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Microsoft Teams vs Office 365 comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
5.8
Microsoft Teams offers significant ROI by enhancing communication efficiency, reducing travel needs, and improving remote collaboration, especially during COVID.
Sentiment score
6.3
Office 365 offers cost savings and productivity boosts via subscription models, integrated tools, time savings, and enhanced security.
I have seen a return on investment from using Microsoft Teams.
Technical Lead at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Internal surveys show a 20% increase in team productivity due to better collaboration in Microsoft Teams.
System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Though money is not saved directly, time is saved significantly due to its user-friendliness, reducing the need for extensive user training.
IT operation manager at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.2
Users find Microsoft Teams support varies, with premier support praised and regular users experiencing delays and inconsistency.
Sentiment score
4.2
Office 365 customer service is praised for efficiency and expertise, with suggestions for improved communication and additional support channels.
Microsoft support is excellent, offering instantaneous assistance through either robo support or live personnel.
CEO at Planfirma Technologies Private Limited
We have cases where it took more than six months to resolve very basic issues.
IT Project Manager at UkrSibbank
We have not needed to contact Microsoft support for the last six years.
Technical Lead at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
At times if you're trying to use their online support, they'll send you to an article that may or may not have anything to do with what you're looking for.
Controller/HR Manager/IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
For complex issues, premium support tickets are usually handled within a few hours, providing a great experience.
System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Microsoft Teams is highly scalable, supporting small to global teams with robust performance, despite some challenges in feature scaling.
Sentiment score
7.5
Office 365 is highly scalable, accommodating diverse global teams efficiently, with licensing costs as a key consideration.
We have around thousands of employees in my project using it simultaneously and it is working smoothly.
Technical Lead at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Microsoft Teams is a scalable solution.
Master in Cyber Security at Ganpat University
Microsoft Teams can be scalable for more than 1,000 people, and I have seen video conferences with 5,000 participants, so the scale is incredible.
Senior Software Engineer at Endava
Office 365 offers virtually limitless scalability.
System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Whenever scaling up is required, procuring additional licenses is easy unless it is under an EA plan.
IT operation manager at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Microsoft Teams is praised for stability, though connectivity issues arise from poor internet, not the app itself.
Sentiment score
7.4
Office 365 is praised for stability and reliability, with occasional performance issues and Microsoft’s valued 99.99% uptime guarantee.
I appreciate the ability of Microsoft Teams to control the quality of the call.
IT Project Manager at UkrSibbank
Microsoft Teams is stable once the setup is completed properly.
CEO at Planfirma Technologies Private Limited
For stability in Microsoft Teams, I would rate it a five.
Master in Cyber Security at Ganpat University
Microsoft provides a 99.9% financially backed guarantee.
System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
The integration capabilities of Office 365 with Word, Excel, and Outlook with OneDrive for cloud storage have been smooth and work well.
Controller/HR Manager/IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
At this time, whatever they have meets the needs, and they are expanding the number of participants to Team meetings and other features.
IT Administrator at a university with 51-200 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Microsoft Teams could enhance performance by improving design, features, integration, security, user experience, customization, and communication efficiency.
Office 365 users seek language expansion, improved compatibility, better support, refined features, and more training resources for optimal use.
AI capabilities should be integrated into Microsoft Teams to provide better transcript services and offer multiple language support.
CEO at Planfirma Technologies Private Limited
The biggest issue with Microsoft Teams is switching identities, especially when communicating with external organizations.
Microsoft Practice Lead at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Microsoft Teams could be improved through more synchronization with other platforms like Calendly and Gmail.
Team Lead at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
I believe the choice of office apps often depends on the existing ecosystem of the business, and since Office 365 has comprehensive coverage, I am not missing any features that the competition provides.
React Native Team Lead at Visible Magic
The interface for the security and compliance center could be simplified.
System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
It has been observed that support personnel often lack hands-on experience, and more training is required.
IT operation manager at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

Microsoft Teams offers flexible, cost-effective pricing, especially with Microsoft 365, though some features incur extra costs for added functionality.
