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What is Microsoft Teams?
Microsoft Teams combines video conferencing software with team collaboration tools. The communications platform allows MS Office users to conduct conference calls and share files via SharePoint, and join or initiate a group chat.
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- Chat (190)8.888%
- Discussions (177)8.585%
- Notifications (189)8.080%
- Mobile Access (174)7.979%
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What is Microsoft Teams?
Microsoft Teams combines video conferencing software with team collaboration tools. The communications platform allows MS Office users to conduct conference calls and share files via SharePoint, and join or initiate a group chat.
Microsoft Teams features three tiers of pricing. The first is a subscription-less, free option that offers the same features as the other two tiers but does not offer administration tools like analytics and access to on-premise servers, or support features like 24/7 phone and web support. The second and third tiers are based on the size of your business and its conferencing needs. Its “Office 365 Business Premium” option starts at $12.50 a month per user, with a required annual commitment, and its “Office 365 E3” option for enterprises starts at $20 a month per user, also with a required annual commitment.
Key Features
Meetings: Meet with teams of 10 or 10,000. Host audio, video, and web
conferences with anyone inside or outside your organization or go big with live
events.
Calling: Its Phone System feature enables PBX capabilities including
call control in Office 365 and replaces on-premises PBX. Its calling features
are customizable to fit your organization’s unique needs.
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Microsoft Teams Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
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Microsoft Teams combines video conferencing software with team collaboration tools. The communications platform allows MS Office users to conduct conference calls and share files via SharePoint, and join or initiate a group chat.
Microsoft Teams starts at $5.
Reviewers rate Chat and Integrates with Outlook highest, with a score of 8.8.
The most common users of Microsoft Teams are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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November 09, 2021
MS Teams is all about Teamwork!
MS Teams is making our lives easier on a day-to-day basis, the platform is being used across the whole organisation by all departments and all internal communications from all teams are being distributed in one place. MS Teams is used for calls, conversations, files and meetings and this allows us to reduce the number of emails received in our inboxes. With this in place, it facilitate easy, quick and effective collaboration with my colleagues and I can definitely recognise that I am achieving more. Microsoft Teams is also user friendly on desktop and mobile. With Teams, I can finally have an inbox dedicated to my clients and I see myself more productive.
- Quick and easy collaboration.
- Video calling.
- Reduce emails threads.
- Easy in scheduling meetings.
- Lack of flexibility.
- Calling experience not intuitive.
- Files are not easily searchable.
November 05, 2021
Seamlessly collaborate on files with Microsoft's family of programs including video & audio conferencing!
We currently use Microsoft Teams company wide for all our conferencing needs including internal collaborating on projects and events. Teams helps us create separate workgroups to tackle upcoming presentations and reviews which helps tremendously over sending hundreds of emails and copying each employee. It has been a significant time save during this time we are mostly working from home.
- Real time team collaboration on projects and events
- Video & audio conferencing both internal and external
- Seamless sync ability with Microsoft applications
- Memory usage when actively sharing Microsoft applications to a team
- Start up time and overall speed of application
- Lack of ability to Group chats based on similar projects
November 05, 2021
Microsoft Teams - A solution that suits those who have it, but it's not all that you'd expect.
We use Microsoft teams as a means to exchange on projects with partners, mostly on a day to day basis. The Meetings feature is what we use the most for groups of 4 to 6 on average. Its great to interact with voice and video directly form the app on a mobile or laptop, or through a web browser when i am using a desk PC at one of our branches.
- scheduling meetings
- exchanging ideas on projects
- video calls
- connecting to meetings from mobile devices
- call back feature when driving
- lack of flexibility on screen layouts
November 04, 2021
Microsoft Teams....daily game changer =}
We use Microsoft Teams corporate-wide and I honestly don't know how we worked without it!! It has given us so much extra time to reach out to our colleagues for quick answers, without having to make a call or sending a time-consuming email. Video calling is fantastic for quick calls & team meetings, without scheduling a Go To Meeting or Zoom. Document sharing? No problem!! Sharing an emoji or gif to uplift someone's day is pretty cool on the fly too =}
- Video chats
- Quick texting
- Document sharing
- There isn't one con I can think of =}
November 04, 2021
Great Functionality and Instant Communication
Microsoft Teams is being used across the whole organization. One-quarter of our workforce works from home at any given time and Microsoft Teams is a great way to get ahold of someone. We use Microsoft Teams in a couple of ways. 1. We use the instant messenger functionality. 2. You can call someone direct via Microsoft Teams. 3. We use it for web conferencing. 4. You can also invite someone to a special group where you can share files.
