What is Microsoft Teams?

Work together how you want, when you want. Create and collaborate on documents with others and keep everyone organized and up-to-date with shared notebooks.

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Microsoft Teams won the following awards in the Digital Workplace category

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Microsoft Teams Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

90 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft Teams?

3% Negative
5% Neutral
92% Positive

Pros

  • Fair
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Respectful

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Collaboration

86

Calendars

85

File Sharing Collaboration

84

Mobile App

84

Employee Engagement

82

Task Management

81

Content Management

81

Employee Directory

81

Workflow & Approvals

81

Networked Enterprise

81

Virtual Offices

81

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Business Value Created

84

Ease of Implementation

84

Breadth of Features

83

Quality of Features

83

Usability and Intuitiveness

82

Ease of IT Administration

82

Ease of Data Integration

81

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

80

Availability and Quality of Training

79

Ease of Customization

78

Vendor Support

78

Microsoft Teams Reviews

Billy C.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Consulting
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Challenges of Limited AI Integration

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Teams from other similar products?

Seamless Integration with Microsoft 365: Teams is deeply integrated with Microsoft's ecosystem, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and OneDrive, enabling smooth document collaboration and sharing within the platform.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Unified Communication: Unlike some competitors, Teams combines video conferencing, instant messaging, file sharing, and collaboration within one platform, reducing the need for multiple tools.

What do you dislike most about this product?

While powerful, Microsoft 365's deep integration and extensive feature set can make onboarding and everyday use overwhelming. Users may find it challenging to navigate between chats, channels, files, and apps, leading to a steeper learning curve and reduced productivity, especially if not fully trained. Additionally, the interface can become cluttered as more integrations and tools are added, making it less user-friendly compared to more streamlined collaboration tools.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Leverage Microsoft 365 Integration: If your organization already uses Microsoft 365, Teams can significantly enhance collaboration by integrating seamlessly with tools like Word, Excel, SharePoint, and OneDrive. Make sure you're ready to take advantage of this ecosystem. Plan for User Training: Due to its complexity, especially for new users, proper training is essential. A well-structured onboarding process will help employees fully utilize Teams' features and reduce the learning curve.

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

Cons

  • Inhibits Innovation
  • Commodity Features
  • Less Inspiring

Mark B.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Mission critical service for business operations

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Teams from other similar products?

Comes bundled with Microsoft 365. We heavily rely on Microsoft's services for us and our customers.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Quick, easy & gets work done fast. It just works

What do you dislike most about this product?

UI is less intuitive than Slack. Might just be me but the Slack design for channels & direct messages is better

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you have Microsoft 365, stop using Skype, Cisco, Zoom or anything really. Teams just works. It's all you need.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Enables Productivity
  • Inspires Innovation

Bruna P.

  • Role: Human Resources
  • Industry: Other
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Easy to use, a bit pricey and the app is to heavy

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Teams from other similar products?

It integrates other platforms too.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It is very easy to use.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The application is too heavy for my computer, and it slows everything down.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Try it, you will like it.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

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