Overview
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 and no Team Spirit
Teams is the best - but not perfect
We use it for immediate peer communications, meetings, file sharing, …
Microsoft Teams - Excellent Collaborative Tool
The Integrated Collaboration Platform for Efficient Teams
Could do better
In principle I am very disappointed when using Microsoft Teams.
Great Communcatino and Collaboration Tool
Teams makes Teamwork efficient and fun :-)
Microsoft Teams - Gives a local experience to a remote employee
- Voice calling
- Chatting &
- Team meetings (Audio & Video)
- File sharing
I'm on Team Teams!
Teams a Good tool for an organization
Great collaboration tool for personal and business needs
Microsoft Teams Review
Microsoft Teams a centralized application
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Popular Features
- Chat (191)8.888%
- Discussions (178)8.585%
- Notifications (190)8.080%
- Mobile Access (175)8.080%
Reviewer Pros & Cons
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Pricing
Free
$0.00
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
$5.00
Microsoft 365 Business Standard
$12.50
Entry-level set up fee?
- No setup fee
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Starting price (does not include set up fee)
- $5 per month
Features
Project Management
Project management software provides capabilities to streamline management of complex projects through task management, team collaboration and workflow automation
- 7.5Task Management(138) Ratings
This includes the ability to plan, track, collaborate and report on tasks.
- 6.2Gantt Charts(70) Ratings
Gantt charts are charts that show tasks or events along the y-axis displayed against time along the x-axis.
- 7.9Scheduling(154) Ratings
Scheduling capabilities allow users to set schedules on tasks, and create timelines and milestones.
- 6.7Workflow Automation(95) Ratings
Workflow automation is the ability to route work requests along an approval process automatically.
- 8Mobile Access(175) Ratings
Mobile access is the ability to access the software from a smartphone or tablet.
- 7.4Search(161) Ratings
Users can search for related materials across files, discussions threads, schedules, etc. using project keywords or tags.
- 6.6Visual planning tools(112) Ratings
Includes visual tools such as pinboards, mind-maps, or charts for collaborative brainstorming and/or workflow planning.
Communication
Features that allow team members to communicate about collaborative projects and keep each other informed of their opinions and progress.
- 8.8Chat(191) Ratings
Instant messaging tool allows users to communicate with select other users in real-time threads.
- 8Notifications(190) Ratings
Users can follow other users and/or join specific projects, electing to receive notifications when there are changes and updates.
- 8.5Discussions(178) Ratings
Users can join groups or message boards for forum-style collaboration.
- 7.2Surveys(105) Ratings
Users can create and participate in surveys to get input from other collaborators.
- 7Internal knowledgebase(118) Ratings
Users can author or access “How-to” help and reference tips about internal processes.
- 7.1Integrates with GoToMeeting(47) Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting for web conferencing.
- 6.2Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts(43) Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts.
- 8.8Integrates with Outlook(157) Ratings
Integrates with Microsoft Outlook to tie in email threads.
File Sharing & Management
Features that allow collaborators to view, work on, and organize files.
- 7.1Versioning(122) Ratings
Users can access the most up-to-date version of a document, track changes, and revert to older versions if needed.
- 7.5Video files(151) Ratings
Supports video file types
- 7.6Audio files(153) Ratings
Supports audio file types, such as .mp3, .mp4, and .wav
- 8.1Document collaboration(165) Ratings
Users can edit files and attach comments to files.
- 7.5Access control(149) Ratings
Users can control access to (shared) files, including different levels of access such as view-only or permission to edit.
- 7Advanced security features(111) Ratings
Includes advanced security features such as file encryption or remote data wipe.
- 6.3Integrates with Google Drive(53) Ratings
Integrates with Google's cloud storage platform, Google Drive.
- 8Device sync(124) Ratings
Device syncing that updates files connected to the cloud, keeping all files up to date regardless of where they are edited or viewed.
Product Details
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- Competitors
- Tech Details
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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.
