Microsoft Teams is a lot of things. It’s a video conferencing tool, a team messaging channel, and a tool for in-app co-authoring, just to name a few. During the pandemic, the popularity of Teams skyrocketed. User numbers for MS Teams jumped from 20 million in November 2019 to 75 million in April 2020. As of this year, Microsoft reports a user count of 270 million for...
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You think Zoom, you think video calls. For millions around the world, it’s a tool they rely on at work every day. But for productivity, collaboration and workplace integration (as well as video calls), it’s Microsoft Teams that’s leading the way. Its tight integration with other Microsoft 365 services makes it so easy. Now Zoom is looking for a piece of that action with the launch of...
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Do you inwardly (or outwardly) groan at the thought of yet another video call? They’re now a normal part of our working lives, but it doesn’t make them any more exciting. Good news: Microsoft is introducing Metaverse-style avatars, called Mesh avatars, to Teams. You’ll be able to design your own avatar, personalising its appearance, accessories, and even choosing its reaction gestures. According to Microsoft, it’s common for...
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Microsoft Teams has fast become one of THE most useful business tools for the way we work today. No matter where your people work from, they can communicate, share files, and collaborate quickly and reliably. But this remote way of working can also open the door to some MAJOR security issues. New research shows that nearly HALF of employees frequently share confidential and sensitive files via Teams....
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Instant voice communication with your whole team at the push of a button: Walkie talkie comes to Teams! If you like looking at all the new features in your Microsoft Teams application, you might have noticed the walkie talkie feature in preview. Maybe you’ve even tried it out on an Android device? It seemed like a fun gimmick. Now Microsoft has rolled it out to iOS devices as...
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These small updates from Microsoft could make a big difference! Don’t you often find it’s the small things that make the biggest difference? That’s certainly the case with technology. Minor updates to the software you and your team use every day can have a surprising effect on your overall productivity. Microsoft has recently announced a series of small improvements to Teams, Microsoft 365 and Windows 11. It’s keeping...
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There are numerous suites of apps that can improve your productivity. One of them is Office 365, which features an array of underappreciated tools. Office 365 has helped millions of organisations streamline their operations. One of the most famous examples involves Kohler, the manufacturer of kitchen and bath fixtures and plumbing. At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, they struggled to manage operations since most of their...
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Sometimes, Microsoft Teams is just running very slow. When this happens, there are a number of factors to consider, including the quality of your internet speed and connection and whether or not someone else on the same network is doing something "bandwidth-intensive" (3 of the five kids are watching Netflix while the other two are gaming for example). Regardless of these factors, Microsoft Teams is a...
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For a long time, Slack and Microsoft Teams have been among the top collaboration tool competitors. Since Microsoft unveiled Teams, the two businesses have been vying for the top spot among simple, intuitive, and versatile chat and conference technologies. In this article, we are going to talk about Microsoft Teams vs Slack - their features, licensing, advantages and disadvantages and will provide everything you need...
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There are as many video conferencing tools as there are Microsoft versions, probably more. Some are free with limited features, some are expensive, some are useless. But there are very few that are constantly in the news and dominating the market - Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Both went through the roof over the last two years while every company on this planet was adapting to...
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