launches New Advanced Management Service for Microsoft Teams Rooms
MINNEAPOLIS – March 1, 2023 – FORTÉ, the largest global AV/UC systems integrator, today announced a new managed services offering for organizations that have deployed Microsoft Teams Rooms in their environments. MTR Pro Advanced service allows enterprise IT teams to transition the management and support of their Teams room solutions to FORTÉ. The service ensures customers' MTR rooms are optimized for maximum performance and with more than 30 U.S. locations FORTÉ specialists can provide immediate unlimited remote and on-site support.
The new MTR Pro Advanced service leverages the strength of FORTÉ' Microsoft solutions division, Magenium, which serves clients using Microsoft's multi-tenant portal available to only a select group of partners. MTR Pro Advanced also offers escalation paths to Microsoft's engineering team, delivers more data insights, and provides faster resolution and response times to customers.
"IT leaders, especially those responsible for conference rooms and collaboration service lines, are in a hunt for ways to make AV behave like good IT," said Brad Sousa, Chief Technology Officer at FORTÉ. "This means more than just installing AV. It means managing conference rooms like we manage other IT devices. Now organizations can put our skilled managed services and support experts to work on their behalf.Our Microsoft Solutions capabilities include a world-classcertified support team that will manage any Microsoft Teams Room estate – proactively and securely – to ensure the solutions are always up and running for users."
FORTÉs new MTR Pro Advanced Support includes:
Proactive Monitoring and Management
Using the Microsoft MTR Pro Management portal, FORTÉ assumes administration and support of all MTR solutions/rooms for the client. In addition, Microsoft Solution experts at FORTÉ partner with the organization's IT team to create a multi-tenant experience and proactively monitor and manage each MTR using a single pane of glass.​ FORTÉs service is designed to immediately recognize and resolve issues; however, if a customer needs assistance, a team of Microsoft engineers at FORTÉ is always at the ready.
Software and Security Management
MTR Pro Advanced managed services assure the client that each room inthe organization is maintained at recommended software and firmware levels todeliver a room that is always ready for use and works as designed.​
- Controlled software and firmware deployments using update rings to scheduleupdates.​
- Adherence to customer change management procedures​ such as roomapplication updates, third-party apps, ​audioand camera firmware updates, and more.​
Unlimited Remote and Onsite Support
FORTÉ provides SLA-based tiered and co-tiered incident and problem management to ensure when an issue is identified it is addressed quickly with speed to resolution.
Reporting and Enhanced services
FORTÉ provides access to key performance indicators and other relevant business metrics with visual dashboards that are updated and available 24/7/365. Using the MTR Pro Management portal, end-users get full incident and service history reporting, inventory, and usage reports, trends and roadmap reporting, fully managed escalation with OEMs and third-party vendors, and more.
With more than 270 million users globally, Microsoft Teams is the most popular and widely used platform in the world. Customers demand a consistent and reliable collaboration experience in the office or at home, which requires dependability, solving technical problems before the worker experiences them, and using conference room technology in a way that makes it easier to work. FORTÉ has helped its customers deploy more than 22,000 Teams rooms worldwide. As the global leader in audiovisual and unified collaboration systems integration, MTR Pro Advanced Support is a service that IT departments can quickly deploy and scale anywhere in the world.
For more information, visit www.avisystems.com/solutions/managed-services
