On Microsoft Teams' third anniversary, Microsoft announces several upcoming features
Microsoft Teams is celebrating its anniversary with a slew of new features.
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Microsoft Teams turns three years old this week, and to celebrate, Microsoft announced several upcoming features for the service. Many of the features focus on reducing distraction and enabling more direct communication. All of the newly announced features are set to arrive later this year, though a few will be available sooner.
Here’s a quick list of the new features on the way for Microsoft Teams:
The new features come as Microsoft announced anew milestonefor its number of daily users today. Microsoft Teams now stands at 44 million daily uesrs, which is up from 20 million in November 2019. A large reason for that surge is due to Teams adoption among people and companies now working remotely because of the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Microsoft says it went from 32 million daily users on March 11 to 44 million by March 18.
Microsoft Teams has gained a significant market share over its first three years and appears tostack well against Slackin terms of usage numbers. During the coronavirus outbreak, Microsoft made thepremium version of Microsoft Teams free.
Microsoft Teams allows you to collaborate with colleagues, upload files, send messages, and chat through video. It integrates with Office 365 and several other cloud services.
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