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Project Manager at Inventec
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Sep 18, 2023
Great for project planning and monitoring with easy communication capabilities
Pros and Cons
  • "Microsoft Teams can facilitate the broadcast of information and distribution of tasks through a single platform."
  • "The future scalability can include the integration of planners, project management tools, SharePoint, and more applications that are used."

What is our primary use case?

I contacted, coordinated, and integrated project teams regarding assignments and follow-up actions instead of using email, weighing the pros and cons.

We can view Microsoft Teams as a cloud-based project platform for sharing files, assigning tasks, designating assignees, sharing real-time information, and collecting project tasks. It provides each teammate with their own cloud storage space to store data, and standard operating procedures (SOPs), and facilitates the exchange of group knowledge within the workspace.

For project planning and monitoring purposes, Microsoft Teams replaces traditional conferences, phone calls, and weekly reviews. Additionally, for seamless integration with Office 365, Teams works seamlessly with other Microsoft Office 365 applications such as Word, Excel, and SharePoint. This makes it easy to consistently create, edit, and share documents, streamlining revisions.

How has it helped my organization?

The tracking status and communication are no longer restricted to conference rooms or limited areas. In a mobile working environment, flexibility and ease of access are essential to facilitate progress and collaboration. MS Teams offers features for hosting virtual meetings, webinars, and live events, which is especially valuable for remote or distributed project teams and training events. Most importantly, configure notifications to stay informed about project updates, mentions, or changes in channels. These features replace email for points of contact and maintain records instantly.

What is most valuable?

Project teams may notice last-minute information updates and keep track of actions using the same project document and its revisions. In the field of technology, several progress updates may be necessary to achieve a status report. 

Microsoft Teams can facilitate the broadcast of information and distribution of tasks through a single platform. The integration for team collaboration can expedite decision-making and enhance alignment towards the same project goal among the right people, at the right place, and at the right time.

Microsoft Teams can help overcome potential barriers and delays in achieving project objectives, marking the era of instant messaging demands.

What needs improvement?

The weekly project status update has transitioned into instant reporting. We now have two communication channels: online broadcasting and recording for those who are absent. Advanced instant messaging has expanded its capabilities to connect people worldwide and truly reflects the forward movement of technology. 

The future scalability can include the integration of planners, project management tools, SharePoint, and more applications that are used. This capability is determined by its impact on project planning, questionnaires, surveys, and to-do lists

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For how long have I used the solution?

I have had four years of experience with the product.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
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Senior Test Engineer at Leeds Building Society
Real User
Jul 31, 2023
Its chat functionality is useful but it isn't so stable
Pros and Cons
  • "Microsoft Teams is a scalable tool because it integrates with many other tools and different kinds of apps."
  • "If you talk about the tool's disadvantages, it consists of losing connection. It's also a problem that it only stores information for up to 40 days. The aforementioned areas can be considered for improvement."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution in our company primarily for collaboration, file sharing, and the chat functionality it provides our team.

What needs improvement?

If you talk about the tool's disadvantages, it consists of losing connection. It's also a problem that it only stores information for up to 40 days. The aforementioned areas can be considered for improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Teams for almost four years. I am using the solution's latest version.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Stability-wise, the major issue is with the connection since it loses pieces of chats in between. Therefore, people don't rely on the tool since they know that whatever they have communicated with someone may not always be in their chat history.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Microsoft Teams is a scalable tool because it integrates with many other tools and different kinds of apps. It is a really good tool because you can plan your meetings, you can take notes, and run your scrum meets. In all the aforementioned aspects, it's really good.

Maybe more than 500 users are using the tool in our company.

How are customer service and support?

Only the IT personnel interacting with Microsoft would have experience with Microsoft's technical support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

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.

What other advice do I have?

It's a good product. I think that with the package of Microsoft Outlook itself, most organizations are going forward with Microsoft Teams. I am not aware if there is anything else that they would be looking forward to, but I can say that the tool has a scope for improvement. As a user of the tool, I can say that Microsoft Teams is not a 100 percent reliable solution.

Trust is the main factor. I see that users do not trust the tool, and they still prefer to send emails because they feel that whatever information they are sending using the tool may get lost. Hence, that makes it a big concern.

I rate the overall solution a six out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Director at Hexaware Technologies Limited
Reseller
Jul 31, 2023
A user-friendly tool useful for internal communication purposes like chatting and meetings within an organization
Pros and Cons
  • "All of the solution's features are useful since we use it for saving data, chatting, meeting, and all such purposes."
  • "If it's a group chat, then we can record the session, but we cannot record a one on one session."
  • "The only thing that can be improved is that when you are talking one on one, there is no recording facility."

