Meet Microsoft Teams
Facebook has unveiled its Slack-like messenger service called Workplace which allows teams to easily communicate, make video calls and share files. Now, Microsoft has unveiled a similar product called Microsoft Teams. It is a new chat-based workplace in Office 365. Microsoft Teams is also built on Office 365 Group to make it easy for people to move naturally one collaboration tool to another. It is selected as our app of the week. Let’s have a detailed look at its features.
What is Microsoft Teams?
Teams is a new work chat app for smartphones, tablets and PCs. The app is for its Office 365 suite. It is a direct competitor with Slack and is available in a preview program today. With this app, the teams of employees create channels or chat rooms where they can collaborate on projects as well as assignments. Microsoft Teams is a cloud-based collaboration chat app and also allows one to have conversations as large groups or in smaller, private groups.
Chat for Work App
The app offers you threaded chats where the team conversations are visible to the entire team. In addition, there is also an ability to have private discussions. The app also includes a menu bar on the right that provides access to activity alerts, your chats, files, meetings and settings.
Video Conferencing Tools
As the chat apps are increasingly becoming popular, they include various video conferencing tools as well. Microsoft Teams also offer features like embedded video via YouTube, GIFs, file storage, sharing and more. Microsoft Teams also supports voice and video chats by way of Microsoft’s own Skype. You can also customize the notifications.
Clean Interface
When you open up Microsoft Teams app, you will see the tabs of Activity, Chat, Teams, Meetings and Files. It also offers you access to different channels and files that are included within the subgroup. You can also gain access to Microsoft Office suite and can create excel, word or powerpoint presentation. You can easily find the exactly what you need with this app.
Enterprise-level Security
With Microsoft Teams, you get the enterprise-level security and compliance features that you expect from Office 365. In addition, it also offers enhanced security with multi-factor authentication. All data in the app is encrypted in transit.
Some useful insights about Microsoft Teams:
Cost: Free
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Publisher: Microsoft Corporation
Requires Android: 4.4 and up
Requires iOS: 9.0 or later
Download it for Android
Download it for iOS
So, what are your thoughts about Microsoft Teams app? Do you like it? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.
