Microsoft Teams gets free personal features including unlimited calls, messaging, share locations and more
3 years, 7 months ago

Microsoft Teams gets free personal features including unlimited calls, messaging, share locations and more

Firstpost  

Microsoft has announced that call limits have been waived off, given that the coronavirus pandemic has made it hard for people to stay in touch. Microsoft has introduced a fresh rollout of its proprietary business communication platform Teams that will allow personal users to use the platform free of cost and make connecting with friends and family, easy and no-cost. Aiming at strengthening Teams’ position in the global user market against contemporaries like Zoom, Google Meet, etc., Microsoft had announced back in 2020 that it would soon be adding the option for personal users to use Teams to stay in touch with friends and family. Talking about the recent updates, the Microsoft Teams for personal users will have options like group calls, one-to-one calls, sharing files, scheduling calls and meetings, and group chats. The users need not download another version of Teams on the PC—the same accounts can be used to sign in with personal and workplace Microsoft accounts and can switch profiles.

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Microsoft to separate Teams and Office globally amid antitrust scrutiny: Report
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Microsoft to separate Teams and Office globally amid antitrust scrutiny: Report

Hindustan Times  

Microsoft will sell its chat and video app Teams separately from its Office product globally, the U.S. tech giant said on Monday, six months after it unbundled the two products in Europe in a bid to avert a possible EU antitrust fine. A Microsoft logo The European Commission has been investigating Microsoft's tying of Office and Teams since a 2020 …

Microsoft Teams outage blocks access and limits features for some users
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Microsoft Teams outage blocks access and limits features for some users

Associated Press  

Microsoft Teams experienced an outage on Friday that blocked access for some and led to what Microsoft calls “multiple issues” for many users. Microsoft said in messages on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, that it identified “a networking issue impacting a portion of the Teams service” and had moved some services to backup systems. In a subsequent …

Microsoft Teams has nearly 250 million monthly active users: Nadella
3 years, 4 months ago

Microsoft Teams has nearly 250 million monthly active users: Nadella

The Hindu  

Microsoft said its Teams now has nearly 250 million monthly active users as people use the platform to communicate, collaborate, and co-author content across work, life, and learning. CEO Satya Nadella said hybrid work represented the biggest change to the way we worked in a generation and would require a new operating model spanning people, places, and processes. Microsoft has …

Microsoft Teams wants to finally replace Zoom for your video calls with friends and family
3 years, 7 months ago

Microsoft Teams wants to finally replace Zoom for your video calls with friends and family

India Today  

Microsoft has amped up its famous communication platform for businesses to now include features for connecting with friends and families too. The features for connecting with friends and family were first introduced on Microsoft Teams back in June last year. Other than the video calls, Microsoft Teams will also allow users to conduct group chats with their loved ones. For …

Now you can use Microsoft Teams to connect with friends and family
3 years, 7 months ago

Now you can use Microsoft Teams to connect with friends and family

The Hindu  

Microsoft on Monday launched the personal version of its popular communication platform, Teams. Similar to its solution for business users, people will be able to use the personal version for video calls, chats, and to share files with their friends and family. Microsoft is also bringing chat features to the personal version that will enable users to create a shared …

Microsoft Teams Gets Personal Features For Free, Including Unlimited Calls And Messaging
3 years, 7 months ago

Microsoft Teams Gets Personal Features For Free, Including Unlimited Calls And Messaging

News 18  

The writer of this article is on a Microsoft Teams calls as he writes this, which perhaps is fair. The thing is, Microsoft has now rolled out Teams for free for personal users, which would allow them to the app for connecting with friends and family. This comes after Microsoft announced last year that they would be adding the option …

Riding the COVID-19 Wave, Microsoft Teams Now Has 145 Million Daily Active Users
3 years, 7 months ago

Riding the COVID-19 Wave, Microsoft Teams Now Has 145 Million Daily Active Users

News 18  

Microsoft Teams had last year emerged as one of the most widely-used platform for virtual meetings and the likes. Microsoft has now announced that Teams now has 145 million daily active users across the world. Microsoft Teams’ corporate vice president Jeff Teper, in a tweet announcing the 145 million user base, thanked customers, partners, and his team that helped the …

Microsoft Teams to get several new updates to enhance collaboration
3 years, 9 months ago