What is our primary use case?

My company provides Teams for us. We just use it for internal communication.

What is most valuable?

All of the solution's features are useful since we use it for saving data, chatting, meeting, and all such purposes.

What needs improvement?

Video calling is already there, so that's not an issue. The only thing that can be improved is that when you are talking one on one, there is no recording facility. Maybe it's the company that stopped it. If it's a group chat, then we can record the session, but we cannot record a one on one session. In short, we are not able to record one on one calls.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have experience with Microsoft Teams. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

My company has more than 10,000 employees, and all are using Microsoft Teams. Most of the users are engineers.

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a seven to eight out of ten.

My company plans to increase the usage of Microsoft Teams in the future.

How are customer service and support?

I never faced any challenges with the solution in the last two and half years.

I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

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.

How was the initial setup?

The solution is deployed on a private cloud.

What other advice do I have?

I recommend the solution to those planning to use it.

It is very easy to use. A lot of features are there in the solution, which will be useful for daily communication with the team members who are located in other cities. It is pretty user-friendly.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
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Technical Support at Mpklang
Real User
Jul 31, 2023
Easy-to-setup solution helping us save time
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution's technical support team is helpful."
  • "They should add an integration API for the solution."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for online meetings.

How has it helped my organization?

The solution is already integrated with Office 365. We do not have to buy a different license or new version for it. We get version updates automatically. 

What is most valuable?

The solution's most valuable feature is its integration with Office 365. It has the best features for automation, Excel, and PowerPoint.

What needs improvement?

In the case of integrating the solution with other applications, we need technical support for configuration. To make the process easier, they should add an integration API. It will help us save additional costs.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using the solution as a customer since 2020.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the solution's stability a nine out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is highly scalable. I rate it a nine out of ten. We have 1000 users in our organization, and we use it to its maximum potential.

How are customer service and support?

The solution's technical support is great. Their team is helpful.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The solution's initial setup is easy. I rate its process a nine out of ten. It requires two technical support executives for maintenance.

What about the implementation team?


What was our ROI?

The solution helps us save a lot of time. Although, it requires high investment in terms of money.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution's cost is high. I rate its pricing a nine out of ten. It requires a fixed price to be paid annually or monthly.

What other advice do I have?

The solution is easier to find anywhere compared to open-source platforms. I rate it a nine out of ten.

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

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DTM SAP at VARUN BEVERAGES LIMITED
Real User
Jul 31, 2023
Has a team sharing feature for remote access and document collaboration during calls and meetings
Pros and Cons
  • "Team sharing is really cool. It's great to have remote access, document sharing, and collaboration during calls and meetings."
  • "In future releases, short voice messages would be useful."

What is our primary use case?

I use it for meeting prospects, current calls, and also for some apps like workflow and notes. It has been quite useful, and I find the tools and functionalities great.

What is most valuable?

Team sharing is really cool. It's great to have remote access, document sharing, and collaboration during calls and meetings. These features are excellent, and I haven't found them in other tools.

What needs improvement?

In future releases, short voice messages would be useful. Sometimes, when people are in other meetings, it would be great to leave a voice message if they're not reachable.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Teams for the past four years. We use the latest version because it generally gets updated through backend policies.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable solution. I would rate the stability an eight out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

There are around 500 to 600 users in my organization using this solution. 

What about the implementation team?

The setup is usually done by the IT people in the organization. As an end user, we just start using the features and the product.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

My advice is that Microsoft Teams is not just a tool for meetings. It offers additional features and add-on apps like WebBooks, Azure, task planner, and more. Updates are regularly provided, and you can even use Excel tools on the go.

Overall, I would rate this solution a nine out of ten. If a tool provides everything I need without any issues, then it deserves the highest score. That's why I'm giving it a nine.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I have used Google Meet, Skype (the older version), and WebEx for meetings and webinars. But Microsoft Teams is quite advanced and has a lot of features.

If I compare it with Google Meet, Google Meet doesn't offer remote sessions. That is the main disadvantage compared to Google Meet.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

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Manager CSV at Cipla
Real User
Jul 31, 2023
A stable and scalable solution that helps with corporate-level communication
Pros and Cons
  • "I like the product's screen share feature since we can explain things to the users at the other end using it. The solution helps me to establish a virtual connection with my team."
  • "The product should improve its security aspect, scalability, stability, and screen recording. It would be nice if Teams could come up with a feature where I can write chats and send them as mail. It would be also good if Teams could be connected to our application software so that for any doubts that can occur during the training, the operator can resolve them through chats. Hence, they can easily guide and close the issue."