- It lets you know if someone is free, busy or away from their desk
- Does a great job at establishing a means of communication with coworker
- Can also attach files to a chat.
- I wish it [could be] integrated with Outlook. Instead of having to open two separate programs
- Wish there was a popup for a missed call. Instead of just an icon on the activity tab
- Wish it was easier to add a third participant to an existing call.
November 04, 2021
Microsoft Teams makes working remotely easier
We are currently using Microsoft Teams across the organization for messaging, file sharing and video conferencing. We use it to host meetings internally and with outside customers, and have tied our conference rooms into Teams as well so we can use the advanced video conferencing equipment available in these rooms vs just the users' phone or laptop.
- Messaging
- Teleconferencing
- File Sharing
- Inconsistent Notification
- Search doesn't always work
November 04, 2021
Used to be a skeptical user, now I've been converted to a full believer given the functionality & features of Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is being used by our entire organization currently. We had used Skype for Business for quite a few years which solved our challenges but after the migration to Microsoft Teams, it's hard to envision a typical work day without this vital software. We use Microsoft Teams for everything from user-to-user chat, video calls & meetings, calendar updates, file sharing for teams, and also as way to collaborate.
- Excellent user interface
- Speedy, no latency issues
- One stop shop for all things collaboration related
- Bluetooth/headset compatibility is a huge issue that could be added
- Sometimes video calls drop on Teams
November 03, 2021
Teams is a no brainer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Teams is used across the entire organization for all team communication, meetings, video conferencing and collaboration. Teams allowed our organization to rapidly deploy remotely during COVID and it has continued to be our primary tool for meeting and sharing information.
- video conferencing
- chat
- file sharing
- file preview
- user interface
- video quality
October 15, 2021
Microsoft Teams for learning
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
MS Teams is used for teaching and any other tasks like meetings, trainings etc
- scheduling meetings
- connecting other applications
- keeping record of what happened during and outside of meeting
- using for larger than 250 users
- advanced formatting posts
- adding people from outside
October 10, 2021
Easy Chat
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We currently use it as our primary internal messaging application and for team meetings. It is in use across the entire organization. This allows us an ability to allow our remote workers to collaborate and communicate more effectively. It also allows us the ability to audit users should a need to arise.
- Allow posting of memes in chat.
- Managing of multiple conversations.
- A chat search feature.
- The audit function could use a bit more more work to save entire conversations.
October 10, 2021
Keep In Touch with Teams
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Used by departments to collaborate on projects and communicate.
- Seamless resolution
- Effectively communicate
- Effortless Collaboration
- n/a
October 07, 2021
Best video call and conferencing software
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use Microsoft Teams for hosting a meeting and discuss the issues being faced by my teammates or taking suggestions from them. It is a very secure and convenient software for communication and really easy to use. The good thing about this software is we can record the session and even can send messages during the video call. Even it can be run on mobile also.
- It is highly customizable and can be integrated with other software like Microsoft 365.
- Very simple User Interface and required no training is required.
- It allows screen recording
- File sharing during calls
- Instant Messaging
- Too much memory consumption which leads to system crash
- Cannot edit or delete the sent messages.
- Call drops
September 30, 2021
Internal integration made easy through Teams
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft Teams is a great video chat tool. It satisfies most of our business needs like conducting meetings, conferences and communicating with clients regarding projects and queries. Communicating with staff and sharing business files with peers is easy.
- Video Calling Feature
- Shared excel on team manager
- Network stability
- Should reduce the internet required for calling
- Implementing meeting id and rooms
- Should have regular updates
September 27, 2021
Our communication tool will always be Microsoft Teams
It services as our internal and external communication tool. It is used all across the company.
- Bug free
- Efficient
- Confidential
- Design
- configuration
September 21, 2021
Microsoft Teams: An Honest Review
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I adore how Microsoft Teams makes it easy to connect with coworkers. It is easy to use the mobile app, but I mainly use the desktop version for my daily, weekly, or monthly meetings. I am using this software every day and it is a great tool to get work done.
- It is a great software for holding a large meeting in a small space.
- It [has a] screen share option, which helps clear [any] doubts with your counterpart fast.
- It is effortless, and no special training is required.