Microsoft Teams to get several new updates to enhance collaboration

The Hindu  

March 12, 2021 07:50 pm | Updated 08:04 pm IST Microsoft has announced new meeting, chat, and security features in Teams to help people connect and collaborate better on the platform. Teams users will be able to use the new view switcher in the top bar to control the content display during a meeting. Also, Teams will seamlessly scale to …

Microsoft Teams gets new calling features
4 years ago

Microsoft Teams gets new calling features

The Hindu  

Microsoft has announced a number of new features to Teams Calling, aimed at improving the calling experience for its users. Moreover, through automatic reverse number look-up, Teams users will be able to see the name of the caller when they are receiving calls. The platform is also getting CarPlay support, and will allow Teams users to place and receive calls …

Microsoft Teams video calling platform will soon let users transfer calls between web and mobile
4 years ago

Microsoft Teams video calling platform will soon let users transfer calls between web and mobile

India TV News  

Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to transfer calls between desktop and mobile, allowing them to move around inside their homes or offices during the video meetings. Introducing several ways to create a streamlined calling experience, Microsoft said late on Tuesday that starting in early 2021, "you will be able to shift your calls between your mobile and desktop …

Microsoft Teams Gets New Calling Interface With Built-In Spam Protection, Number Lookup & More
4 years ago

Microsoft Teams Gets New Calling Interface With Built-In Spam Protection, Number Lookup & More

News 18  

Microsoft has brought a slew of new calling features on its professional app Microsoft Teams. The new calling interface is designed to allow Microsoft Teams to easily replace a user’s desk phone and brings features like built-in spam protection, reverse number lookup, and the ability to merge calls. Microsoft Teams will also allow users to transfer their calls between mobile …

Microsoft Teams announces new features like CarPlay support, spam identification and transfer calls
4 years ago

Microsoft Teams announces new features like CarPlay support, spam identification and transfer calls

India Today  

Microsoft Teams has announced new streamlined calling elements like the dial pad, call history, voicemail, contacts, and settings into one single location for convenient workflows. Microsoft Teams is also bringing new updates like call transfer between desktop and mobile, Apple CarPlay support, spam identification and transfer calls. Microsoft Teams is going to bring the following features tomake calling easier for …

Microsoft Teams rolls out new personalisation features
4 years, 1 month ago

Microsoft Teams rolls out new personalisation features

The Hindu  

Microsoft has introduced new features in Teams desktop and mobile app, making it easier for people to connect with others via their platform. The new features will let users to add personal accounts in the desktop or web app to easily stay on top of work as well as personal conversations through a single interface. The mobile app also got …

Microsoft Teams to let users make free 24-hour calls, add personal accounts on desktop to sync chats
4 years, 1 month ago

Microsoft Teams to let users make free 24-hour calls, add personal accounts on desktop to sync chats

India Today  

Microsoft Teams users will now be able to make 24 hour free video calls. It is also going to allow users to add personal accounts in the Teams desktop or web application. Microsoft Teams will allow customers to add their account in the Teams desktop or web application to sync all their chats to their computer. Over the past few …

Microsoft announces new apps for Teams platform
4 years, 1 month ago

Microsoft announces new apps for Teams platform

The Hindu  

Microsoft has announced new Teams platform apps aimed at improving productivity and engagement on the platform. The new apps for meetings in the Teams app store include Asana, Bigtincan, Buncee, Decisions, HireVue, Lucid Agreements, Microsoft Forms, Monday.com, Phenom, Pigeonhole Live, Polly, Priority Matrix, Range, Slido, Soapbox, Talview, Teamflect, Wakelet, and xMatters. Microsoft says, over 115 million people use Teams every …

Microsoft Teams will now allow users to integrate third-party apps during video calls
4 years, 5 months ago

Microsoft Teams will now allow users to integrate third-party apps during video calls

Firstpost  

With this integration in place, users will get event notification while conducting a meeting, and be able to pull apps into an ongoing call. Bringing greater flexibility to how Microsoft Teams works, users will now be able to integrate third-party apps into Teams meetings — before, during and even after a meeting. In a company blog written by Jared Spataro, …

Microsoft Teams gets new feature for personal use for both iOS and Android users
4 years, 6 months ago

Microsoft Teams gets new feature for personal use for both iOS and Android users

Firstpost  

Microsoft Teams provides a neat dashboard of events, locations, tasks, and images that everyone in a group has shared. According to Microsoft blog, Corporate Vice President, Modern Life, Search, and Devices Liat Ben-Zur said that the feature will help users stay connected, collaborate, and jointly organise their lives across work groups, friends and family. With the personal use feature, Microsoft …

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