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Savit Balan - PeerSpot reviewer
ERP Manager (Systems) at Emirates

Previously we used Skype. We switched to Microsoft Teams because Skype was getting outdated, and Microsoft suggested we start using Teams because it's their latest product.

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PaulButticaz - PeerSpot reviewer
Account Manager at Eclipse Networks, Inc.

We have used Slack before. In comparison, the solution receives updates more frequently.

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Jon Ridgway - PeerSpot reviewer
Software architecture at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

I've used Zoom, and we had Skype for Business in some of my other companies, and I'd say that Microsoft Teams is a more complete and rounded product. The other solutions work more or less the same for video conferencing. However, as a product, Microsoft Teams is more complete and has more features than Zoom or Skype.

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Cory Bergstrom - PeerSpot reviewer
Security and Infrastructure Engineer at a consultancy with 201-500 employees

We were using Skype for Business. Then, we migrated to Microsoft Teams because Skype for Business was retired. It was no longer a viable option.

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Manoj Kambli - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Consultant at Hexaware Technologies Limited

I have previously used Yammer, WhatsApp, and Twitter for internal communication. Also, we still use Yammer for its capabilities. It's not too official. It's official to the extent of sharing your ideas, like LinkedIn, which you have for the outside world, but the ones I mentioned earlier are for the inside world, so you can choose to broadcast something you want.

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Abhishek Sanyal - PeerSpot reviewer
Partner at Khaitan & Co LLP

We have used VC software but switched to Teams because its easier to understand. 

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reviewer2119521 - PeerSpot reviewer
Group Head of ERP at Packages Limited

I did not previously use a different solution. 

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Shashank Borude - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Analist and Shift Lead at HighRadius

In my previous organization, the collaboration tools evolved from Skype to Lync, and eventually, Microsoft Teams was introduced. I have experience using Lync for approximately a year before the transition to Teams. In my current role, I have primarily used Microsoft Teams and Slack in their respective capabilities within the workplace.

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Gagan Gupta - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Test Engineer at Leeds Building Society

Slack was used quite a lot before. Microsoft Teams is a replacement for Skype as well. Skype has been totally ruled out now by our company.

Microsoft Teams is much better because Skype is just a very small tool used for its chat functionality. With Teams, you get many different features for sharing files. However, Microsoft Teams has a problem of losing connection many times, though not always, but it gets slow. It has the problem of storing information for only up to 30 days or 40 days, depending upon your organization's policy. Hence, not many people at times prefer to interact over the tool since their conversation gets lost.

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Joseph Barel ELOUNDOU - PeerSpot reviewer
Program Manager | Senior Oracle Consultant | Cloud at Orange

We previously used other solutions, such as Bridge and an internal application. Microsoft Teams is the easiest to use.

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Donson Rebello - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Manager at Talisma

I have used Skype for Business. Later, I switched to Microsoft Teams because it is a much-improved tool comparatively. Skype has a calling and chatting interface. Microsoft Teams has more of a collaborative interface. From that perspective, Microsoft Teams is the add-on.

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MM
Head of Operations at Investrust Bank Plc

I have previously used other solutions, such as Zoom. 

Zoom is a more lightweight solution and is easier to use than Microsoft Teams.

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Binayak Gupta - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Project Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

I've previously used Atlassian Jira. If you are looking for a hard-core project wherein you can get a complete timesheet and better project manageability, Jira is a better tool. However, Microsoft Teams is the better option if you are looking for chatting, collaborating, and sharing features. Jira does not have chatting capability in it.

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Sahil Shahi - PeerSpot reviewer
Market Researcher at SRINSOFT INC

We used Zoom before and as an organization, we were in a testing mode on finding a solution that gave us more benefits and connected the departments easily. We use Microsoft 365 and Teams is an integrated service of the bundle. Hence, it is good for us. 

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Sven Gotovac - PeerSpot reviewer
Professor at FESB - Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture

We previously had our own solution, but we had a problem with the staff and other people in general, and eventually, it became too expensive for us. It was hard for us to find a system engineer or integrator. We decided to move to the cloud because it was impossible for us to manage such a relatively huge system considering that every year, we had about 600 to 700 students coming in, for whom we had to do the integration processes.

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Andreas Kazelas - PeerSpot reviewer
Dealer at Invaxa

I’ve also used Slack.

Teams can be used as an internal tool, whereas Slack might be considered more public. We are able to share internal documentation more effectively with Teams.

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Redie-Ramos - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineer at eCloudvalley

We have also used Viber, but it's not the best communication solution. We have also used ServiceNow for ticketing and Zoom.

