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Online deployment with Office 365 (Surface Hub)	This topic has instructions for adding a device account for your Microsoft Surface Hub when you have a pure, online deployment.	D325CA68-A03F-43DF-8520-EACF7C3EDEC1	device account for Surface Hub, online deployment	w10	deploy	library	surfacehub	TrudyHa	medium

Online deployment with Office 365 (Surface Hub)

This topic has instructions for adding a device account for your Microsoft Surface Hub when you have a pure, online deployment.

If you have a pure, online (O365) deployment, then you can use the provided PowerShell scripts to create device accounts.

1. Start a remote PowerShell session on a PC and connect to Exchange.

   Be sure you have the right permissions set to run the associated cmdlets.

   Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
   $org='contoso.microsoft.com'
   $cred=Get-Credential $admin@$org
   $sess= New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $cred -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection
   Import-PSSession $sess
   

2. After establishing a session, you’ll either create a new mailbox and enable it as a RoomMailboxAccount, or change the settings for an existing room mailbox. This will allow the account to authenticate into the Surface Hub.

   If you're changing an existing resource mailbox:

   Set-Mailbox -Identity 'HUB01' -EnableRoomMailboxAccount $true -RoomMailboxPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString -String <password> -AsPlainText -Force)
   

   If you’re creating a new resource mailbox:

   New-Mailbox -MicrosoftOnlineServicesID HUB01@contoso.com -Alias HUB01 -Name "Hub-01" -Room -EnableRoomMailboxAccount $true -RoomMailboxPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString -String <password> -AsPlainText -Force)
   

3. After setting up the mailbox, you will need to either create a new Exchange ActiveSync policy, or use a compatible existing policy.

   Surface Hubs are only compatible with device accounts that have an ActiveSync policy where the PasswordEnabled property is set to False. If this isn’t set properly, then Exchange services on the Surface Hub (mail, calendar, and joining meetings), will not be enabled.

   If you haven’t created a compatible policy yet, use the following cmdlet—this one creates a policy called "Surface Hubs". Once it’s created, you can apply the same policy to other device accounts.

   $easPolicy = New-MobileDeviceMailboxPolicy -Name “SurfaceHubs” -PasswordEnabled $false
   

   Once you have a compatible policy, then you will need to apply the policy to the device account.

   Set-CASMailbox 'HUB01@contoso.com' -ActiveSyncMailboxPolicy $easPolicy.Id
   

4. Various Exchange properties must be set on the device account to improve the meeting experience. You can see which properties need to be set in the Exchange properties section.

   Set-CalendarProcessing -Identity 'HUB01@contoso.com' -AutomateProcessing AutoAccept -AddOrganizerToSubject $false –AllowConflicts $false –DeleteComments $false -DeleteSubject $false -RemovePrivateProperty $false
   Set-CalendarProcessing -Identity 'HUB01@contoso.com' -AddAdditionalResponse $true -AdditionalResponse "This is a Surface Hub room!"
   

5. Connect to Azure AD.

   You need to connect to Azure AD to apply some account settings. You can run this cmdlet to connect.

   Connect-MsolService -Credential $cred
   

6. If you decide to have the password not expire, you can set that with PowerShell cmdlets too. See Password management for more information.

   Set-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName 'HUB01@contoso.com' -PasswordNeverExpires $true
   

7. Surface Hub requires a license for Skype for Business functionality.

   • Your Surface Hub account requires a Lync Online (Plan 2) or Lync Online (Plan 3) license, but it does not require an Exchange Online license.
   • You'll need to have Lync Online (Plan 2) or higher in your O365 plan. The plan needs to support conferencing capability.
   • If you need Enterprise Voice (PSTN telephony) using telephony service providers for the Surface Hub, you need Lync Online (Plan 3).

   Next, you can use Get-MsolAccountSku to retrieve a list of available SKUs for your O365 tenant.

   Once you list out the SKUs, you can add a license using the Set-MsolUserLicense cmdlet. In this case, $strLicense is the SKU code that you see (for example, contoso:STANDARDPACK).

   Set-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName 'HUB01@contoso.com' -UsageLocation "US"
   Get-MsolAccountSku
   Set-MsolUserLicense -UserPrincipalName 'HUB01@contoso.com' -AddLicenses $strLicense
   

8. Enable the device account with Skype for Business.

   • Start by creating a remote PowerShell session from a PC.

     Import-Module LyncOnlineConnector  
     $cssess=New-CsOnlineSession -Credential $cred  
     Import-PSSession $cssess -AllowClobber
     

• Next, if you aren't sure what value to use for the RegistrarPool parameter in your environment, you can get the value from an existing Skype for Business user using this cmdlet (for example, alice@contoso.com):

  Get-CsOnlineUser -Identity ‘alice@contoso.com’| fl *registrarpool*
  

  OR by setting a variable

  $strRegistrarPool = (Get-CsOnlineUser -Identity ‘alice@contoso.com’).RegistrarPool
  

- Enable the Surface Hub account with the following cmdlet:
  
    ```PowerShell
    Enable-CsMeetingRoom -Identity 'HUB01@contoso.com' -RegistrarPool yourRegistrarPool -SipAddressType EmailAddress
    OR using the $strRegistarPool variable from above
    Enable-CsMeetingRoom -Identity 'HUB01@contoso.com' -RegistrarPool $strRegistrarPool -SipAddressType EmailAddress
    ```

For validation, you should be able to use any Skype for Business client (PC, Android, etc) to sign in to this account.