What is our primary use case?

We use the software for corporate-level communication such as messaging and texting. 

What is most valuable?

I like the product's screen share feature since we can explain things to the users at the other end using it. The solution helps me to establish a virtual connection with my team. 

What needs improvement?

The product should improve its security aspect, scalability, stability, and screen recording. It would be nice if Teams could come up with a feature where I can write chats and send them as mail. It would be also good if Teams could be connected to our application software so that for any doubts that can occur during the training, the operator can resolve them through chats. Hence, they can easily guide and close the issue. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the product since 2021. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the tool's stability a seven out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I would rate the product's scalability a seven out of ten. My company has 250 users for the solution. We use the solution 24/7 for daily meetings. 

How are customer service and support?

The solution's technical support is very good. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

I would rate the solution's setup a nine out of ten since it is easy to sign up. The product's deployment took a month to complete. For the solution's installation, you need to validate. We used a team of 15 members to deploy the product. The solution does not require any maintenance. 

What about the implementation team?

We did the product's deployment in-house. 

What was our ROI?

The product is worth its money. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The tool's price is high and I would rate it an eight out of ten. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the product a nine out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Binayak Gupta - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Project Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Jul 31, 2023
A collaboration tool that can be used to chat with people, manage projects and share documents
Pros and Cons
  • "You can use Microsoft Teams to chat with people, share your documents, manage your calendar, manage your project, and assign tasks."
  • "There are a lot of creative people out there who can put some more UI capabilities in Microsoft Teams."

What is our primary use case?

In the organization where I work, Microsoft Teams is used as a collaboration tool, and it's our company-wide policy to use Microsoft Teams as the integrated tool for all communications and collaborating documents.

What is most valuable?

I like that Microsoft Teams has all the team management features in one place. You can use Microsoft Teams to chat with people, share your documents, manage your calendar, manage your project, and assign tasks. The solution also has multiple small tools available. All in all, it's one place where you can have everything in a single window.

What needs improvement?

There are a lot of creative people out there who can put some more UI capabilities in Microsoft Teams.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Teams for almost three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I’ve never faced any issues with the solution’s stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Microsoft Teams is a scalable solution. Our company is big, and I've never felt any glitches or hanging issues with the solution. Around 2,00,000 users are using the solution in our organization.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

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.

How was the initial setup?

The solution's initial setup wasn't much complex, but it was pretty straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

Generally, it is the backend team that does the deployment. As end users, we are there to create our folders and channels. We can manage our individual projects by ourselves. However, from the server level, a dedicated company team works on the solution's deployment.

What other advice do I have?

Microsoft Teams is a very popular platform by Microsoft that is very commonly used in all organizations.

Overall, I rate Microsoft Teams a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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ERP Manager (Systems) at Emirates
Real User
Jul 31, 2023
A useful solution for collaboration, chats, and team meetings, but its user interface needs to be improved
Pros and Cons
  • "Microsoft Teams is much easier to collaborate, and its meetings are quite easy to explain things."
  • "The user interface is slightly weak in Microsoft Teams and could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We use Microsoft Teams for collaboration, chats, team meetings, and uploading documents.

What is most valuable?

Microsoft Teams is much easier to collaborate, and its meetings are quite easy to explain things.

What needs improvement?

Compared to other tools available, some features are missing in Microsoft Teams. For example, Zoom is more user-friendly than Microsoft Teams. The user interface is slightly weak in Microsoft Teams and could be improved.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Teams for almost three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Microsoft Teams is a quite stable solution. There are occasional crashes with the solution, but it's very rare now after its latest upgrade.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Ours is a big organization with more than 20,000 users using Microsoft Teams. Our company's plan to increase the solution's usage depends on the number of new employees joining the organization.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

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.

How was the initial setup?

The solution's initial setup is a little complex and not so straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

The solution's deployment took a couple of months. However, that was the initial version of Microsoft Teams, which had no features. Over the last two to three years, it has improved a lot, and it's much easier to use now compared to how it was about a couple of years back.

Our company has a separate team to deploy Microsoft products that takes care of the deployment and maintenance of Microsoft Teams.

What was our ROI?

