For years, enterprise IT has applied Zero Trust principles to laptops, smartphones and tablets. Before those devices gain access to corporate resources, they must prove who they are, demonstrate that they haven’t been tampered with and continuously report their security posture.
Meeting room devices, however, have largely operated under a different trust model.
While Android-based collaboration devices already use secure boot, signed firmware and hardware-backed security, each manufacturer establishes trust using its own certificates, update mechanisms and validation processes. The result is a fragmented approach that requires IT teams to manage security on a vendor-by-vendor basis rather than through a consistent enterprise framework.
Microsoft Device Ecosystem Platform (MDEP) changes that.
What Is MDEP?
Built on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and managed by Microsoft, MDEP “enables device manufacturers and software developers to deliver innovative solutions, backed by Microsoft’s reputation for security, trust and management”.1
At the same time, it brings a standardized, Microsoft-verified trust model to Android enterprise devices, extending familiar Zero Trust principles from employee endpoints into the meeting room.
Why Meeting Rooms Have Become a Security Priority
Meeting rooms are no longer simple AV environments. They’re connected enterprise endpoints running collaboration software, accessing corporate identities and exchanging sensitive business information every day.
As organizations invest in Microsoft Teams Rooms and AI-powered collaboration, these devices are becoming increasingly important parts of the corporate infrastructure. That also makes them part of the organization’s security posture. IT teams now face questions that were once reserved for laptops:
- Can this device prove its identity?
- Has its operating system been modified?
- Is it running approved software?
- Can its security status be monitored continuously?
Without a standardized trust model, answering those questions consistently across different vendors becomes increasingly difficult.
What Makes an MDEP Device Trusted?
A trusted device isn’t simply one that has security features enabled. It continuously proves its identity and integrity using cryptographic evidence.
With MDEP, trust begins in hardware. Every device contains a hardware-rooted identity backed by Microsoft Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), making it extremely difficult to clone or spoof. Secure boot validates that only authorized software loads during startup, while hardware-backed attestation enables cloud services to verify the device’s integrity before granting access.
And trust doesn’t stop after deployment. MDEP devices continuously report their security posture through Microsoft Intune, allowing administrators to apply Conditional Access policies similar to those already used for Windows endpoints. If a device falls out of compliance or is compromised, organizations can respond using the same management tools and security policies already deployed across their Microsoft environment.
The result is a consistent Zero Trust approach spanning laptops, mobile devices and meeting room technology.
Simplifying Security for Enterprise IT
Standardization delivers benefits that go well beyond security. Instead of tracking different update schedules and validation processes for each hardware vendor, organizations gain a Microsoft-managed lifecycle with predictable security updates and feature releases across the MDEP ecosystem.
This reduces operational complexity while making compliance easier to demonstrate during security reviews and audits. And rather than treating meeting room devices as isolated appliances, IT teams can manage them as fully integrated enterprise endpoints alongside the rest of their Microsoft-managed estate.
Bringing Trusted Devices to Microsoft Teams Rooms
After the successful launch of the MDEP-based AudioCodes C456HD native Microsoft Teams desk phone, AudioCodes is extending this standardized trust model to meeting rooms with the new AudioCodes RXV200-B05-ES meeting room bundle.
Also built on MDEP, the RXV200-B05-ES pairs the AudioCodes RXV200-ES Microsoft Teams Rooms Intelligent AV Hub with the AudioCodes RX-PAD-ES Meeting Room Controller for a secure, seamless and highly productive meeting experience. The RXV200-B05-ES can be connected to a wide variety of AV devices (from AudioCodes and our partners) to deliver true meeting equity in rooms of any size.
Important Announcement!
AudioCodes Bundles with Shure and Nureva Certified for Microsoft Teams
We’re pleased to announce that the RXV200-ES and the RX-PAD-ES have just been officially certified by Microsoft as part of an exclusive bundle that includes the AudioCodes RXVCam70 PTZ camera as well as a choice of the Shure Large Room Kit or the Nureva HDL310.
By combining Microsoft’s hardware-backed security architecture with AudioCodes’ expertise in Microsoft Teams Rooms, the RXV200-B05-ES enables organizations to deploy meeting room technology that fits naturally into existing Microsoft management and security workflows without compromising on functionality at any stage.
Administrators can manage devices through Microsoft Intune and the Teams admin center while benefiting from Microsoft-managed operating system updates, hardware-backed device identity and verified boot.
The approach aligns perfectly with AudioCodes’ broader strategy of helping organizations modernize enterprise voice and collaboration without disrupting the infrastructure they already trust. And we’re not stopping there. We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be releasing our RX-PANEL Meeting Room Scheduler with MDEP later this year.
FAQs
MDEP is Microsoft’s enterprise Android platform built on AOSP, providing standardized security, hardware-backed device identity and centralized management for enterprise devices. MDEP adds Microsoft’s enterprise security, management and update framework to Android, enabling hardware-backed attestation, Microsoft PKI integration, Intune management and continuous compliance monitoring.
MDEP gives enterprises a standardized, Microsoft-backed trust framework for meeting room devices. Every device can cryptographically prove its identity and integrity, helping reduce security reviews and deployment delays. It also simplifies management with predictable Microsoft-delivered security updates and makes audits and compliance easier by providing hardware-backed device identity and verified boot across the entire fleet.
MDEP allows Teams Rooms devices to participate in the same Zero Trust security model as Windows endpoints, simplifying management and improving consistency across enterprise environments.
The AudioCodes RXV200-B05-ES is a cost-effective product bundle that combines the RXV200-ES Microsoft Teams Rooms intelligent AV hub with the RX-PAD-ES MTR room controller, both built on MDEP. The bundle combines Microsoft’s trusted enterprise Android architecture with AudioCodes’ field-proven meeting room expertise to deliver meeting equity for all participants wherever they are located. Customers can connect AV equipment (from AudioCodes and selected third parties) to ensure superior meeting experience in rooms of any size.