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MatteoSchirru - PeerSpot reviewer
C&D Strategy Consultant at Deloitte Risk Advisory

I used Skype for Business before switching to Microsoft Teams. I switched because there are several differences between the two apps. The main difference is that Skype for Business doesn't allow file sharing between users, and doesn't allow users to work on the same file, versus Microsoft Teams which is optimized for file sharing and work collaboration. Another difference is that Microsoft Teams is more user-friendly than Skype for Business. For example, if I search for a contact on my contact list, it's simpler to do compared to searching for a contact on Skype for Business. Microsoft Teams also saves conversations on the chat panel, while Skype for Business archives the conversation on my email, creating spam in my mailbox. These are all the reasons I prefer Microsoft Teams over Skype for Business.

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Anthony Alvarico - PeerSpot reviewer
Deliver Practice Director at DynTek

We used Skype before moving over to Teams. Some of our clients also use Slack so we use it too. Teams is unique because the other solutions are more for chat or video but lack the collaboration of Teams.

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Thomas Köppner - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Consultant at Apptio

We use other tools, too. We use what customers prefer. Microsoft Teams provides easy integration with Microsoft Office. It makes collaboration within teams easy. It enables sharing of information, documents, and presentations. The quality of the online meetings with customers and partners is good. The audio setup is the only con in the product.

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Bunmi Sadiq - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Syscodes Communications Ltd

I find Zoom easier in the browser version. 

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SA
Senior Solution architect at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

My vendors use Google Meet and Zoom which have compatibility issues. The system gets confused and asks whether to continue with the browser or go to the app. We have also encountered login issues with the app. I prefer Teams to other apps. 

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Daria Maslovets - PeerSpot reviewer
Analytics Lead/Tableau Integrator at SOFTICO

I have used Zoom in the past for virtual meetings. I only use it occasionally. I have noted some stability issues with it that I haven't noted in Teams. I don't have a license for Zoom. I haven't seen the backend administration features.

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GS
IT at Brillux GmbH & Co. KG

I also use Zoom and Cisco Webex for meetings. However, I have found that Teams is easier to use. 

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NagendraVuppala - PeerSpot reviewer
Tax Manager at RSM

Zoom was much better than Microsoft Teams for video calling, but the user interface was difficult to collaborate on. I could not create groups on Zoom and have a chat. Even if I could, it's not as easy as Microsoft Teams.

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AR
Account Executive at Multinational information technology services and consulting company

We have been using allways Microsoft Unified Collaboration solution. 

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TB
Senior Principal Consultant at NCS Partners

We haven't used a different solution previously. This is the first video conferencing suite we've adopted in the company.

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RM
Head Of Sector - Silicon and Semiconductor at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

I previously used different solutions like Zoom and Google Meet.

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MB
SAP technical consultant at N

I use Zoom and Google Meet as well.

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Marouane Missaoui - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at RATPgroup

I don't remember the name of the solution I used in the past.

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HM
IT Solution & Application Director at Delta Samudra Abadi

I use Zoom but find it to be less competitive than Teams. Zoom does not offer integration with documents, calendars, etc. 

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Vivek Makhijani - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at JEDI SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

We use SharePoint from Microsoft. Earlier, we used to use Google Meet. Although Google Meet was free, it had a time limit of 45 minutes. We used to use another product from an Indian-based company with its own data center. It is a free VC software, but we stopped using it because of some teething issues.

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it_user1355814 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lecturer at a university with 201-500 employees

We are using Skype Enterprise but in two or three months, Skype is going to be decommissioned for us. The IT department has been using Microsoft Teams.

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MS
Database Administrator at e-Access (private) Ltd

We previously utilized Zoom, but frequent interruptions and disconnections prompted us to transition to Teams.

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PR
Global Internal Communications Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Before we tried using Teams, we were using Skype. Now we are only using Teams because it is a more complete and business-oriented tool. 

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Bianca Dragusin - PeerSpot reviewer
Channel Sales Data Center at Lenovo

We previously used Skype, but Teams is more user-friendly and syncs with Outlook.

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Luka Drofenik - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder & CEO at Granevo d.o.o.

I have used Zoom and Google Meet before. We switched to the product since we are using the MS suite. 

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MW
Solution Consultant at Quest Egypt Software

We use Zoom and Webex as well. Compared with Webex, Teams is much easier to provide access control for configuration. Zoom has different features for video calls, while Teams allows for configuration, presentations, and collaboration within the platform. You can also use Teams to communicate and collaborate with others with access to Azure PC. 

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WV
Senior Security Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Prior to using Teams, we were using WebEx. We still use WebEx from time to time, but for the most part, we use Teams. It is better for us because Teams is integrated with all of the backend Microsoft environment that we already have. For example, we use SharePoint, ShareFile, and others. It has files integrated as well, so we can place internal files for review on Teams.

WebEx is more of a platform just for jumping on a call with a few people.

