Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams offers you brand new experience of online meeting

The latest updates include: the ability to turn on live captions during a group call or meeting, the option to add music when PSTN callers are on hold, support for vibration and tone alerts for incoming calls received while in the middle of another call.

About Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is a popular tool that helps companies improve communication and collaboration between employees. It has gained increasing popularity in the past few weeks due to the self-quarantine caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time of writing this review, Teams has reached the 44 million user milestone.

Latest Update: Microsoft Teams New Sign Language View

Microsoft has a new dedicated sign language view for its Microsoft Teams video conferencing platform. This feature helps sign language users to select up to two other participants’ videos to be fixed in a central location, allowing designated signers to be visible throughout the whole meeting. Update now to try the new function.

Features:

Easily manage your team’s projects with file editing and sharing on the go

Connect face-to-face with HD audio and video, and join meetings from almost anywhere

Chat privately or in groups, and communicate with the entire team in dedicated channels

Mention individual team members, or the whole team at once, to get your colleagues’ attention

Focus on what matters most by saving important conversations and customizing your notifications

Get the enterprise-level security and compliance you expect from Office 365

PROS:

Highly customizable

Integrated with other Microsoft Office apps

Plentiful integration options

CONS:

Only convenient to use in a Microsoft-centric environment

Compartmentalized design gives an air of formality and rule-following that may inhibit open dialogue