Microsoft surface hub User Manual

Microsoft surface hub User Manual

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User Guide

April 2016

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    User Guide April 2016...
  • Page 2 This document is provided “as-is.” Information and views expressed in this document, including URL and other Internet Web site references, may change without notice. This document does not provide you with any legal rights to any intellectual property in any Microsoft product. You may copy and use this document for your internal, reference purposes.
  • Page 3: About This Guide

    About this guide Use the Surface Hub User Guide to learn how to use the features of your Surface Hub, whether in an ad- hoc or scheduled meeting. This guide is provided as a PDF. It is also available online at...
  • Page 4: Additional Connections Icons

    Connector, location Icon Description Attention: Caution Identifies important safety and health messages Warning: Hazardous Dangerous: Do not touch voltage Read instructions Read instruction manual for safety and health information Do not open No user-serviceable parts inside © Microsoft 2015 Page 2...
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Keys on top row ..............................10 Keys on left side ..............................10 Keys above touchpad ............................10 Cortana ..........................11 Cortana commands for Surface Hub ........................11 Welcome screen ....................... 12 Icons you'll see during a meeting ..................12 Start screen ....................... 13 Open an app ........................
  • Page 6 Restart a meeting ......................28 Accessibility ....................... 30 Using the magnifier ......................30 Protect your data ...................... 30 Care and cleaning ...................... 31 Keyboard and pen care ....................31 Replacements ........................31 More information ..................... 31 © Microsoft 2015 Page 4...
  • Page 7: Meet Surface Hub

    Before you end your meeting, email all your meeting notes from your Surface Hub to everyone who needs them. When you end the meeting, your Surface Hub deletes all your meeting notes and files from its hard drive to protect your privacy.
  • Page 8: Surface Hub Features

    Surface Hub features Surface Hub comes in two sizes: 55” and 84”, with the following features. Touchscreen (9) Use the touchscreen to open apps, write or draw on the whiteboard, join a meeting, invite participants, and more. See Interacting with Surface Hub, below.
  • Page 9: Wake / Sleep

    When someone enters the room, Surface Hub wakes up and displays the Welcome screen. When it stops detecting movement, it goes to sleep. If your Surface Hub seems to be asleep when you're in the room or does not respond as expected, try the following: ...
  • Page 10: Interacting With Surface Hub

    You can use your Surface Hub as a display for your laptop, tablet, or smartphone. See Connect, below. Touchscreen Surface Hub is designed for touch. Start a meeting, invite more people to join you, open apps, write on the whiteboard, send the results of the meeting to yourself and others—you can do it all with touch.
  • Page 11: Keypad Indicator Lights

    Flashing amber Very low battery Deep sleep Keyboard Surface Hub comes with a wireless keyboard that has a touchpad as well as special keys on the top row, down the left side, and above the touchpad. © Microsoft 2015 Page 9...
  • Page 12: Keys On Top Row

    Keys above touchpad Icon Description Search: Launches Cortana, if available. Otherwise, it launches Search in Microsoft Edge. Task view: Lets you choose between open apps or close apps End session: Starts the countdown for ending a session—like tapping I’m done on the touchscreen ©...
  • Page 13: Cortana

    Cortana can respond to voice commands to answer questions, search the web, and launch apps. Start Cortana by doing any of the following:  Speak directly to your Surface Hub. Begin with, “Hey, Cortana.” Select Cortana from the bottom of the screen.
  • Page 14: Welcome Screen

    Welcome screen The Welcome screen appears when your Surface Hub wakes up. When you close a session, your Surface Hub resets itself and the Welcome screen reappears.  If the previous meeting is still active, select Resume to reopen it. You'll need to close the previous meeting before you can start a new one.
  • Page 15: Start Screen

    See Save your data, below. Start screen At any time, you can go to the Start screen to access the whiteboard, start a call, open apps, and more. Here's how: © Microsoft 2015 Page 13...
  • Page 16: Open An App

    Get Started app The Get Started app is a great way to get up to speed fast. Consult it any time you need to know how to perform a task on your Surface Hub. To open the Get Started app, select Start >...
  • Page 17: Whiteboard

