What is Microsoft Teams?
Microsoft Teams is a part of the Microsoft 365 family of products. Its programming language is TypeScript and is developed by Microsoft Corporation, GitHub, and StarLeaf in 2017. Basically, it is a business communication platform and is a collaborative workspace within Microsoft 365/Office 365 that acts as a central hub for workplace conversations.
Key Features
- It helps you to collaborate Live in real time.
- It has the best security features internally and externally.
- It can quickly integrate with third-party applications like Zendesk, Polly, Smartsheet, etc.
- New features include- that it can work faster with slash(/) commands.
Advantages
- Formation of channels around a team, project, or topic.
- form channels around a team, project, or topic.
- No extra cost for Microsoft 365 users.
- Each channel has its own file storage.
Disadvantages
- The number of notifications is lacking.
- The number of channels is limited to 200 public and 30 private channels per team.
Microsoft Teams vs Slack
Both Microsoft Teams and Slack are the communication channels used by organizations to communicate with their employees. Microsoft Teams was developed in 2017 whereas Slack was created in 2013. Microsoft Teams is mainly used in large organizations and is integrated with Office 365 enhancing the features of the application while Slack is defined as an instant messaging platform used by organizations.