Microsoft Teams
Microsoft's communication and collaboration platform. The de facto standard for M365 houses.
- Communication
- Microsoft
- Free / Business Basic from €5.60 per user per month as part of Microsoft 365
What is Microsoft Teams?
Microsoft Teams combines chat, meetings, files and applications. Integration with Office products is seamless, and Copilot adds AI to meetings and communication. It suits large organisations and existing Microsoft 365 customers.
How can a business use it day to day?
Concrete use cases for entrepreneurs and knowledge workers:
Channel-based team communication
Keep projects in separate teams and organise channels by topic.
Video meetings
Start meetings with one click, including recording and transcription.
File collaboration
Work together on Word, Excel and PowerPoint files.
Application integrations
Bring Salesforce, Jira and Asana into the Teams window.
Video guides
See how Microsoft Teams works in practice:
Microsoft Teams tutorial
SWOT summary
Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats — from an entrepreneur's point of view.
Strengths
- Seamless Microsoft 365 integration
- Copilot makes meetings more productive
- Enterprise-grade security
- Supports webinars and large events
Weaknesses
- A heavy application that can feel slower than Slack
- Complex interface
- External collaboration is less straightforward
- Several different application versions
Opportunities
- Copilot integration
- AI summaries and transcripts
- Phone System can replace a PBX
- Teams Premium for enterprise capabilities
Threats
- Slack is lighter and popular with technology companies
- Zoom competes in video meetings
- Google Workspace and Meet are alternatives
- Risk of feature bloat