Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is a cloud application for business communication. People use it to chat, hold video meetings, make calls and share files in one shared space.

What Microsoft Teams offers

• Chat — messaging for individuals and groups.
• Meetings — online and video conferences, including webinar-style events.
• Calling — voice calls through the same app.
• File sharing — documents, photos, videos and meeting notes stay available to the group.
• Team spaces — a space set up with the apps the group needs.
• Cloud storage — collaboration on shared files in real time.

Who it works with

Businesses of many sizes. Case studies on the vendor's pages include a car maker and an airline, using it for staff engagement and hybrid work.

Key facts

• Vendor: Microsoft
• Part of: the Microsoft 365 suite
• Extra tier: a Premium edition adds further meeting features