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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 |
Frequently Asked Questions
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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We use Microsoft Teams for our day-to-day collaboration. All of my meetings are held using Teams. All my team members have been working from home since the pandemic and Teams is our lifesaver. It provides really cool interface with provisions for sharing files/tasks/calendars/whiteboards, etc. It has an Office 365 button that allows us to easily navigate/share mail/access SharePoint, etc.
- Chats are easy to manage and include an easy search option for retrieving previous chat history
- Whiteboards have tasks which can be shared with a group
- Video call quality is excellent, I hardly see any glitching
- Sometimes pings are not instantaneous, especially when there are more than 100 participants in the Teams meeting
- Gets hung up once in a while when the system is loading
- Some headphone/Bluetooth connectivity issues. I turn on my Bluetooth just after receiving a Teams call notification. Sometimes the audio doesn't switch to Bluetooth and sometimes the sound is completely lost after connecting the call. In both cases, I had to completely reboot the system.
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- Improves collaboration within the team
- Integrated well with Outlook 365 - easy to access mail/PowerPoint/Excel sheets during presentations
- Notification settings can be improved, for example, have the option to display priority after receiving a notification
10000
Teams is used throughout the company - Customer Engagement/Engineering/R & D/Tests, it's used across all our teams
20
Basic knowledge of interfaces
- Daily meetings
- File sharing
- Creating e-learning sessions for newbies
- File sharing
- Code reviews
- White board brainstorming
- E-learning
- Fun activities
- Group gaming
Yes
Skype for business - this was not scalable and had several issues with video quality
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Product Features - Has numerous features like Outlook 365 access, file sharing, SharePoint access, task assignments, etc.
Based on various features supported by the product.
Microsoft Teams has far more features compared to Webex. It integrates Outlook 365 which is very useful during meetings.
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Sevice Now
- Not sure
Yes. Collaboration is critical when working from home and Teams' support is critical for my team's success.
Yes
Yes, resolved within expected timelines.
I faced some audio connectivity issues during the initial days. The support team provided great support to fix this.
- Video calling
- File sharing
- Setting up meetings
- Large meeting with more than 100 participants
Yes
It works perfectly well
April 21, 2022
Review of Microsoft Teams.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
For talking and planning meetings, Microsoft Teams is utilized as the official communicator. It's incredibly easy to plan a session from Office and distribute the Teams conference invite instantly because it's linked with Microsoft Outlook. It also enables group chats and group calls, which allow team members to communicate with one another outside of planned sessions.
- 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.
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- Aids in increasing productivity.
- Aids in better time management.
- Assists in the creation of increased collaboration.
No
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Microsoft Teams is a fantastic solution for personal and business conversations, meetings, and video conferencing. Calendar syncing with Outlook, form augmentation, and screen capture modes and control The chat system is incredibly dynamic, and the Teams interface is very user-friendly. With the ability to upload meetings to OneDrive, restoring meetings is a breeze.
This might be same.
- Easy customization.
- Alerts from teams.
- The audio and video control from host.
- UI feature findings.
Yes, but I don't use it
April 20, 2022
loyd's review
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We conduct online lessons through Microsoft Teams. During the world pandemic of Covid 19, it help cub physical contact which help reduce the spread of the virus. Microsoft teams permit you to have distant virtual gatherings inside your group, or between clients exclusively. You can screen share, join telephone calls, or hold a video meeting for colleagues to join. They can be planned early or made on the spot. Something extraordinary about Teams gatherings is that they can be recorded and saved to Microsoft Stream as a possibility for others to see later or reference. This can be utilized for directions, instructional courses, and learning.
- Contact search
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- live events
- chats
- file permission
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2.6
- Efficiency gains and improved correspondence
- Expanded straightforwardness
- Better spotlight on your work
- Troublesome progress from Outlook
- Construction of documents confound clients
- Challenges in regards to consent settings
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education
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IT technicians and microsoft related skills
- Customer service
- Project Management
- Recruitment
- Human Resources
- post students marks
- share announcements
- All communications will be driven to microsoft teams
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Microsoft teams can be used by many people at the same time
look at the usability
Teaams is the best when it comes to usability
September 29, 2020
Microsoft Teams is the best communication tool for businesses.
We use Microsoft Teams as our collaborative tool to allow users and teams to have constant communication with each other, whether that is in regards to projects, tasks, or schedule changes. Microsoft Teams is great in that members can share their screens and do video calls and audio as well. The quick chat feature is a great bonus when you want to quickly communicate with a colleague.
- Screen sharing within call rooms. Great for displaying examples and visuals.
