Corporate meeting spaces have changed. Employees may be in the office one day and working remotely the next, while meetings increasingly bring together people across offices, locations, and time zones. Businesses need conference rooms that support this flexibility without making technology complicated for employees or IT teams.
The Crestron Collab Compute provides a powerful foundation for modern hybrid meeting spaces. Designed to support native Microsoft Teams Rooms and Zoom Rooms environments, Collab Compute combines computing power, connectivity, BYOD capabilities, and enterprise management in a flexible platform that can be integrated into a wide range of corporate meeting spaces.
At Pro AV Systems, we help businesses turn that technology into a complete, reliable meeting room solution. Our team works with organizations from the initial room design through installation, programming, commissioning, and ongoing support.
A Flexible Foundation for Corporate Collaboration
Not every conference room has the same requirements. A small huddle room may need a simple camera and display, while an executive boardroom may require multiple displays, advanced microphones, multiple cameras, room control, and integrated lighting.
Crestron Collab Compute is designed to provide a flexible foundation for these different room configurations. Depending on the model and application, it can support multiple displays, USB-connected audio and video peripherals, while allowing an AV integrator to build the room around the organization’s specific needs.
That’s where the experience of an AV integrator becomes important.
At Pro AV Systems, our engineers evaluate the room, determine the appropriate technology, and design the system around how employees will actually use the space. Rather than simply installing equipment, we look at the entire room experience, from camera placement and microphone coverage to display locations, connectivity, control, and acoustics.
Designed for Microsoft Teams Rooms and Zoom Rooms
Employees shouldn’t have to learn a different meeting experience every time they enter a conference room.
Crestron Collab Compute supports Microsoft Teams Rooms and Zoom Rooms configurations, giving organizations flexibility in how they deploy their collaboration environments.
For businesses that standardize their meeting spaces, this can create a consistent experience across offices and room types. Employees can walk into a room, start a meeting, connect with remote participants, and share content without navigating a complicated collection of equipment.
Pro AV Systems can design and configure these environments around an organization’s existing collaboration platform. Our engineers and programmers work with the room technology to create an intuitive experience, while our commissioning team verifies that everything performs as intended before the space is turned over to the customer.
Ready for AI-Enhanced Meetings
Artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly important part of corporate collaboration. Intelligent camera framing, voice enhancement, noise reduction, captions, meeting summaries, and other AI-powered features are changing how remote participants experience meetings.
Crestron Collab Compute is built around Intel Core Ultra processors with integrated neural processing units (NPUs), providing the processing foundation for AI-enabled features within supported collaboration platforms.
For businesses investing in conference rooms today, this creates an opportunity to build rooms that are ready to take advantage of evolving collaboration technology.
Our team at Pro AV Systems can help organizations evaluate which AI-enabled features actually make sense for their environment. Not every room needs the same capabilities, and our engineers can help determine where advanced cameras, microphones, tracking, or other technologies will provide the most value.
Flexible BYOD Connectivity
Even organizations that standardize on Microsoft Teams or Zoom may have employees, clients, and guests who need to join meetings from their own laptops.
Collab Compute supports Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) workflows, allowing users to connect their devices and utilize the room’s professional cameras, microphones, and speakers.
For corporate environments, this can make meeting spaces significantly more flexible. A client can connect from their preferred platform, an employee can join a meeting from a laptop, or a team can share content without having to redesign the room around every meeting scenario.
Pro AV Systems can incorporate BYOD into the overall room design, helping ensure that connectivity is convenient for users without compromising the quality or reliability of the installed AV system.
Installation Is Only the Beginning
Choosing the right technology is important, but how that technology is installed and configured can have just as much impact on the final result.
At Pro AV Systems, our installation process is handled by experienced AV professionals who understand how the different components of a meeting room need to work together.
Our team can manage:
- AV system design and engineering
- Equipment installation and rack integration
- Display and camera installation
- Microphone and speaker placement
- Network and connectivity coordination
- Crestron programming and configuration
- Microsoft Teams Rooms and Zoom Rooms configuration
- BYOD implementation
- Room control integration
- System testing and commissioning
This integrated approach helps ensure that the Collab Compute is not simply installed in the room, but properly integrated with the complete AV environment.
Professional Commissioning for Reliable Performance
A conference room may look finished when the equipment is mounted and the displays turn on, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the system is ready for everyday use.
Commissioning is an important part of the Pro AV Systems process. Our engineers and commissioning team test the complete system to verify that the technology works together as designed.
We can test camera coverage, microphone pickup, speaker performance, display configuration, control functions, connectivity, BYOD workflows, and meeting platform functionality.
The goal is simple: when employees walk into the room, the technology should work.
Our commissioning process also gives organizations an opportunity to identify and resolve issues before the room is placed into regular use.
Simplifying AV Management Across Multiple Offices
Managing a single conference room is relatively straightforward. Managing dozens or hundreds across multiple offices is a different challenge.
Crestron Collab Compute can integrate with Crestron XiO Cloud, providing organizations with centralized tools for managing and monitoring supported devices.
For corporate IT teams, centralized management can provide greater visibility into meeting room technology and help reduce unnecessary service calls.
Pro AV Systems can also provide ongoing service and support after installation. As your organization adds rooms, moves equipment, or changes its collaboration requirements, our team can help maintain and update the AV environment.
Designing the Entire Meeting Experience
One of the biggest advantages of working with an AV integrator is that the computing platform is only one part of the room.
Collab Compute can be integrated with other technologies throughout a corporate meeting space, including displays, cameras, microphones, speakers, room control, lighting, shades, and other building systems.
Our engineers approach each project as a complete system rather than a collection of individual products.
That means we consider questions such as:
- Can everyone in the room be seen clearly?
- Can remote participants hear conversations from anywhere around the table?
- Is content easy to share?
- Can employees operate the system without training?
- Is the technology accessible to guests?
- Can IT monitor and manage the room?
- Can the system be expanded as the organization grows?
These considerations are what turn a room full of AV equipment into an effective collaboration space.
Building Better Corporate Meeting Rooms with Pro AV Systems
Crestron Collab Compute provides a flexible technology platform for today’s corporate meeting environments. But the hardware is only one piece of the solution.
The design, installation, programming, configuration, and commissioning of the system all play an important role in creating a reliable meeting experience.
At Pro AV Systems, our engineers, installers, programmers, and commissioning professionals work together throughout the project to make sure every part of the system works as intended.
Whether you’re upgrading a single conference room, standardizing meeting spaces across multiple offices, or designing an entirely new corporate AV environment, we can help you determine the right technology and build a solution around the way your organization works.
Ready to upgrade your corporate meeting spaces? Contact Pro AV Systems today to discuss your next AV project.
