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Microsoft Teams
What Is Microsoft Teams?
Microsoft Teams is a group chat solution for teams who want a shared workspace and messaging service. Microsoft Teams replaces Skype for Business as the chat-based communication service of choice for Microsoft 365 team collaboration. It's available on iOS, Android and Windows 10 operating systems. Microsoft Teams is an enterprise-grade messaging application that is a collaboration hub for teams. Create new teams to manage projects, and use Microsoft Teams to send messages, make calls and video conference with coworkers. Get real-time updates to keep everyone on task throughout the day.
Who Uses Microsoft Teams?
Cloud-based solution designed for business communications to help teams manage chat, meet, file sharing, team discussions, and more.
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Reviews of Microsoft Teams
Integrating Teams with Microsoft Teams
Comments: Experience was very pleasant and perfect. All team and organization communication can be track and perform at one place. Integrated mixture of all necessary features like calendar , call , meetings, chat, pool etc.
Pros:
1. Supported perfectly in all kind of Operating systems. 2. Complete package of all the necessary features required to built a communication with team. 3. No latency noticed till now.
Cons:
1. At the time of start it shows little issues and delays.
Microsoft Teams - Multiple Capabilities
Pros:
Various modes of communication (e.g., chat, video/audio call, appointment scheduling, file sharing) using on a stand-alone computer system or mobile app.
Cons:
Unable to disconnect an unanswered call when participating in a conference call. I had to disconnect the conference call to avoid the unanswered call going to message mode which interrupted the conference call as a whole.
Brings teams together but misses out on high potential
Comments: While it enables and encourages collaboration with team members and has brilliant call functionality, it misses out on it's large potential due to being a bit too difficult to use
Pros:
The functionality of calls is brilliant, bringing project teams together and encouraging collaboration. The integration with other Microsoft software like Outlook is also really helpful
Cons:
The User Interface lets it down, as it looks quite clunky and hurts to looks at for too long, compared to Slack for example which is much more pleasing to the eye. Not being easily able to join multiple workspaces is also a hindrance
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Teams: One Program to Rule Them All
Comments: I am an administrator and also work within it to manage my department's daily activities, chats, project management.
Pros:
I like how much capability the program offers. The features offered give you the ability to excel in team collaboration, communication, management and so much more, instead of needing multiple other programs that do the same thing.
Cons:
It has some limitations of using other microsoft programs like excel and PowerPoint as stand alone programs since their features work best that way, but Teams gets you mostly there.
Love it! It's the perfect call tool
Comments: I use it everyday to chat and have meetings. It's easy, practical and convenient. It's a very good tool for companies and the introduction of copilot improved the whole experience allowing to ease annoying tasks and helping to find what you need.
Pros:
The ease of use, the various functionalities and the additional apps.
Cons:
That the "sharing your screen" bar is always in the middle!!!