- Quick chat is efficient in sending quick messages or confirmations with colleagues.
- User interface is also easy to navigate around, even for beginner users.
- An added functionality that would be beneficial would be sharing files and sending them from within the call room.
- Other than that, there is nothing to add as Microsoft Teams really is that good!
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- Positive in that users are able to quickly get on a call and verify certain information and updates.
- With users not in the office, it is a great tool to bring everyone on board with both video and screen sharing.
- The ability to transcribe the meetings with the software makes it useful when needing to look back at certain statements.
Teams works so well in that it comes with being an Office 365 subscriber, so it comes for free! Added benefits include being within the Microsoft eco-system with Outlook Calendar and Exchange notifications. Microsoft Teams is constantly tailoring the software to make it more innovative and also intuitive for users to use as we move in a visualized office place.
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Everyone in our organization utilizes Microsoft Teams, from Project Managers to Administrative Staff, it is needed in this day and age and it does help substantially when trying to get in contact with colleagues who are remote or not in the office. Teams provide so many features when utilizing the tool.
50
Microsoft Teams is all about familiarity, once users are utilizing the tool and more familiar, is when they are much more liken to hit the ground running. Users who may not be tech-savvy may need to be walked through the first or second time but the great thing about Microsoft Teams is that it is very easy to learn.
- Video conferencing
- Screen sharing
- Project follow Up
- Chatting with colleagues.
- Quick follow up with audio call features.
- Using it to its max currently.
No
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Price did have a big factor, but at the same time, usability and functionality were also a big decision in our process. The fact that Microsoft Teams was so established and well-known, along with it being apart of the Office 365 system, made this choice easy but at the same time a well-made decision.
I would not change anything, it was a smooth, flawless experience!
- Video and audio Calls
- Quick Chat
- Scheduling calls
- There are none I can think of.
Yes
The mobile interface is as easy as it can get. Simply install it on your mobile device and you can see the similarities with the desktop version. It is compact and all the features are accessible from the homepage. It is a great design especially for users who may not be as familiar or used to utilizing Teams.
September 24, 2019
Let Your Team Give Microsoft Teams a Try
Teams is used in a few capacities, primarily driven by IT at this point.
First, it's used as a casual, persistent chat channel. What I mean is that it's an instant messaging application which you can add multiple users to, and the chat thread remains available. So you don't have to look up old chat logs. All you have to do is just scroll back historically, which is nice if you've also been out of the office for a while, you can simply review the chats that you missed while you were out. (Of course, they offer a mobile app as well, but that's another topic.)
Second, we're using it to share project documentation, utilizing the SharePoint functionality that is associated as well.
Third, another Skype replacement for online meetings and calls, with or without video.
We've played with other features, like using a wiki on a project and some automatic notifications via Flow, but those haven't been used too extensively as of yet.
First, it's used as a casual, persistent chat channel. What I mean is that it's an instant messaging application which you can add multiple users to, and the chat thread remains available. So you don't have to look up old chat logs. All you have to do is just scroll back historically, which is nice if you've also been out of the office for a while, you can simply review the chats that you missed while you were out. (Of course, they offer a mobile app as well, but that's another topic.)
Second, we're using it to share project documentation, utilizing the SharePoint functionality that is associated as well.
Third, another Skype replacement for online meetings and calls, with or without video.
We've played with other features, like using a wiki on a project and some automatic notifications via Flow, but those haven't been used too extensively as of yet.
- Persistent chat is a big plus. As I mentioned, being able to review the history of the ongoing chat is quite useful, as well as having multiple people and adding others to the chat later.
- A project management "hub" is useful too, knowing you can add documentation or make comments to one area, and this will automatically be available to all those working on the project, both internal and external users.
- Very simple to schedule Teams meetings (replacing Skype meetings) or having ad hoc video or phone calls with multiple users at one time.
- Adding new users isn't instantaneous. I've found after approving a new user to join an existing Team, it can still take a few hours before they have access to the SharePoint documents. Everything else is pretty quick, but the document availability takes a few hours to propagate.
- If you're a guest on another companies Teams site, switching between companies isn't smooth. Basically, you can exist in both at the same time, even if you're the same email/user for each one. You can only have one company open at any time. As a workaround, you can have multiple instances open in multiple browsers, but I typically use the locally installed software as my preferred usage over the web client.
- Good and bad, you can almost add too much to a Team. What I mean is all the add-on integrations, Conversations, Files, Wiki, Planner, OneNote, Power BI, on and on. Sometimes it can be a big overwhelming all the choices you can make. But there's nothing wrong as much using it for Chat. Even just that is incredibly useful.