- It has the drawback that it sometimes uses a considerable amount of computer resources.
- Sometimes memory usage goes high while using, which does not occur with other video conference platforms.
September 10, 2021
Teams is an amazing productivity tool, but not for everyone.
Teams is being used across the organization and every user has access to it. It is currently optional to use it and not the main form of communication across the organization as we still use Skype. Running two collaboration platforms made it more difficult to get users up to speed and adoption to the levels we wanted. I recommend that if you're a leader in your organization and making the decision to get Teams, make sure you implement it at the same time as removing Skype or other communication platforms.
- Chat and group chats are so smooth and easy to use. you can also share files, links, gifs and stickers in the conversation.
- Channels help split the work into multiple sections which will allow members to chat in the correct section about specific topics. You can also share folders in each of the channels.
- There are a lot of connections you can add to Teams or to specific teams you create that help increase productivity.
- I don't find the user interface very friendly. Text/font isn't great and colors are just not the best.
- So hard to navigate between channels sometimes and if you leave a channel it doesn't and come back to it, it doesn't land at the same place you were at.
August 25, 2021
Fruitful Collaboration and Communication Tool.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft Teams is the software that has shown us the importance of teamwork, where decisions are collectively made, and business operations/tasks are conducted efficiently. Microsoft Teams supports communications, both external and internal, with text messaging, calls, and emails. More so, employee engagement and directory have been enhanced by Microsoft Teams. Video conferencing, one of the ways for virtual meetings, has been enhanced by Microsoft Teams.
- Microsoft Teams conducts surveys accurately.
- Microsoft Teams has presentation tools.
- Microsoft Teams allows recording and playbacks.
- No news feed from Microsoft Teams.
- Screen mirroring is absent at Microsoft Teams.
- Remote control features are inefficient.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Since we have transitioned from plain Office licenses to an Office 365 subscription, we have started to adopt Microsoft Teams. It has become, at least partially, an improved way to centralise ourselves per project. It brings together team members, meeting notes, files and online meetings in a single environment. But this change is only partially implemented in our company.
- Integration with Office applications (Word, Excel)
- Integrated meetings
- Centralising per project
- It remains a confusing mixture of apps
- Each individual component has better industry replacements (apart from Excel probably)
- It is heavy on CPU, certainly on macOS, but also on Windows.
July 26, 2021
Truly a Team's Application.
Microsoft Teams' user interface is simple and very easy to understand and can be used by anyone. It has a very good feature to organize team meetings, share your documents, take short training and record them as well so that the entire group can have access to it. The call quality is good even with the decent internet speed. You can schedule the meeting for your team by blocking their calendar in advance. You can create different channels for your projects.
- Record the meeting for future reference
- You can create different group and channel as per your project
- You can view others calendar to schedule the meeting for an individual or a group
- Some features while uploading the documents are a bit different in the mobile version compared to the windows version.
- It would be better if we could download the recording for offline use.
- You should be able to tag the message while replying to a particular message.
- Access rights should be restricted for downloading the documents when sent in a group chat or channel.
July 21, 2021
Excellent, quick and secure
In our team this application is used mainly for team meetings or for an individual meeting, sharing files, daily progress tracker, in creating groups separately for different technology and sharing things related to that only in specific groups, in celebration or in organizing events.
Yes, it is used across the whole organization as well in client-side as this application is very easy to use and users can adapt very quickly.
In team tracker, project development tracks, in helping other teams member via call or screen share.
In quick meet as well it is very useful, overall an excellent application for professionals.
Yes, it is used across the whole organization as well in client-side as this application is very easy to use and users can adapt very quickly.
In team tracker, project development tracks, in helping other teams member via call or screen share.
In quick meet as well it is very useful, overall an excellent application for professionals.
- Screen Sharing
- Quick call with teammates
- Events
- Group call
- File Sharing
- Chat with emojis
- Emails notifications can be turned off
- Call quality can be improved
- File sharing size can increased
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft team is being used for virtual meetings, training and communication between departments, vendors and business partners. For training, it almost provides all the required features such as attendees list, survey and file sharing option. In meetings, it has all the required features ie. muting all attendees, enable disable camera and mic option etc.