Microsoft Teams Competitors
Microsoft Teams Technical Details
Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Unspecified |
Mobile Application | No |
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Reviews
(51-75 of 269)Let's Connect
- We have a daily huddle over Teams.
- Teams allows us to share any file and it helps to create different channels where we can upload our file so any new joiner can easily find documents.
- Teams help us to create huddle for discussing our daily tasks.
- Teams provides a secure communication path between our team members.
- Teams helps to create different channels for different departments and I can upload any files.
Ms Teams- Virtual Office Enabler
- Sharing files with colleagues
- Attending meetings/trainings
- Using teams folder as drive files for projects
- Screen Sharing
- Voice quality
Else everything is fine, time to time updates would keep the ms teams workable. On the head of that, Ms teams is smooth to use, easy to understand and manageable.
Best way to communicate in virtual office.
Microsoft Teams for Pandemic Savior
- Events and Meeting Setup
- File share
- Meeting minutes
- Meeting Recordings
- When using Teams for long hours sometimes application get stuck
- Data use for Video is high
- Notification sometime doesn't appear
Sorry but my only suggestion is the layout
- Meetings
- Calls
- For sharing files
- When answering calls, the Color of the phone call symbol should be green
- Layout of tabs
- A way to enable Offline option anytime
Microsoft Teams Pros and Cons
- Creating a document repository such as meeting minutes, document sharing
- Creating a list for any purpose of tracking
- Ability to call and connect to personnel
- Access to organization calendar
- Ability to add multiple recipients to a list
- Notification via email when a document is uploaded or a record is added to a list
- Ability to clear out chat permanently
- File sharing and storage
- Organized channels/chats
- Small group/team video meetings
- Larger team meetings and events (audio/video quality isnt the best and not user friendly)
- When creating a teams channel, it should have a check to make sure another distribution list or email isn't already created with the same name
- More levels of access so changes aren't dependent on overall admins
- Collaboration Tool for chat service
- Collaboration tool for Virtual meeting rooms and virtual video conduct meetings
- Use as a primary desk phone call within the organization and also outside the organization (vendors such as Microsoft).
- Provide better call quality on cellular network
- Facial recognition when speaking with zooming in on the person capabilities.
- Integrate better virtual whiteboard capabilities such as sticky notes for Scrum meetings as an example.
Teams integrates the entire Microsoft suite of products, at the expense of a few small key features
- Virtual meetings seamlessly integrated with outlook
- Messaging channels for individual teams
- File management within restricted teams
- Large meetings with breakouts (breakout rooms are static, cannot move attendees between rooms)
- Easier ability to invite external vendors to team channels
- UI for file viewing (i.e. open in another window)
Best Communication Tool I've Ever Used!
- Helps us communicate within the organization
- Great tool for team meetings while working from home
- Noise cancellation features while on a call or meeting
- It's lag sometimes even when there's good connection
- More background effects
- It would be great if you get a notification that has the name of the user who has muted you during a meeting
Review of Microsoft Teams.
- Excellent audio and visual control, as well as video control quality.
- It has useful extensions, such as a form, for creating inquiries and receiving feedback.
- Searching for personnel in a company is something I'm skilled at.
- Excellent calendar syncing with Outlook.
- Any integration method for calling Skype subscribers is required.
- Form extension needs to be improved.
The best application for chats and meetings
- Chats and calls
- Meetings
- Group chats or discussions
- I can’t really think of anything
loyd's review
- Contact search
- @Makes reference to
- messaging
- live events
- chats
- file permission
- Microsoft Teams does great in helping users schedule meetings. With the scheduling assistant, I can easily see available time slots of all attendees before setting up meetings. It has helped a lot to lessen back and forths just to find a schedule that fits all.
- Microsoft Teams makes it possible to have team spaces with third party providers/agencies whom we commission to work on different projects. It makes collaboration with people outside my organization a lot easier.
