Microsoft Teams: Your Top Questions Answered
Microsoft Teams is seeing a huge growth in user adoption. According to Statista, the number of daily active users of Microsoft Teams software increased by 32 million from March to June 2020 — nearly doubling the previous number of users! For businesses that are getting ready to work remotely, having a centralized place for collaboration and communication is key. With a little bit of setup, Microsoft Teams can easily become the control hub of your organization.
When looking into Microsoft 365 and everything it has to offer, we generally recommend that you start with Microsoft Teams. It’s a fantastic overlay that seamlessly connects to all of the other Microsoft 365 features, and it’s extremely easy to use. I could go on and on about why I love Microsoft Teams, but that’s not why you’re here. To help you understand if this is the right technology for you and your company, we’ve put together some of the most frequently asked questions about Microsoft Teams all in one place.
If you still have questions or would like to talk about implementing this in your organization, book an introductory call with us here.
What is Microsoft Teams?
Microsoft Teams is a business communication and collaboration platform that’s part of the Microsoft 365 offering. It provides everything from chat and document collaboration to online video meetings and call forwarding.
It also includes;
- Web versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint
- Personal storage on OneDrive
- File uploading and sharing
- Over 250 apps and services
Microsoft is also regularly updating Teams to make the product better and more valuable to its users. Some of the latest features that have been added to Microsoft Teams in 2020 are:
- Improved voice calling
- Teams together mode, which includes multiple video feeds in a shared background and is designed to make people feel like they’re in the same meeting
- Dynamic Stage which includes dynamic layout and sizing of videos feeds to maximize screen use and optimize the layout
- Live transcript in a meeting
- A dynamic whiteboard
- Reflect, a new polling app in channels
There are so many things that can be done with Microsoft 365, so we always suggest you speak with a specialized technology consultant, like us, who can help you make sure you’re getting the most out of your technology licenses. Start with a 1-day audit of your current technology setup.
Originally published at https://www.puttytechnology.com on October 22, 2020.