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SB
Associate Director of Technology at Microland Limited

I have used similar solutions and I wouldn't say that Teams has the best in terms of voice and video calling, although I have seen continuous improvement over time and I am happy with that. For example, we used to only see four people on a video call, and it has been increased to nine. These kinds of improvements are good.

On the other hand, when compared to other collaboration software, it is more bandwidth-intensive and takes longer to load. In general, it is heavier.

Prior to using Teams, we had been using Microsoft Exchange 2013. We migrated to Office 365 two years ago, which includes Teams as part of the package. While we were still using Exchange, we ordered Skype. From my perspective, Teams is much more stable than Skype. I found that if we used Skype in a very small network, for example with three routers, then it would work fine. Otherwise, we had issues with quality and stability.

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JO
Sr. Product Manager - AccuRev at Micro Focus

Yes, we have previously use Fuze as well as Rocket.Chat and Skype for Business. Fuze was unreliable. Skype for Business and Rocket.Chat lacked too many features.

As a large organization, we have used our fair share of tools, such as Skype for Business (S4B), Rocket.Chat, and most recently Fuze. Rocket.Chat is limited to chat only. Although you can share/attach docs, screenshots, and such, there isn't an easy way to organize the collection of data. If your team likes the ability to use a Wiki tool, there is nothing inherently built into Rocket.Chat for this. S4B is limited to video, chatting, and screen shares, lIke Rocket.Chat, for what it does, though it does it fairly well. However, as a tool for collaboration and communication with a team (large and small), S4B is too limited. Fuze, by far, is the worst tool. It was far too unreliable with calls (with or without video). Teams is a blend of Rocket.Chat, S4B, and a "working" version of Fuze.

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PM
Associate Vice President - Office of Strategic ManagementVice President - Office of Strategic Management at Sakthi Finance Ltd,

We are now on Chatter. The entire team is using and Chatter. We have 5,000 Chatter licenses. The entire organization is using it. We are also evaluating Microsoft 365 which includes Teams.

Internally we are using Chatter across the company as of now. We will continue to use Chatter as it is part of our CRM and all the customer and customer service related communication will be through Chatter only. We are planning to use Microsoft Teams as a collaborative platform in the future.

Currently, now the entire communication of the company is between Teams and the corporate office is appraising each solution.

I've used Zoom in the past, as well as WebEx. With Teams, the clarity of the meeting is good, including when you are using it on a wireless device. Zoom, however, has the easiest interface. It's the most popular option currently on the market. Everyone is using Zoom. 

WebEx I wouldn't recommend. It takes a lot of bandwidth and is more difficult to use.

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Catch Kuo - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at Red Hat

I have used Google Meet but find the UI and function of Teams to be more simple and unique. 

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AN
Principal Systems Engineer - APAC, Ruckus Networks at a tech consulting company with 501-1,000 employees

We previously used Webex and Zoom. We switched to Microsoft Teams exclusively since it is included in the Microsoft package and subscription and has improved features.

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SyedAbid Hussain - PeerSpot reviewer
Snr. Cloud Infrastructure Architect at LogicEra

I have used browser-based applications like Zoom but find Teams to be much more flexible. 

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Mohamed Wahba - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder and GM at IT-Enterprise

The product is better than Zoom in terms of features and capabilities. 

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Suresh Wijenayake - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Director - Service Provider Solutions at Millennium Information Technologies

I have used Skype for Business and WebEx.

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HT
Business Analyst at a financial services firm with 1-10 employees

In this company, we did not use another solution prior to Teams. This was a quick and easy solution for instant messaging that was part of Office 365.

In my previous company, which was larger, there was an instant messenger called Lync that we used constantly.

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DP
Representative for the Nuclear Industry in Spain (EU) at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees

Teams is better and more polished than Zoom. 

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AA
Information Technology Infrastructure Manager at a non-tech company with 501-1,000 employees

We previously used Microsoft's Yammer, but we've since switched to Teams.

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AS
Receiver, Purchaser, IT Manager at Nomek AS

For business purposes, we previously used Skype. Personally, I liked Skype the best at the beginning, when we started using Teams. However, now I'm okay with Teams as well. I really liked Skype's interface, and I was used to its layout and using it. I'm not sure if there's too much of a difference in terms of the services they offer and their functionality.

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SJ
IT Manager at a transportation company with 501-1,000 employees

We used to rely on Skype and have since moved over to Teams. It was pretty simple for us to decide on Teams because we were already using Microsoft products. 

A lot of the products that we use are Microsoft, including Skype. However, Microsoft is slowly stopping support for Skype and they're moving towards Teams due to the fact that a lot of applications are getting developed now on Teams.

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KT
Purchase Supervisor at Acer Cyber Security Inc.

I used Slack previously. 