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- Great to easily connect with others, whether they sit across the room or across the country or their location changes day to day.
- Great for getting work done, especially with remote workers or consultants. Easy to share your desktop, have a quick, ad hoc call or to have a scheduled meeting.
- Great for sharing and securing Project files, both with internal and external users. Adds some additional communication functionality that just using a SharePoint site in the past doesn't have, not even one of the O365 Groups SharePoint sites.
- Persistent chat is very useful. Sharing a GIF sometimes shares much more information that just text. And there is valuable information you can review and easily look back to, when necessary.
- Skype for Business (formerly Lync), Slack and MS SharePoint
It will eventually be the replacement for Skype for Business. Microsoft has announced the end date for Skype and already new instances of Office 365 below a certain number of users don't even include Skype. Already, all they get is Teams. And it's definitely the winner for instant messaging with individuals and groups with its persistent chat.
For Slack, there's no doubt they were the leader for a while. But Microsoft basically saw their functionality and mirrored it with Teams and then used that as a starting place, adding so much more integration. Also, I can't say this enough, if you're already with Microsoft for Office 365, it just makes sense to fully use as many of the tools included already. It keeps things centrally maintained and controlled, it keeps single sign-on much simpler, and it makes tool integration simpler. I think both administrators and users appreciate it.
And for SharePoint, Teams is really using SharePoint functionality, but baking it into the product. So you get the SharePoint library and you get the security, but you have a different way to interact with it that promotes further communication and connection.
For Slack, there's no doubt they were the leader for a while. But Microsoft basically saw their functionality and mirrored it with Teams and then used that as a starting place, adding so much more integration. Also, I can't say this enough, if you're already with Microsoft for Office 365, it just makes sense to fully use as many of the tools included already. It keeps things centrally maintained and controlled, it keeps single sign-on much simpler, and it makes tool integration simpler. I think both administrators and users appreciate it.
And for SharePoint, Teams is really using SharePoint functionality, but baking it into the product. So you get the SharePoint library and you get the security, but you have a different way to interact with it that promotes further communication and connection.
Yes
We are in the process of replacing Skype for Business with Teams. Eventually, Microsoft will retire Skype for Business. Already, they are starting to limit new Office 365 tenants of a certain size from even getting Skype for Business. And Teams is a great replacement for Skype instant messaging, calls, video, and scheduled meetings.
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We wanted to stick within tools that were already included within the Microsoft space. Being an O365 customer, it was natural to give Teams a try as the Microsoft recommendation. Not only replacing the functionally that Skype for Business offered but also building on it with many additional features has made the transition an easy decision. And combine functionality of a variety of tools has made the adoption of Teams simpler, since the much of the functionality is already familiar.
I think I would make the process more formal and start to push users to adopt more quickly. As it stands right now, I find myself having to live in both Teams and Skype for Business, as some users aren't switched over to Teams yet. So if they want to IM me, it's in Skype. Or we have external consultants still using Skype for their meetings. So it's that extra 30 seconds for Skype to open for those meetings when I find myself only having Teams open. So I look forward to the day that Skype for Business is no more, and I can just keep Teams open without wondering if someone is looking for me on Skype.
- Persistent chat is quite simple and it's pretty straightforward to get a group chat started and just let it run on its own after that.
- Adding gifs to your chat is simple and quite rewarding. It quickly allows people to connect on a personal level and with that connection, makes working together easier too.
- Meetings and calls are simple. There is an interface in Outlook to make a meeting a Teams meeting. Or ad hoc calls (video or audio) is relatively straightforward. And this is true for one on one calls or group calls. The quality is also good. And with the video feature, you can even blur your background (if there is something behind you that you'd rather not reveal to everyone on the call). And sharing your screen is also easy.
- There are so many add-ons, that that could be overwhelming. But don't let that stop you. Just start with the default functionality, and if you think of something you might want to try later, give it a shot. I recommend building on the foundation you get as a default, then add more and more power to it, the more you need to or want to.
- Adding new users to a team has a delay when it comes to File availability. Behind the scenes, you just have to wait for the SharePoint permissions to catch up. Don't try to force it though. The permission structure is different from SharePoint, and it's much better to just wait a few hours, check it occasionally, and then it will just work for you. Have patience.
Yes
Pretty well. It's clean. For my own work/life balance, I turned off the notifications though, so I don't use it often. If I'm on vacation, I found I didn't want to be notified of the chat. And since it's persistent chat, it's easy to review all the conversations I missed while being off when I return to the office and chime back in if necessary. So I don't use the mobile app often, but when I have, I found it to be a lot like the desktop or web app. Pretty simple to use.