    Or, select Start > Whiteboard. Use the pen or switch to touch mode and write with your finger. Whiteboard settings such as ink color, selection tool, and erase apply to everyone working at the whiteboard. © Microsoft 2015 Page 15...
  • Page 18: Whiteboard Menu

    Connect Use the Connect feature to project the screen and audio from your laptop, tablet, or phone to your Surface Hub. Connect supports these special features: © Microsoft 2015 Page 16...
  • Page 19: Wireless Connect

    Surface Hub screen appear in the file on the device you're using to project. For example, if someone circles a paragraph in a Word doc on the Surface Hub screen, that circle appears in the file on the tablet you used to project the file. If you save the file on the tablet, you also save the circle around the paragraph.
  • Page 20: Start An Ad-Hoc Meeting

    At the end of a meeting, you must close the session. Be sure to email any meeting notes you want to keep before you close the session. To protect your privacy, Surface Hub deletes all the notes from your meeting when you close the session.
  • Page 21: Add Participants During A Meeting

    You can join the meeting before it starts to get things ready. Just select the link for your meeting from the Surface Hub Welcome screen. If the previous meeting was left running, you'll need to close it before you start your meeting. This will delete all data from that meeting.
  • Page 22: Accessing Content Attached To Meeting Invite

    Accessing content attached to meeting invite Prior to an attachment being visible on the Surface Hub, the Skype for Business meeting originator must present the content while connected to the meeting. To do this, select Present > Manage Content on the meeting originator’s Skype for Business client.
  • Page 23 To begin displaying this content on the Surface Hub, a user must first request a PIN. This is done to protect your content from unauthorized viewing. On the Surface Hub, select Content from the menu at the left or right edge of the Surface Hub screen, and then choose the PowerPoint file you wish to view.
  • Page 24 Choose the content owner that is present and then select Send. This individual should be present in the same room as the Surface Hub for quick PIN retrieval. An email containing the four-digit code will be sent to this user. Once received, enter the Content PIN into the next window.
  • Page 25: Share Content With Remote Participants

    During a Skype for Business session, remote users can share PowerPoint files with the Surface Hub as well as all participants. Any shared files will be shown on the Surface Hub in the Content tab To begin sharing a file with the meeting participants, click Present within your Skype for Business desktop client and choose “Present PowerPoint Files…”...
  • Page 26: Adjust Cameras, Mic, And Volume

    . Then choose any of the following settings:  Active camera  Automate camera settings: Let your Surface Hub determine which camera to use. The camera will use sound and motion detection to focus on who's talking. A light appears under each camera. ...
  • Page 27 A light appears under the right camera.  Camera off: Turn off both cameras. No light appears under either camera. You can also turn off the cameras from the Surface Hub keyboard by pressing the Privacy key. © Microsoft 2015 Page 25...
  • Page 28: Use Apps In Split-Screen Mode

    Be sure to save your changes before ending the meeting. How you do that will depend on which apps you used.  Changes made to apps running on your Surface Hub, such as Whiteboard, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, must be emailed to a person or team. © Microsoft 2015...
  • Page 29: End The Meeting

     Changes made to data on your computer and projected to your Surface Hub can be saved to your computer. If you don’t email your data before you end the meeting, it will be irretrievably lost. MPORTANT Here's how to send an email from the account associated with the current session, either the meeting organizer for a scheduled meeting or the Surface Hub account for an ad-hoc meeting.
  • Page 30: What If I Forget To End My Meeting

    The next group using the Surface Hub can email your data to you if it was a scheduled meeting or if they know you were the last one to use the Surface Hub. Or, they can just end your meeting, discarding all your session data.
  • Page 31 1. Email the data to yourself. 2. End the meeting. 3. Start a new meeting and load the data you saved. If restarting doesn't solve the problem, contact your system admin. © Microsoft 2015 Page 29...
  • Page 32: Accessibility

    Be sure to email your data at the end of each meeting. When you end a meeting, all your notes and any files you worked on are deleted from the Surface Hub hard drive. If you ever want to wipe the drive, your Surface Hub admin can reset the onboard computer to factory settings.
  • Page 33: Care And Cleaning

    Your admin can also remove the hard drive if you're concerned about it leaving the premises during repair or replacement. The hard drive is keyed to your Surface Hub and can't be put in a different computer to access data.

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