Microsoft Teams

My first experience with Microsoft Teams was 7 years ago, when I was at University. I used it to attend virtual classes and collaborate on group assignments with my classmates. Currently, in our organization, we use it to collaborate, communicate, and manage our daily workflows. Our Teams operates both on-site and remotely across multiple locations. Its ability to integrate chat, video calls, file sharing, meetings, and instant messaging into a single platform has made our lives much smoother and made it convenient for everyone to work together in real time. The tool is fully compatible with iOS, Windows, and Android, allowing us to use our devices even when on the move. Seamlessly connects with our other tools, making our work and communication effortless.

• Allow smooth communication with team members, clients, and other internal and external partners globally.
• Provide strong security features to ensure secure communication and confidence when sharing sensitive information during our meetings and group calls.
• When working on collaborative projects, we can work together in the same document in real time.

Zoom Workplace

Wrike, AutoCAD, Microsoft Excel

I’m using Microsoft Teams as part of my job. Most of our meeting schedules, internal communications, and team meetings are hosted using Teams. I was introduced to it some years ago, but I only started using it consistently in the past four months. It is very easy to operate, and it works seamlessly with other Microsoft apps.

• Because our unit decided to go all in with Microsoft Products, the integration and flow of our communication and files are seamless.
• Microsoft Teams is very secure. Only those who are logged in with their university credentials can access the files we share and the events we host. Therefore, we don't have to worry about privacy and security for the virtual events we host.
• If our virtual events are open to the public, joiners outside the organization often struggle to join because Microsoft Teams is not the most familiar tool amongst the public.

Zoom Workplace

Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Lists, Canvas

Communications. We're solely working from home, so Teams has been helpful. Although it has some very annoying quirks, it serves its purpose as our main communication platform. We use it for meetings, setting up online events, and overall general chat across the whole organization.

• Positive, as it comes with the Microsoft Office suite, so no need to purchase it as a separate chat platform.
• Being able to also search for files, has been a life saver on times.

Zoom Rooms and Google Meet

OneDrive, Google Meet, Google Drive

We utilise Microsoft Teams as a secondary messaging tool to engage with clients and potential customers that use Microsoft as their worksuite. We will also use the video call feature to conduct product demos and have calls with potential clients and customers. Our product also integrates with Microsoft Teams to provide updates/results based on test results.

• Increased pipeline by enabling us to engage with customers that are exclusive to Microsoft by having easily set up cross company channels
• Closed multiple deals across last year due to this communication
• Facilitated 10+ sales calls where companies had to use Microsoft Teams as it allows external participants easily

Google Chat and Slack

Slack, Google Chat, Google Meet, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Drive, HubSpot CRM, Apollo.io, Lusha, RocketReach, ZoomInfo Sales, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Pitch, Typeform, Xero, Outseta

On a daily basis, we use Microsoft Teams to communicate and collaborate within our organization and with our colleagues. I am proud to say that we transitioned from other collaboration tools, and we are here to stay. I've been loving Microsoft Teams so far and I think it's quite exceptional on what it does and the potential that it provides to remote workers. It has never been this easy for me to communicate with my colleagues and Microsoft Teams made it possible for me. Personally, I think that Microsoft Teams has the most intuitive and sleek user interface among all of the communication and collaborative tools that I have used in the past. I like how it looks and how it provides you the various option to customize it to your liking. Additionally, we use Microsoft Teams 2-3 times a week for our face-to-face meetings. For me, the element of the human connection is a must for a job to feel alive, and Microsoft Teams enables that for us. Working remotely can be taxing to the human psyche especially if you're just staring at the screen all day and you do not have anyone to talk to. Well, Microsoft Teams makes that human connection possible and I especially love the filters that they provide - they keep on updating it too and provides us new backgrounds to work with our meetings regularly.

• Personally, I would say that by using Microsoft Teams, it upped my collaboration with my colleagues by around 50% or around more than half of what I usually did prior to using it.
• I had 100% show rate and attendance on all of my meetings in the past 6 months.
• If I may add, I also have been chattier & collaborative towards my colleagues in past 3 months particularly the month of December when we had huge traffic at work. I would estimate this behavior to have been increased by around 60% than what I usually incur during normal operating days.

Slack, Google Meet, Google Chat and Google Calendar

Aloware, Microsoft Excel, Open Dental Software, WebWork Time Tracker, Tableau Cloud, Deel, Google Workspace, Clockify, Canva, Krisp, Microsoft Entra ID