Item: Microsoft Teams
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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.

Pros and Cons

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

Most Important Features

Instant video & audio conferencing on demand
Project collaboration on PowerPoint, Excel and other Microsoft applications
Group chats with coworkers
Viva Insights help showcase daily reminders and important follow-ups

Return on Investment

Saving hours of repetitive exchanging of files between coworkers
Video conferencing helps bring a personal feel to conference calls
Insights allow us to be more efficient with our daily routines

Alternatives Considered

GoToMeeting, GoToConnect (formerly Jive), GoToWebinar and GoToAssist Remote Support

Microsoft Teams edges above the conferencing competition by allowing file collaboration and ongoing group chats with coworkers. We selected Microsoft Teams for all our video & audio conference calls for it's ability to integrate with our Outlook client and make it easy for employees to always have it running in the background. Scheduling meetings directly in the Outlook application saves time compared to using a non Microsoft alternative and copying/pasting the meeting link into a calendar invite.

Key Insights

Do you think Microsoft Teams delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Microsoft Teams's feature set?

Yes

Did Microsoft Teams live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Microsoft Teams go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Microsoft Teams again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Engagez, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, Adobe PhotoShop, HCL Notes (formerly from IBM), Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Excel, NordVPN, GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, GoToAssist Remote Support

Likelihood to Recommend

Teams is critical in this day and age where many employees are not working together in an office setting. You can collaborate with a group of coworkers on projects and work seamlessly together on an application to save time and the headache of sending emails constantly back and forth. The ability to video & audio conference anyone with an email address or teams account makes it one of the best communication programs.

Seamlessly collaborate on files with Microsoft's family of programs including video & audio conferencing!

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Teams