We have seen a return on investment with Microsoft Teams. During COVID, we worked from home, and Microsoft Teams was the only option to meet people and work remotely.

What other advice do I have?

We are using the latest version of Microsoft Teams. Microsoft Teams is a cloud-based solution. I would recommend this solution to other users because the product has improved over the last couple of years, and I hope more features will come soon.

Overall, I rate Microsoft Teams a six out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Tim Hitchings - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Warehouse Project Manager at Tokio Marine HCC
Real User
Jul 31, 2023
A good solution for video conferencing and group chats, but its useful Wiki function was withdrawn
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features of Microsoft Teams are video conferencing, chat function, and the one that shows you that you've got new messages."
  • "Microsoft Teams withdrew the Wiki function, which was quite a good and useful feature."

What is our primary use case?

We use Microsoft Teams for messaging, group chats, and video calls.

How has it helped my organization?

You can coordinate meetings more rapidly with Microsoft Teams. You can use the solution to get a group of people together quicker.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of Microsoft Teams are video conferencing, chat function, and the one that shows you that you've got new messages.

What needs improvement?

Microsoft Teams withdrew the Wiki function, which was quite a good and useful feature. The solution has withdrawn the Wiki function in favor of SharePoint.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Teams for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate Microsoft Teams a five out of ten for stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Microsoft Teams is a completely scalable solution. Every employee in my organization uses the solution, and I use the solution every day.

I rate Microsoft Teams a ten out of ten for scalability.

What other advice do I have?

Microsoft Teams is deployed on-cloud in our organization. My advice to someone considering Microsoft Teams for their company would be to check it out against their use case requirements.

Overall, I rate Microsoft Teams a six to seven out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Kamal Kumar Verma - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Consultant at Genpact - Headstrong
MSP
Jul 31, 2023
The integration of apps makes the solution very slow, but it is much more stable than other solutions
Pros and Cons
  • "Microsoft Teams is much more stable than other solutions like Skype for Business."
  • "Adding and integrating more apps like SharePoint on Microsoft Teams is making the solution very slow."

What is our primary use case?

We use Microsoft Teams for team meetings, collaborations, and data management. We have a SharePoint that we manage through Microsoft Teams. Microsoft Teams is used to collaborate, talk with your colleagues and make them understand or share quick files like you do on Whatsapp.

What is most valuable?

I used Skype for Business earlier, but it was unstable because we could not share files, and it used to hang a lot. Microsoft Teams is much more stable than other solutions like Skype for Business. However, due to its application size, Microsoft Teams becomes very heavy and consumes most of the RAM and operating system. I don't use the Microsoft Teams application because it consumes a lot of power due to its big heavy size.

What needs improvement?

Microsoft Teams' application should be very lightweight. If you host a meeting on Microsoft Teams and check your system resources, you will find that the solution consumes approximately 600 to 700 MB of RAM. On the other hand, Zoom hardly uses 50 to 60 MB of RAM. The agent utilization of the resources with Microsoft Teams on the system is very high compared to other platforms giving the same feature.

Adding and integrating more apps like SharePoint on Microsoft Teams is making the solution very slow. Initially, Microsoft Teams was much faster when I worked on it as a user. However, with time, it became so slow that I couldn't use it much and decided to use it on the web. The web version of Microsoft Teams is much faster than the application, and that's the thing. There are multiple forums like SharePoint where you can integrate and store many applications, but storing on Microsoft Teams is making it very, very, very slow.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Microsoft Teams for four to five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Microsoft Teams is not at all a stable product for me. The solution works if you're not doing anything other than chatting. However, opening several tabs in Microsoft Teams and trying to search for things is really slow. I rate Microsoft Teams four or four and a half out of ten for stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

In my current organization, approximately 4,000 people are using Microsoft Teams. In my previous organization, 1,80,000 people were using the solution.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of Microsoft Teams is very, very easy. The solution is available offline and online. You can install it through the Microsoft Store or download the EXE file. You need to sign in and do the installation.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Microsoft Teams comes free if you're using it in an organization. If you are using the solution only for chatting or creating something on SharePoint, it's free. However, there are some services that you can integrate with Microsoft Teams at a cost.

What other advice do I have?

I use the on-cloud version of Microsoft Teams. Compared to Microsoft Teams, no other product has a similar scale that can help. People have tried using Yammer or other internal tools to enhance productivity, but there's no one in the competition currently. Even if I say that I would not suggest or recommend Microsoft Teams to other users, I don't have any alternative for them.

Overall, I rate Microsoft Teams a five out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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