Microsoft Teams
microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/group-chat-softwareBuild Difficulty: 5/5
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How to Replace Microsoft TeamsOverview
Features
46 features across 19 categories
AI(3)
AI-powered assistant that helps with drafting, summarizing, and analysis.
AI-powered identification of who said what in meeting transcripts.
Automatically generate meeting summaries with key action items.
Access Control(3)
Create public or private channels with granular permission controls.
Invite external users to collaborate without organizational accounts.
Manage team permissions with role-based access controls.
Accessibility(1)
Real-time captions and transcripts in multiple languages.
Administration(1)
Monitor and manage Teams devices and peripherals from admin center.
Analytics(4)
Get detailed insights into Teams usage, adoption, and health metrics.
Automatically track meeting attendance based on camera and audio detection.
Analyze call quality and performance metrics for troubleshooting.
View detailed metrics on meeting quality and participant experience.
Automation(1)
Automate tasks and workflows with custom and pre-built bot integrations.
Collaboration(1)
Collaborative digital whiteboarding tool for brainstorming and visualization.
Communication(7)
Make and receive calls with Teams calling and PSTN connectivity.
Automatically route calls to specified numbers or voicemail.
Put calls on hold and retrieve them from another device.
Record Teams calls with compliance and retention options.
Transfer calls to colleagues or external numbers with warm handoff.
Persistent group and direct messaging with threaded conversations.
Receive transcribed voicemails with optional visual voicemail.
Compliance(2)
Search and preserve Teams content for legal and compliance requirements.
Moderate content with message retention policies and deletion controls.
Desktop(1)
Native applications for Windows and macOS with offline capabilities.
Engagement(1)
Create and conduct live polls during meetings for audience feedback.
File Management(2)
Edit Office documents simultaneously with real-time collaboration.
Share and collaborate on documents with integrated OneDrive and SharePoint.
Integration(1)
Integrate third-party applications and web content directly in Teams.
Meetings(8)
Divide meeting participants into separate smaller group sessions.
Manage large meetings with participant hand raising for speaking requests.
Broadcast to large audiences with interactive Q&A and audience engagement.
Automatically record and transcribe meetings with searchable transcripts.
Share your entire screen, specific applications, or PowerPoint presentations.
Display meeting participants in a shared virtual space for enhanced engagement.
Host video conferences with up to 10,000 participants with screen sharing.
Replace or blur your meeting background with custom images or video.
Mobile(1)
Full Teams functionality on iOS and Android devices.
Organization(2)
Star favorite teams and pin important messages for quick access.
Create teams that include all organization members with limited channels.
Search(1)
Search through all messages, files, and conversations with advanced filters.
Security(5)
Detect and protect against malware, phishing, and suspicious links.
Apply authentication and device compliance policies based on conditions.
Prevent sensitive data sharing with customizable DLP policies.
End-to-end encryption for Teams calls and one-to-one messages.
Require multi-factor authentication for enhanced account security.
Web(1)
Access Teams directly from any web browser without installation.
Pricing
Free
- ✓Basic chat
- ✓meetings up to 60 minutes
- ✓100 GB shared storage
Microsoft Teams Essentials
- ✓Unlimited chat
- ✓60-minute group meetings
- ✓100 GB storage
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
Popular- ✓All Teams features
- ✓Office web apps
- ✓1 TB OneDrive
- ✓email hosting
Microsoft 365 Business Standard
- ✓All Basic features
- ✓desktop Office apps
- ✓advanced meeting features
Microsoft 365 Business Premium
- ✓All Standard features
- ✓advanced security
- ✓Windows Enterprise features
Microsoft 365 Enterprise E3
- ✓Advanced compliance
- ✓eDiscovery
- ✓analytics
- ✓unlimited cloud storage
Microsoft 365 Enterprise E5
- ✓All E3 features
- ✓advanced security
- ✓Copilot
- ✓calling features
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Buying Microsoft Teams saves ~$35,520 over 3 years vs building.
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Integrations
30 known integrations