Word of the Day: Microsoft Teams

Word of the Day Daily updates on the latest technology terms |July 12, 2017

Microsoft Teams Microsoft Teams is a chat-based collaboration tool that is part of the Office 365 suite of services. Teams enables local and co-workers to work together and collaborate through a common workspace, using features such as team chat, one-on-one chat and document collaboration. Teams launched in March 2017 as part of Office 365 and is now available in Office 365 Education as well. Teams competes with collaboration cloud services Slack and HipChat. Unlike its freemium competitors, however, Teams has no free tier and does not offer standalone pricing. Teams integrates with Microsoft Office as well as a wide variety of other Office 365 services, including SharePoint, Skype for Business and Exchange. The collaboration tool also offers APIs for integration with third-party services such as Google Drive, YouTube and DropBox. Teams includes the following core capabilities: Chat: Conversations can be visible to the entire team or be conducted privately. Skype for Business is deeply integrated into the application. Hub: The hub allows team members to work collaboratively without having to toggle between applications. Team Customization: Teams offers customizable workspaces and integration with third-party software to facilitate project management. Security: Teams provides advanced security and compliance capabilities that supports global standards including HIPAA, EU Model Clauses, ISO27001, SOC 1 and SOC 2. Quote of the Day "Microsoft Teams integrates with Office 365 services, which may be one of the most valuable capabilities for those who already use the vendor's cloud services." - Reda Chouffani   Trending Terms Microsoft Office 365 suite Slack software enterprise document management Salesforce Chatter collaboration platform enterprise collaboration   Learning Center Is enterprise collaboration software good for business? Enterprise collaboration software is all the rage, but is it right for your business? Four IT pros sound off on which collaboration tools they use and why. IT pros connect with group communication software Find out how group communication software helped a network of IT pros improve the way they connect and collaborate. Microsoft Teams joins growing business chat software market Microsoft's foray into business chat software with Teams is strengthened by native integrations with Office 365. Slack vs. Microsoft Teams: Which is best for enterprise collaboration? Both Slack and Microsoft Teams are trying to gain the upper hand among workers as the leading enterprise collaboration platform. Microsoft takes on Slack with new team chat app Microsoft takes on Slack with a new team chat app, Microsoft Teams. The app will be available in Office 365 enterprise and business suites. Writing for Business Management chose Slack to encourage communication ________ the company's marketing team and its sales team. A. between B. among Answer       Stay In Touch For feedback about any of our definitions or to suggest a new definition, please contact me at: mrouse@techtarget.com   Visit the Word of the Day Archives and catch up on what you've missed!   FOLLOW US About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Whatis.com, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget, Whatis, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2016 TechTarget. All rights reserved.