Great to have the option to install different operating systems now! Especially for the price, this means that the surface hub can now to used with much more flexibility to meet different businesses needs.
Love following the consistent “what likes and subscribes make us do” part of the video. Great video though. You’d think that Microsoft would allow a free migration however I guess it shouldn’t be a surprise that you have to pay for it. Sick looking piece of tech though. Nice vid.
Thanks Ryan - definitely not a surprise however it’s still great to be able to swap operating systems. It’s absolutely a nice but of equipment. Pricey, but nice.
Hi Peter, Thanks for sharing insights and experiences with the Surface Hub 2. I have not yet heard a review of the sound in the devices. For example, let's say the marketing department needs to review the latest video. I've heard of someone complaining about bad sound but having a hard time believing it. Can you put some words on this?
I don’t have any handy specifications on hand, however I can definitely say that I’ve never had issues - it plays TV, videos, teams meetings…all with just the standard speaker. It’s clear and the volume is easily loud enough for a large room. Is that the sort of thing you’re after?
@@BryterTraining YES. Once again thank you. My wife works in a large international company and is in the process of introducing SH2. Technology leaps often give rise to concern and right now the sound quality has been upside down. I pass on your feedback to my wife. She will be happy about that too. The best late summer greetings from Denmark
I did! Thank you. You are welcome to send an email via our site if your wife would like more specific information or a video of the hub/sound sent through.
There’s no official option to do so, however we do connect an external HD which works well enough. Because it was originally designed as a collaborative tool which uses to wipe all of the user data each time you logged out (prior to switching the OS to windows 11), the HD wasn’t a major issue. It’s more of a consideration now that it’s basically a giant surface pro.
Hi - there's an option to migrate from the teams OS to standard Windows OS. You can find the details here --> learn.microsoft.com/en-us/surface-hub/surface-hub-2s-migrate-os Keep in mind that when you do it, it just becomes a large touchscreen computer - basically a giant surface pro. So you lose the surface hub specific functions which were built in to the original OS.
How difficult is the migration to Win10 process? I looked at their instructions and it seems fairly straightforward, except I am confused with the ‘Prepare the SEMM certificate’ part. Any advice or tutorials you can provide? Thx
To be honest we are pretty average when it comes to the technical side of things, and we don't have a dedicated I.T. support however we managed to complete the migration without any major problems. We literally followed the instructions step-by-step and it all seemed to work. We didn't always know what we were doing, but it all worked out. Happy to put together a bit of an overview or video guide if that will help though.
very late to this comment but im wondering if you ever created a video guide to this and if you have it available. anyway cheers and great informative video@@BryterTraining
We haven’t created a guide but it’s something we could look at. We ended up up converting the surface hub back to Windows 10 Teams as the regular version negatively Impacted the whiteboard and functionality
@@BryterTraining it would be an interesting video. i've scoured the internet trying to find a video showing this process but no luck. I imagine it could create a good amount of views seeing how little there seems to be on this. anyway thank you for your reply and cheers!
We just got a Surface Hub 2S for our CEO's office (his request). We're trying to figure out whether we want to put Win 10 Pro on it or keep it on Win Teams. We aren't sure what he's going to do with it and I'm very afraid that he's going to be disappointed no matter what we do. Right now, our biggest problem is that because we use a 3rd party SSO/MFA provider (not Azure AD), anyone that tries to login to the Surface Hub 2S gets challenged for MFA and has to pull out their cell phone to complete the MFA. This is significantly interfering with seamless use of the Surface Hub 2S. This would be avoided with Win 10 Pro, however, I don't want to lose the ease of use of Win 10 Teams for joining meetings. If we go ahead and put Win 10 Pro on the Surface Hub 2S, can we revert back to Win 10 Teams if we have problems? Or, it is a one-way trip to Win 10 Pro?
Hi - you can definitely reset the device and roll back to windows teams. The process can take a long time going in either direction. There are step by step instructions on the Microsoft website. docs.microsoft.com/en-us/surface-hub/surface-hub-2s-migrate-os I guess it ultimately comes down to how the device is used. We are a small company and only one or two people tend to use the device. As such, win 10 pro just made more sense since we simply didn’t need the ability for a large number of people to access the device. We mainly use it for teams and whiteboard. While I miss the simplicity of windows teams, with only one or two primary users, win pro just allows more options and features. If it’s just your ceo mainly using it, then it’s easy. If you have several hubs, or it’s a central device that many people will use throughout the day then that changes things again. Worst case scenario is you can reset it. Just remember that win pro will need a different licence than win teams. Good luck!!
I left a comment on another one of your videos. but, I'll just ask it here as well just incase. I was wondering how bright the display is? Comparing it to the Surface Book 2/3 or Surface Studio.
Hi - sorry I missed your other comment. The surface hub is basically the same maximim brightness as the studio. Depending on how you like to measure brightness, if I remember correctly its close to 430 cd/m2 or 430 nits. So on par with the surface studio. It's designed for boardrooms and presenting so it definitely get a good level of brightness. It has a nice matte finish through so there's no major glare or any problems with that.
Great to have the option to install different operating systems now! Especially for the price, this means that the surface hub can now to used with much more flexibility to meet different businesses needs.
