Microsoft Teams saw an unparalleled boost in popularity in 2020. With so many new users coming from competing platforms and more information being sought after than ever before, this category generated the most traffic by far. Read on to see which posts took the top spots!
5. When to Create Microsoft Teams vs. Channels by Eddie Lee
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By now you’ve probably been introduced to (or perhaps forced into using) Microsoft Teams. You may be asking yourself such things as:
- What is a Team?
- What is a channel?
- What is a (t)eam?
- When do I use these things and why?
A simple, high-level understanding of the underlying architecture of a Microsoft “Team” (capital T here—trust me, it matters) will help even the most inexperienced users command proper usage!
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4. 6 Little-Known Microsoft Teams Tips from Tony Redmond by Brent Middleton
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Microsoft Teams is a fast-evolving application built on top of many Microsoft services. In fact, changes happen so quickly that it can be easy to miss some of the smaller details and features available.
In light of this, Microsoft MVP Tony Redmond spent his Ignite 2019 session “Things you never knew about Microsoft Teams that might be important someday” highlighting lesser-known features and tips in Microsoft Teams. For those short on time, we’ve compiled six of the most interesting takeaways from his presentation below!
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3. Microsoft Teams vs. Slack: Which is Better? by Jenelle Rofe
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Rumor has it that in 2016 Microsoft made the monumental decision to forgo a potential acquisition of Slack for $8 billion and instead expand on their existing Skype for Business model. This led to the creation of Microsoft Teams, which since its launch in 2017 has changed the game for enterprise collaboration services.
After the launch, in just under three years, Teams reached 13 million daily active users when it took Slack six years to reach 10 million.
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2. Why Microsoft Teams is Killing Skype for Business (and How to Prepare) by Loryan Strant
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In 2018, Microsoft boasted about the fact that Microsoft Teams is now at feature parity with Skype for Business Online–a very important milestone, as it means that organisations can comfortably switch from Skype to Teams without sacrificing features.
Ultimately cutting down the number of tools that do similar/the same things in Office 365 (now Microsoft 365), such as Skype and Teams, does indeed help to alleviate end user confusion. However, this also presents a different challenge when it comes to Microsoft Teams.
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1. Top 10 Must-Use Apps in Microsoft Teams by Hunter Willis
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Microsoft Teams applications are the secret sauce that Microsoft uses to enhance the user experience and bring all the different aspects of the Office 365 toolset. Apps make it easier to not have to leave Teams to get the work you need to get done, done. But which are the most essential overall? In this post, I’m going to break down five different apps everyone should use (and I’ll even throw in a bonus here and there)!
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