We performed a comparison between HCL Connections and Microsoft Teams based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Atlassian, Slack and others in Enterprise Social Software."Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The most valuable feature is the Activity flow that is used to catch new activities."
"It's great for meetings and even hybrid classes, for example, where the teacher has students attending in person and online at the same time. It's really convenient for that too, and I like that you can easily share presentations."
"Sharing screens is valuable."
"I like the tool's screen share feature."
"We like it because it makes it easy to communicate, chat, make video calls, and schedule meetings with people."
"It is simple to schedule meetings in Teams. There are also plugins available from the Microsoft store that can be integrated with the solution. You can edit documents in the tool itself."
"We can build a team with a group of people and upload documents."
"The corporate world widely accepts the solution for virtual meetings. Also, it has good availability."
"Integration with document management capabilities and video conferencing."
"The support is an area where the product can improve...If you are having an issue on a Monday, the support personnel will contact you next Monday."
"The inclusion of a file plugin for Windows Explorer would make it easier to use."
"Sometimes, other participants cannot see the shared screen during meetings. The tool also needs to automatically switch to devices as we change them. When I try to switch audio from speaker to Bluetooth, I have to manually do that."
"User interface could be improved"
"The security needs improvement, as well as the ability to back up private chats."
"It's a bit slow, especially if you are downloading photos."
"At times, we encounter difficulties with remote access through Teams, which requires improvement."
"The software could be optimized for Mac systems because sometimes it is slow and consumes a lot of memory."
"There can be more customization and also the task management tools needs better tools for integration."
"Microsoft Teams could improve the integration with Outlook because most of us are not using the last version of Outlook and it causes some issues."
HCL Connections is ranked 10th in Enterprise Social Software with 55 reviews while Microsoft Teams is ranked 1st in Enterprise Social Software with 145 reviews. HCL Connections is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Teams is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of HCL Connections writes "Provides potent document sharing with good integration with the Microsoft desktop and smartphones". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Teams writes "Great for project planning and monitoring with easy communication capabilities". HCL Connections is most compared with SharePoint, Skype for Business and Microsoft 365 Business, whereas Microsoft Teams is most compared with Atlassian Confluence, SharePoint, Symphony, Loom and Drupal.
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