Microsoft Teams - are you using it within your business?

Microsoft Teams communication app now has over 20 million daily active users, up almost 54% from Microsoft’s prior announcement about usage and still ahead of main competitor Slack. In Nov 2019, Teams customers participated in more than 27 million voice or video meetings and performed over 220 million open, edit, or download actions on files stored in Teams.

Now you may be reading this and be thinking… "Hmmmm what is Microsoft Teams? – we need this application in our business!” Teams has been around since March 2017, and Microsoft has included Teams in companies’ subscriptions to the Office 365 Business bundle of productivity software at no additional charge”!

However, we at Dolphin Networks understand that in business people are busy, and you simply may not have realised that you have access to the Team’s App- with a wide range of FREE functionality that can significantly help save your business time, money, and reduce your stress levels.

Top Key features of Microsoft Teams

In Teams, people can make calls and exchange messages with teammates, and work on Word and Excel files without switching to different applications.

1. Teams - Find channels to belong to or create your own. Inside channels you can hold on-the-spot meetings, have conversations, and share files.
2. Meetings - See everything you’ve got lined up for the day or week. Or, schedule a meeting. This calendar syncs with your Outlook calendar.
3. Calls - In some cases, if your organization has it set up, you can call anyone from Teams, even if they’re not using Teams.
4. Activity - Catch up on all your unread messages, @mentions, replies, and more.

Pros of Microsoft Teams

• Productivity gains and enriched communication, Microsoft Teams is easy to use and intuitive; 
• Increased transparency on decision making between team members;
• Seamless move to a digital workplace – at no additional charge as the Teams App is included in the O365 Business license package;
• New team members can more quickly get up to speed on projects as all the related information, files, recorded meetings are collated in a TEAM channel.

How do I get O365 Teams?

Microsoft Teams integrates with all the Office Online apps, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote; plus, more than 140 external business apps. To access the app, you need one of the following Office 365 license plans:

Business Essentials; Enterprise E1, E3, or E5. Customers who don't have a Teams license as part of an Office 365 subscription can sign up for a free one-year trial. Please note: if you have a personal Office 365 subscription, you won't be able to access Microsoft Teams.

Download Microsoft Teams app https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads

If you still have some questions or require more information on Microsoft Teams don’t hesitate to contact us at Dolphin Networks at [email protected] or call and speak directly to an adviser on 020 36952848

Dolphin Networks is a Software Solutions development and consultancy business and a registered Microsoft Partner. We are highly experienced in delivering Digital Transformation, Software Solutions, design and development services on Microsoft platforms, to include SharePoint, O365, Azure, SQL and .NET.

We have over 15 years’ experience in the IT sector with an established and rapidly expanding client portfolio. I would invite you to review our Solution Architect and business owners LinkedIn profile at, https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/dolphinnetworks