Yes, exactly
Love following the consistent “what likes and subscribes make us do” part of the video. Great video though. You’d think that Microsoft would allow a free migration however I guess it shouldn’t be a surprise that you have to pay for it. Sick looking piece of tech though. Nice vid.
Thanks Ryan - definitely not a surprise however it’s still great to be able to swap operating systems. It’s absolutely a nice but of equipment. Pricey, but nice.
Hi Peter,
Thanks for sharing insights and experiences with the Surface Hub 2. I have not yet heard a review of the sound in the devices. For example, let's say the marketing department needs to review the latest video. I've heard of someone complaining about bad sound but having a hard time believing it.
Can you put some words on this?
I don’t have any handy specifications on hand, however I can definitely say that I’ve never had issues - it plays TV, videos, teams meetings…all with just the standard speaker. It’s clear and the volume is easily loud enough for a large room. Is that the sort of thing you’re after?
@@BryterTraining YES. Once again thank you. My wife works in a large international company and is in the process of introducing SH2. Technology leaps often give rise to concern and right now the sound quality has been upside down.
I pass on your feedback to my wife. She will be happy about that too.
The best late summer greetings from Denmark
Sorry for this: "sound quality has been upside down". I think the automatic translation took over :)
But I think that you get what I ment :-)
I did! Thank you. You are welcome to send an email via our site if your wife would like more specific information or a video of the hub/sound sent through.
@@BryterTraining Great. Thank you
Can you replace the internal hd with a larger hd?
There’s no official option to do so, however we do connect an external HD which works well enough. Because it was originally designed as a collaborative tool which uses to wipe all of the user data each time you logged out (prior to switching the OS to windows 11), the HD wasn’t a major issue. It’s more of a consideration now that it’s basically a giant surface pro.
how you get it to make it look like regular windows operating system? i dont like the session options
Hi - there's an option to migrate from the teams OS to standard Windows OS.
You can find the details here --> learn.microsoft.com/en-us/surface-hub/surface-hub-2s-migrate-os
Keep in mind that when you do it, it just becomes a large touchscreen computer - basically a giant surface pro.
So you lose the surface hub specific functions which were built in to the original OS.
@Bryter Training thanks..i seen it most of if confused as hell 😳 🤣
How difficult is the migration to Win10 process? I looked at their instructions and it seems fairly straightforward, except I am confused with the ‘Prepare the SEMM certificate’ part. Any advice or tutorials you can provide? Thx
To be honest we are pretty average when it comes to the technical side of things, and we don't have a dedicated I.T. support however we managed to complete the migration without any major problems. We literally followed the instructions step-by-step and it all seemed to work. We didn't always know what we were doing, but it all worked out. Happy to put together a bit of an overview or video guide if that will help though.
very late to this comment but im wondering if you ever created a video guide to this and if you have it available. anyway cheers and great informative video@@BryterTraining
We haven’t created a guide but it’s something we could look at.
We ended up up converting the surface hub back to Windows 10 Teams as the regular version negatively
Impacted the whiteboard and functionality
@@BryterTraining it would be an interesting video. i've scoured the internet trying to find a video showing this process but no luck. I imagine it could create a good amount of views seeing how little there seems to be on this. anyway thank you for your reply and cheers!
We just got a Surface Hub 2S for our CEO's office (his request). We're trying to figure out whether we want to put Win 10 Pro on it or keep it on Win Teams. We aren't sure what he's going to do with it and I'm very afraid that he's going to be disappointed no matter what we do. Right now, our biggest problem is that because we use a 3rd party SSO/MFA provider (not Azure AD), anyone that tries to login to the Surface Hub 2S gets challenged for MFA and has to pull out their cell phone to complete the MFA. This is significantly interfering with seamless use of the Surface Hub 2S. This would be avoided with Win 10 Pro, however, I don't want to lose the ease of use of Win 10 Teams for joining meetings. If we go ahead and put Win 10 Pro on the Surface Hub 2S, can we revert back to Win 10 Teams if we have problems? Or, it is a one-way trip to Win 10 Pro?
Hi - you can definitely reset the device and roll back to windows teams. The process can take a long time going in either direction. There are step by step instructions on the Microsoft website.
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/surface-hub/surface-hub-2s-migrate-os
I guess it ultimately comes down to how the device is used. We are a small company and only one or two people tend to use the device. As such, win 10 pro just made more sense since we simply didn’t need the ability for a large number of people to access the device.
We mainly use it for teams and whiteboard. While I miss the simplicity of windows teams, with only one or two primary users, win pro just allows more options and features. If it’s just your ceo mainly using it, then it’s easy.
If you have several hubs, or it’s a central device that many people will use throughout the day then that changes things again.
Worst case scenario is you can reset it.
Just remember that win pro will need a different licence than win teams. Good luck!!
I left a comment on another one of your videos. but, I'll just ask it here as well just incase. I was wondering how bright the display is? Comparing it to the Surface Book 2/3 or Surface Studio.
Hi - sorry I missed your other comment. The surface hub is basically the same maximim brightness as the studio. Depending on how you like to measure brightness, if I remember correctly its close to 430 cd/m2 or 430 nits. So on par with the surface studio. It's designed for boardrooms and presenting so it definitely get a good level of brightness. It has a nice matte finish through so there's no major glare or any problems with that.
Expensive but still cool
So cool!