What Is Microsoft Teams & How Does It Work?

Microsoft Teams is a group collaboration software that can be used to help teams work together remotely. You can find chat, video calls, and other collaboration tools within the app. We will explain all of the biggest features so that you can decide whether it’s worth using.

You can use Microsoft Teams for free, although larger teams can pay per user with Microsoft 365 Business to get access to Teams alongside all Office 365 apps.

What Is Microsoft Teams & What Features Does It Have?

At the heart of it, Microsoft Teams allows you to work effectively online with others alongside Microsoft Office or any other integrated apps. You can also take advantage of various features like team meetings, private calls, and more that we’ll explain in more detail below.

Meetings & Calling

With Microsoft Teams Meetings, you can easily host or join online meetings, and set the pace for how the meeting is presented. This means that whether you want a one on one chat, or want to run a conference with up to 10,000 participants, it’s completely possible from within Microsoft Team’s Meetings feature.

You start by setting up a meeting and schedule a time and date. You can then send out invitations to those you’d like to attend beforehand. Once it’s time for the meeting, you can click immediately to start it up and everybody with the invite will be able to join in.

You can even send invites to meetings to those that aren’t part of your team. Those in the meeting can chat through voice, video, or text and send files to each other. Screen sharing is also available.

Once the Meeting ends, you’ll be able to share recordings and meeting notes with each other and you can follow up in the meeting chat for additional information.

Chat, Work Collaboration, & File Sharing

Whilst meetings can be a great place to plan for the future or get everybody up to speed, the majority of your collaborative workflow will happen within your Team chat channels. The Team owner can easily create separate chat channels, which makes it easier for users to keep conversations in the relevant areas. Read more