- Availability at all the operating systems along with mobile app
- Crisp & clear audio and video quality
- Best Software for meetings and training with file sharing option
- File sharing and edit option among team members
- It's a high bandwidth software for audio and video, so need to have lite version
- Survey option during for questions should have more customization
- Meeting invite sharing option should have more option thru whatsapp etc.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We used Microsoft Teams almost exclusively to teach classes during the pandemic. We also continue to use it for faculty and training meetings as we are just getting back to campus. I anticipate we will continue to use it for meetings because we have some faculty who are not in our college town. I also hope the administration continues to use it for training because I don't want to have to go to another all-day training meeting with a rubber chicken lunch.
- Scheduling - it's easy to integrate your meetings in Outlook
- Invitations - Since everyone in our organization is on Outlook, it's really easy to invite someone to a meeting and make sure it appears on their calendar
- Chat room / file sharing - it's easy to add files and links to the chatroom
- The Chat Room - sometimes it's hard to find. The room sometimes seems disconnected from the meeting you are in. I like that it archives them, but it can be hard to find things in an archived chat room.
- Cameras / Microphones - I wish it was more flexible in the kinds of cameras you can use. I'd love it you could include multiple cameras or to include video overlays more easily.
- Scheduling outside your organization - Yes, I know you can just email someone to add them, but it doesn't work with Outlook and sometimes, the meeting doesn't get added to their calendar.
June 25, 2021
Microsoft Teams is not what is seems
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft products are used by the university. All departments, staff and students receive a Microsoft subscription including a subscription to Microsoft Teams. It is used for remote working, distance, and online learning and is the default work collaboration tool since lockdowns have been imposed.
- The integration with O365 and other office tools is a plus
- There is seamless integration with other Microsoft products
- The app does not work well with apple products at all.
- The desktop application does not compete with other remote working platforms.
- The screen-share is the most inconvenient. While presenting you cannot share a single tab/window, you are forced to share your entire screen. There is a privacy concern.
- While presenting on behalf of a colleague, you will have to stop the presentation, mute/unmute then return to the presentation which is disruptive and unprofessional especially when recording.
- The members of the organisation assume guests have the capabilities they have, which guests do not. Microsoft Teams does not work as a social media platform and the guest feature should be abandoned entirely because it is most frustrating for guests.
- Guests invited to Microsoft Teams meetings cannot view multiple video cams while using a browser with a VPN service.
- The activity/meeting feedback window in the app itself is chaotic and can be better organised. I recommend data logs that can be pulled when needed.
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
MIcrosoft Teams has been implemented some time back (say about 6-7 months back) within our organization as a replacement for Skype for Business. It has been launched throughout the organization and not within a specific team as such. It offeres a wide variety of solutions such as team audio/video calls, real time file update feature, file sharing on cloud feature, group team chats etc. The unique and primary business solution that is offers is that of real time file update on cloud by the team members which eventually help in keeping the status tracker updated all the time without going into the hassle of sending and getting it updated via email which turns out to be a very inefficient task.
- Firstly, it enables us to form team groups within the platform which ultimately helps in team chats and file sharing within the teams and also lets the file to update in real time by all the team members within the group.
- Secondly, Teams is the only platform where we have different applications embedded and we can use those to prepare different types of files within the teams and thus we don't have to scroll outside teams for the same. For example, onenote, Jiracloud, planner, stream, wiki are different platform embedded within Teams to help us use them and complete our tasks
- Thirdly, Teams is directly connected to sharepoint which i think is the most useful feature of the same. We can upload all the files on to share point so that anyone who we want to send the file can access the same via share file.
- The most important point to work upon is the Graphical user interface (GUI), Teams GUI is not very easy to use and thus it takes a lot of time for a new user to understand its feature and to further use them. Therefore, work could be done to improve its GUI so that it becomes user friendly.
- I noticed that whenever I log in daily and directly go to Teams, it takes a quite a lot of time to connect to its server and to come online as compared to other products like zoom which are blazingly fast . Thus the time taken by Teams to connect to its server for the first time could be improved.
- Teams is a really heavy software considering the vast features it offers and the embedded additional platform like Jiracloud, onenote etc embedded into it which in turn makes the software really slow at times. therefore, efforts could be made to improve its processing power.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft Teams is used across our organization for quick daily communication. It's easy to schedule calls, meetings, etc., and easily integrates with various calendars for outside organizations as we schedule meetings.
- Quick easy communication.
- Ability to share and edit documents instantly.
- Easy meeting options with or without cameras.
- Issues integrating with MAC software.
- Further payment required to populate dial-in phone number.
- Updates without warning.
- Can close out unexpectedly.