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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

Teams saved lot of trouble
Comments: overall experience is great with Teams! We love it!
Pros:
1. Screen control is the most exciting feature2. Audio and video control with Nosie cancellation mechanism is good3. self talk, auto complete the chat function
Cons:
1. Loss of data during trasmission 2. Unable to copy the data properly sometimes3.lack of chat lock functionality
Great software for team work!
Pros:
I like how our team can communicate in a different way to emails and be working on the same documents simultaneously. It works well for us if someone is in a different location and we can all continue to work on the same thing. The meeting function is really good and has loads of options to choose from, we love the backgrounds!
Cons:
Finding documents is difficult sometimes as there is no search function like there is on file explorer or SharePoint etc.
Should you use Microsoft Teams?
Comments: If you are thinking of using microsoft teams for school, I would not place it top on the list but if you want to use it for businesses and all, which is what it is made for, it is the best available tools because it offers integration with tons of microsoft tools
Pros:
1. Easy to use 2. So many features 3. Organize meetings 4. Good quality for video and screen sharing 5. Can control screen better than competition 6. Can record videos and store on cloud 7. Can upload files and share on specific channels 8. Helps in perfect organization of business, school etc. 9. Can integrate whiteboard, forms etc. 10. Inbuilt document viewer
Cons:
1. New glitch everyday 2. The call randomly cuts sometimes 3. You have 2 roles, presenters, attendees. Either give a person all the power for meeting or no power. Would appreciate allowing specific participants specific permissions like this guy can screen share and this person can record

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Teams is an essential part of our day-to-day business
Comments: We have an automated booking software that works with Teams and is critical to our business, most other companies use it as well so that helps. Also for our internal meetings with overseas staff, it's the go-to tool and books straight in our outlook calender.
Pros:
Microsoft Teams integrates with all our other software seamlessly. When you use tech you want it to be easy to use, straightforward, and fit for purpose. Teams does exactly that and works perfectly for the intended purpose, and a little bit more ;)
Cons:
I think that some of the additional features that Teams can offer, like document storage could be better advertised and explained. Most businesses have cloud-based storage solutions but if you could do it all in one place, which it does do, then it could be better explained. we didn't know it existed for a while, but I guess at first we wanted a video calling software and were simply focused don that, rather than what else can it do.
Teams General use Feedback
Comments: It is great tool for communication and chat, for internal and external use, for support.
Pros:
It is a great tool for communication and for use of bridge channel for support
Cons:
It is a tool that management can have access to your conversations internally and you have no privacy