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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Teams Manager

    Score8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    IT administrators can keep control of their Microsoft 365 environment with Teams Manager. Teams Manager is used to prevent the uncontrolled creation of Teams and Groups and automate governance processes. Key Features: • Governance Dashboard and Reports – provides an overview of the M365 environment (inactive or ownerless teams, teams with guests etc.) • Provisioning of new teams & SharePoint sites – with channels,…

    $1.60

    per year

    Starmind

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AStarmind in Zurich offers their knowledge sharing platform, featuring augmented Intelligence allowing team members, or employees across departments and offices, to tap into the collective human intelligence in an organization, in real-time.N/A
    Pricing
    Teams ManagerStarmind
    Editions & Modules
    Extra Large (4,000+ users)
    $1.60
    per year per user
    Small (up to 249 users)
    1,599
    per year per installation
    Medium (up to 999 users)
    4,049
    per year per installation
    Large (up to 4000 users)
    6,499
    per year per installation
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    Pricing Offerings
    Teams ManagerStarmind
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional DetailsPrices are starting prices. Not listed here are the different support and service packages.—
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
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    10 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
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    Slite
    Score5.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Bloomfire
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Bloomfire
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Teams ManagerStarmind
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Teams ManagerStarmind
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Solutions2Share
    It's well suited if you or your organization performs tasks incorporating other Microsoft programs such as OneNote or Planner. Teams Manager allows for easy management of that software usage; if you do not use any of those, I'm not sure if there is much advantage in using it to manage workflow.
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    Starmind
    Shared knowledge is essential to widely distribute knowledge among the various sectors of the company. Knowledge is power and we have discovered this with Starmind, where we are all capable of solving different problems without the need to work in a certain sector or not.
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    Pros
    Solutions2Share
    • Handles different teams and teams members
    • Giving them permissions as per their job profile and necessity
    • Seeing the projects' progress through one platform
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    Starmind
    • Anonymous requests, with fast and totally efficient results, which is amazing, most of the time he finds the person trained to solve certain problems.
    • The search system has filters that help us prioritize what we are really looking for, in this way the search is much more efficient.
    • Collaborative tools undoubtedly help us to solve communication problems, streamline work processes and achieve work success in carrying out our projects.
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    Cons
    Solutions2Share
    • user interface can be enhanced to seperate the color coding for different channels
    • It would be great to receive notifications in Outlook for Shifts and be able to approve/deny requests and schedule changes there while it's synced with the Outlook calendar.
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    Starmind
    • Collaborative tools undoubtedly help us to solve communication problems, streamline work processes and achieve work success in carrying out our projects.
    • I'm still not familiar with its interface in a comfortable way. It seems to me that there are functions whose potential can be exploited more but they are not visual, instead there are many others that can get in the way a little in the daily use of the platform.
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    Usability
    Solutions2Share
    It is a well-designed and polished application on Teams. Most of its issues stem from Teams UI and UX, which could be improved further. However, if you can fit the team manager to your needs, it can become a very powerful tool to manage data flow.
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    Starmind
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    Alternatives Considered
    Solutions2Share
    We still use it for our one-off situations, but mostly stick to Teams as it is much more user-friendly and allows better sharing capabilities through virtual meetings. Skype is not as easily customized, so it's a no-brainer to use Microsoft Teams and Team Manager for all of our instant messaging and virtual meeting needs.
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    Starmind
    Bloomfire is an excellent tool, it provides multiple similar features, these platforms being intelligent in the search for shared knowledge, however, Starmind seems to me to have better search options and interaction actions between users.
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    Return on Investment
    Solutions2Share
    • Positive in regards to easy access to quick answers through instant messaging
    • Positive in that the Managers have a secure place to go to retrieve sensitive information.
    • Negative in that we do not fully utilize the tool.
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    Starmind
    • The effective search for the right person to attend specific commercial projects has allowed us to hit the target, since we are exploiting the potential of each of the company's personnel regardless of the department to which they belong, we diversify, learn and adapt to changes, in favor of always achieving the proposed objectives and achieving better performance and work efficiency.
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    ScreenShots

    Teams Manager Screenshots

    Screenshot of Governance Dashboard and Reports – for an overview of Microsoft 365 environmentsScreenshot of Automated request and approval process for new teams, M365 groups and SharePoint sitesScreenshot of Templates and provisioning for teams and SharePoint sites (with channels, tabs, apps, folders, Planner with tasks, OneNote with content and more)Screenshot of Lifecycles for teams: inactive or obsolete teams can automatically be archived or even deleted after a specified period of timeScreenshot of Naming conventions for teams, OneNotes, Planners and SharePoint URLs: rules for uniform, relevant names with predefined prefixes and suffixesScreenshot of Policy packages for teams: automatically enforce governance policies for team requests, approvals, access reviews and more

    Starmind Screenshots

    Screenshot of Starmind Knowledge Wheel