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HM
Chief Specialist MMS at Roads & Transport Authority

I have also used Zoom which I think is more popular than Teams in terms of being able to include more people and ease of use in video conferencing. Nevertheless, I think both are good tools.

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FA
AVP at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We were using Skype for Business, but Microsoft has stopped supporting it. In 2020, they will only provide new features for Teams, and not Skype for Business, which is why we switched.

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JV
Proposal Manager at Data Unit NV

We use a bunch of solutions at any given time. We have Cisco Webex, for example. We also have the Mitel My Call app and for some of our customers, we also need to use Zoom and BlueJeans. So we have quite a few solutions that are active.

If you look at just the feature of video conferencing and you look at Zoom and BlueJeans and Microsoft Teams, they're all pretty much alike. It's mainly the integration of everything document-wise and the consistency that I really liked within Microsoft Teams.

Out of all of the other solutions, BlueJeans is the one that I found the least reliable. We had quite a few hiccups where we eventually fell back to Cisco WebEx for video conferencing instead of the BlueJeans solution.

Then we have Zoom, which I have less experience with. It's used by a few vendors with whom we collaborate from time to time. They use Zoom predominantly, so when we conference with them, it's largely through that.

In terms of Cisco WebEx, the thing that I don't like is that if someone invites you for a meeting and you connect to the meeting early, you don't get notified when the meeting actually starts, so you constantly have to reload until the meeting organizer starts the meeting and accepts you. For instance, last week, I went into a Cisco WebEx meeting. I connected two minutes before the actual time that the meeting should have started. I opened the WebEx application and the meeting didn't start. 10 minutes later, I reloaded the application and reconnected to the session and they were already actively meeting. The application didn't notify me when the meeting actually started. That's a big drawback.

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RH
Strategic Program Management at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees

We used Skype for Business before but Microsoft Teams came along with the Microsoft Office subscription that we had. We had subscriptions to Office. And then we moved from On Premise Exchange to Exchange Online. It was the natural choice to make. We do use other services from other providers, but I would say that Microsoft Teams is the most stable one. 

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SB
Technical Project Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We were using Zoom but there were some issues, then we started using Microsoft Teams. We were also using previously using Webex as well as Skype. In total, there are many different products that I have used.

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HG
Project Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We previously used Skype occasionally for team communication.

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LY
ITSM Consultant at VerrakiPartners

Our organization may have previously used WebEx. I believe we also used Skype occasionally.

I use a few different solutions right now. I use Zoom practically every day, even with my kids at home. I use Microsoft Teams for office meetings practically every day. I'll be joining a session very soon, and I'll be using Cisco Webex for that. It varies as to which I use. I'm not exclusively on Teams.

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JC
Solutions Architect / Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We used Skype previously and switched because Teams is included in our Microsoft package so we were paying for it anyway. 

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it_user1045560 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sharepoint Application Specialist at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I have some experience on SharePoint, and all the products of the Office 365 lineup. Microsoft Teams combines most of the Office 365 products in one very convenient product. And you can combine every Office 365 app in Teams.

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SP
Head of Software department & Head of Security department at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We use Teams in the same way that we are using Trello but we lean toward using Trello because of the ability to attach files. So Trello is what we were using before and it is really still what we are using now. We have not migrated to Teams fully although we are using it for some projects and exploring the possibilities.

The product is still developing and may integrate better with Office 365 applications, but there is still a little bit missing in the functionality besides just the file attachments. I think it is possible to improve the interface. A lot of things I would expect to be able to do are currently impossible. I would like to be able to interact with objects better. For example, if you go in the call component and you look at your contacts, you don't have the capability to do much to interact with the contact object. You can launch a conversation and you can make a phone call but you cannot manage the contact object and I wish able to.

For example, you cannot right-click in order to copy the contact to collect the basic information. To be able to create a VCF file would be perfect. But even without going so far, there is a lot of little interaction that would be interesting to be able to do that we cannot. Currently, the product limitations are keeping us from migrating to expanding its use.

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OD
Responsible for recruitment at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Previously, we were using Skype for conference calling and we found that it was complicated.

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SA
System Architect at Silvery LLC

There are no products that I can say have all of Teams' possibilities. There are separate products to maintain for all the functions I need, which I can now do in one product.

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IK
Assistant Vice President at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

I have used Zoom previously and I have found there are technical problems frequently, such as the meeting or voice cuts out. This can happen even if the same network is used. The quality of voice is better with this solution.

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DM
Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 201-500 employees

Prior to Microsoft Teams, we were using Skype for Business. I prefer the interface that Skype has.

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JC
Senior Solution Manager at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We used Skype prior to Teams and switched because support for Skype was terminated. 

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Microsoft Teams
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Microsoft Teams. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.