Azure API Management vs Microsoft Teams

Likelihood to Recommend

APIM is useful for the standard scenarios:

1) Securing your back-end APIs - If you have a legacy back-end web service that has a basic authentication scheme, you can add some additional security by placing APIM in front, and requiring subscription keys. Leverage your existing firewall to ensure only your APIM instance can communicate with your back-end API, and you've basically added a layer of protection.

2) Lift and shift - there are always going to be clients that don't want to update their clients to use a newer API; in some cases you can make a newer API look like an older one by implementing some complex policies in APIM. You can also do the opposite, making older APIs look new, such as making an XML back-end accept both JSON and XML.

3) Centralizing your APIs - if you've acquired another company and want to make their API set look as if it's a part of the larger whole, APIM is an easy way to provide a consistent front-end interface for developers.

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Gordon Lo

Digital Solutions Architect

DynacareHospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees

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Well Suited: Microsoft Teams is well suited if you have to rigorously collaborate with 10 or more colleagues on a daily basis and even share files, calls and calendars. If you are working in a team and almost every time has to rely or need somebody's advice on the work you are doing, then Microsoft Teams will work as bliss for you and you would love the experience throughout.Not Suited: If your Internet connection with low bandwidths and also having computer systems which are not very great at configurations, I would not recommend this piece to software to you. This can make you feel annoyed and at the same time, miserable if you are not able to connect with right people on right time and in turn working on such a slow pace, which otherwise would have been quite fast on light-weight tool.

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Engineer in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Azure API Management

Microsoft Teams

API access control

Rate limits and usage policies

API usage data

API user onboarding

API versioning

Usage billing and payments

API monitoring and logging

Azure API Management

Microsoft Teams

Task Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Mobile Access

Search

Visual planning tools

Azure API Management

Microsoft Teams

Chat

Notifications

Discussions

Surveys

Internal knowledgebase

Integrates with GoToMeeting

Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts

Integrates with Outlook

Azure API Management

Microsoft Teams

Versioning

Video files

Audio files

Document collaboration

Access control

Advanced security features

Integrates with Google Drive

Device sync

Pros

Easy commissioning of APIs.
Great policies to control access.
Easy mock services for testing.

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Employee in Corporate

Chemicals Company, 10,001+ employees

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It allows all of the documents for a project to be stored on the cloud and updated in real time, instead of on a network drive where changes are more difficult to track.
It allows teams to keep their communication and project files centralized, instead of in disparate places.

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Professional in Product Management

E-Learning Company, 501-1000 employees

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Cons

Lack of robustness is a bit of an issue. Several other providers offer more options and capabilities, but then, they are lacking in interface ease.
As with anything Azure, pricing is really hard to stay on top of. I always find that you really don’t know what you’re paying for until you get the bill. Having an excellent Azure Administrator can help resolve that.
Integrating with app services outside of Azure can be a challenge, or at least much more challenging than just using Azure App Services.

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Manager in Finance and Accounting

Consumer Goods Company, 10,001+ employees

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A taskbar widget that allows replies from right clicking the taskbar icon.
more GIF engines beyond GIPHY, or a native GIPHY interface complete with mood categories.
Recent Chats column collapsible to bubbles with initial before disappearing when narrowing the window, similar to Apple iMessage on Mac software.

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Professional in Finance and Accounting

Accounting Company, 51-200 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

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Microsoft Teams 10.0

Based on 2 answers

Microsoft Teams has really shown how it can assist in this current environment but even without so, it is valuable as a tool to connect with individuals and collaborate on conference schedules.

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Technician in Information Technology

Construction Company, 51-200 employees

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Usability

No score

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Microsoft Teams 7.3

Based on 29 answers

The user interface is pretty clean. There is a lot of power to it, but it doesn't take long to to get up and running. It is a bit overwhelming the first time you come at it, especially if you're mainly thinking of it as a replacement of Skype for Business instant messaging. It does that great, along with the other features Skype has, such as video/audio calls and meetings, along with screensharing. But it can do so much more. As you get more and more familiar with the tool, it's fairly straightforward to add additional functionality, like document storage, wiki collaboration, and Planner integration, among other things.

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Engineer in Information Technology

Food & Beverages Company, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

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Microsoft Teams 7.7

Based on 124 answers

Microsoft Teams has a good support and an easy system to find answers. There are also tutorials available for learning the basics of the program which is very helpful. Being able to use the program on computers, tablets and mobile devices is very helpful. The whole Outlook 360 package has a good support network which makes integrating new programs into the office easier

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Karen Zelzer

Environmental Specialist II

Carnow Conibear & Assoc., Ltd.Environmental Services, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Azure APIM vs Amazon API Gateway:

1) Azure APIM was a complete package that included a developer portal.

2) We are very Microsoft centric - so the Microsoft product suite aligned very well with our business needs.

3) It was faster and easier to stand up Azure APIM for testing than it was for the Amazon API Gateway.

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Gordon Lo

Digital Solutions Architect

DynacareHospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees

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Personally I'm not a fan of applications that try to do everything. I prefer software that are dedicated to one topic, for instance Adobe PhotoShop is a vast and complex solution for editing images.I think Teams offers comparable quality in terms of audio, video and text chat to software like Skype or Zoom. However, when compared to Jira for planning and Confluence for documentation, Teams doesn't even compete.

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Account Manager in Customer Service

Computer Games Company, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

We have one-stop access to all services.
We can stop DDoS, Man in the middle attack, etc.

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Employee in Corporate

Chemicals Company, 10,001+ employees

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Strong ROI- simple to use, makes inter-office communication simple.
Like the ease of use/layout of the iPhone app.
Great for video calling, screen shares, audio quality is great - saves time and hassle that can be found with many meeting software services.

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Employee in Sales

Computer Software Company, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Azure API Management Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Microsoft Teams Editions & Modules

Edition

Free	$0.00¹
Microsoft 365 Business Basic	$5.00¹
Microsoft 365 Business Standard	$12.50¹
Office 365 E3	$20.00¹

Per Month

Additional Pricing Details

Discounts are available for non profit organizations.

Rating Summary

Azure API Management

Microsoft Teams

Azure API Management

Microsoft Teams

Azure API Management

Microsoft Teams

Azure API Management

Microsoft Teams

Likelihood to Recommend