MS Teams General Admin - Meeting Room License vs. Common Area Phone License

What is a "Teams Room" Device

Microsoft Teams Room Basic license should only be used for "Teams Room" devices. A list of Microsoft Teams Rooms phones can be found here Microsoft Teams Rooms Packages and Systems | Teams devices.

Microsoft outlines this in their article here Microsoft Teams Rooms licenses - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn. 

The Teams Room Basic license will provide you with the following: 

Please Note: If you need to place outbound calls you will need to add a Microsoft Teams Phone Standard License to the user account as well.

• Collaborate with your team wherever they are with hybrid meeting experiences
• Instantly join meetings with one-touch join
• Easily share content with wireless sharing
• Enable real-time collaboration for every attendee, with a shared digital canvas 
• Available on Windows, Android, and Surface Hub devices
• Supported with Teams rooms on the following: 
  • Windows
  • Android
  • Surface Hub
• Can join a meeting in the following ways:n 
  • One-touch join
  • Proximity join
  • Meeting ID
  • Meet now (start ad-hoc meetings)
  • Direct guest join for Zoom and Webex meetings
• Can share and collaborate all Teams content
• For meeting engagement, Teams video gallery with multiple layout options is provided
• Peer-to-peer and group calling and receiving 
• Secure operating system and system-level security  (such as secure boot and assigned access)
• Access to Teams Admin Center enrollment and inventory
• Automatic updates

What is a "Shared Device"?

Phones intended to be "common area phones" or "shared spaces" devices. Further information is provded in Microsofts documentation here Microsoft Teams Shared Devices licensing - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn

Teams Shared Devices license will provide you with the following:

• Join meetings by dialing in 
• No Voicemail
• Peer-to-peer answering and initiating call 
• Place outbound calls

If you need more information, check out this article with Microsoft:

•  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/skype-for-business-it-pro/meeting-room-license-vs-common-area-phone-license-vs-e1-phone/m-p/315033
• Teams Rooms Licenses: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/microsoft-teams-rooms/compare-rooms-plans