- Microsoft Teams video and audio quality during meetings are always something I appreciate. Considering the relatively low bandwidth it requires, quality is great and makes meetings/communication experience better.
- Creating breakout rooms during meetings is definitely something Microsoft Teams can improve on. I usually encounter errors/bugs and people get kicked out of their breakout room randomly.
- Advanced screen sharing can also be improved. There are times when presenter view can be seen by participants in the meeting. It would be useful if portion of screen sharing is possible.
- Chat notifications sometimes come late or not at all. Would help if there are customizable settings on notifications so we can control based on our preferences.
Teams for connecting with colleagues
- Team meeting and Video calling
- Call recording
- Calender schedules of the upcoming meetings
- While sharing the screen there is a small popup which comes at the top of the screen, it needs to be good
Great tool for remote teams to collaborate
- Collaboration in MS Excel, Powerpoint, and Word with different people at the same time
- Chat, comment and alert functions
- Video calls with tools like notes or whiteboards
- Easy integration of other MS tools like One Note, Project etc.
- The Wiki is not yet searchable which is a real pity
Future of messaging
- Meetings
- Sharing
- Phone calls
- Audio quality
- Use less laptop ressources
- Integrate troubleshooting tools natively
Excellent tool for communication and collaboration
- Easy-to-use daily enterprise communication tool. It made me very productive while working from home.
- Group communication software that brings together texts, voice, and video calls in the same place.
- Screen sharing feature is very useful and remote control makes working with peers easy.
- It requires a good internet connection to run fast
- Sometimes it works slowly and you get logged out of your session
- Searching the history chat is quite time consuming
Recommended for a Good Collaborative environment
- Instant Messaging
- Voice Calls
- Video Calls
- Scheduling Meetings
- Building Teams Spaces
- Found a bug where Microsoft Teams suddenly drops during an ongoing call even if there is no network issue from either end
- Screen sharing is also buggy. When we share our desktop screen on MS Teams the taskbar disappears and it's difficult to navigate through apps.
- There is a limit to PIN 15 chats a favourites. This count should be increased.
Easy Transitioning for an Online World
- Very much enjoyed sending gifs in chats.
- We used video calls frequently with colleagues in other countries and did not have a problem.
- I don't recall having qualms with Microsoft Teams.
The best experience on the complicated user interface, no join meeting with via conference ID or any other button
- making interface harder for everyone to use
- don't get a JOIN meeting button via conference code
- never allow others to move on without the cookies rather get personal data than have others to allow us to join on meeting
- Give us a "Join room" button with via conference call
- fix the broken link that didn't allow me to join
- stop cookies to get more personal data rather than letting us do what we want at the moment
Must Have for Business Collaboration
- Seamless group conferencing.
- Chat functionality.
- Scheduled meetings.
- Requires good internet connection.
- Better in-meeting chat.
- Group meeting mute function.
Microsoft Teams FTW!
- Video Calls
- Instant Messaging
- Meeting Calendar
- Adding people to meetings while in a meeting
Teams is a win for quick communication!
- Looking at shared files.
- Reaching out to other co-workers across national organization.
- Making quick decisions on the spot with team.
- More reaction emojis.
- More ways to mute for a time period of a group.
- Voice memo option.
Microsoft Teams is an all-in-one solution for employees
- It is application for communication in terms of text, voice and video
- It is one tool for data sharing or file transfer
- It also works fine for share sharing and meeting scheduled and meeting remainder
- Also integerted with other application like Yammer and organisation
- It behave it needs an improvement in mobile platform, usability of Teams for mobile device is not much friendly
- Voice communication need better software for voice lagging and sometimes voice clarity is not good
- Screen sharing also need refinement, other end user need to wait for more than 10sec for share to display
Teams Is the BOMB! Easiest, Most Integrated Communication and Collaboration Platform.
- Continued updates to improve performance
- High performance on video and voice
- Well integrated on mobile and laptop
- Better formatting for chat in meetings
- Improved alerts for service issues or performance issues