Office 365 provides competitive pricing and diverse plans, though licensing can be confusing and improvement is needed in cost transparency.
Microsoft Teams is economical when purchased as part of an Office 365 bundle.
CEO at Planfirma Technologies Private Limited
Microsoft Teams comes with Office 365 licenses like E3, but there are options for those who prefer not to pay for Teams by using alternative products like Slack.
Microsoft Practice Lead at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Regarding the license, the Microsoft 365 license I am taking is quite expensive, and every year it goes higher.
IT Manager at R K Khanna and Associates
the cost of using the Microsoft ecosystem is higher than the combined cost of using Notion and Slack.
Project Management Associate at MPost
My experience with the pricing or licensing of Office 365 is that a lot of times we've gotten them when they've been on sale, so we've had really good pricing for the Microsoft products.
Controller/HR Manager/IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Office 365 is that it is moderate.
IT operation manager at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

Microsoft Teams offers seamless communication, collaboration, and security, making it ideal for remote work and global teamwork.
Office 365 offers cloud integration, real-time collaboration, secure sharing, extensive storage, productivity apps, AI automation, and user-friendly interfaces.
Teams offers the ability to record sessions and store them in OneDrive, which provides 1 terabyte of space.
CEO at Planfirma Technologies Private Limited
The platform is user-friendly and has positively impacted our communication, allowing us to communicate with people from different countries and cities in real time.
Team Lead at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The biggest advantage of Microsoft Teams is that it is a combined package where I can do chat, video conferencing, work on spreadsheets, documents, and other things with many people sitting at my desk, which makes work easy, especially with clients who are in remote locations, so it saves a lot of time.
IT Manager at R K Khanna and Associates
It has improved productivity and functionality by providing all necessary tools in one suite.
CCC at FlowSec
The most valuable feature is SharePoint, where we can easily put files and make them accessible to any person who has access.
Project Management Associate at MPost
Office 365 has positively impacted my organization by making the salespeople more accurate because they've been able to use the features in Excel instead of relying on the calculator or adding machine.
Controller/HR Manager/IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Teams
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
174
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Meetings (4th), Enterprise Social Software (2nd)
Office 365
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
152
Ranking in other categories
Content Collaboration Platforms (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Messaging and Collaboration solutions, they serve different purposes. Microsoft Teams is designed for Virtual Meetings and holds a mindshare of 3.1%, up 2.9% compared to last year.
Office 365, on the other hand, focuses on Content Collaboration Platforms, holds 9.9% mindshare, up 4.9% since last year.
Virtual Meetings Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Teams3.1%
Zoom Workplace Business8.6%
Webex6.4%
Other81.9%
Virtual Meetings
Content Collaboration Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Office 3659.9%
Google Workspace8.9%
Dropbox Business - Enterprise8.4%
Other72.8%
Content Collaboration Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Anna Virtsan - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Project Manager at UkrSibbank
Have streamlined daily workflow and task management but still face inconvenience from recent interface changes and limited integration options
There are challenges and issues in Microsoft Teams, such as after recent updates where group chats were combined with Teams, chats, and groups into one. Users have to work with settings to make it normal again so Teams are separated from chats, and that was a really inconvenient update. Many users ask me to help make it back again to separate Teams and groups from one-to-one chats. That's probably the worst update they've made recently. Additionally, there are some minor features, such as when I work with messages, I don't have an actual forward or quote option when replying to someone's message. I need to be careful not to miss the quote sign. For a lot of people, they are confused about where the quotes option is. I've received a couple of hundred support tickets just regarding this issue. The function to share email to Teams chat doesn't work sometimes due to our compliance policies, and sometimes it would be nice to be able to forward an email to the group chat and have further discussions. Microsoft Teams could improve by being less glitchy because it glitches a lot, leading to undelivered emails and undelivered messages. It would be beneficial if the MS application Shifts, which adds functionality to groups, could be integrated into the groups calendar. Currently, many teams don't use the app because it is not integrated with the general calendar or the Outlook calendar, making it basically a useless application. The platform needs less Copilot and more people. The general Copilot integration into the platform is less glitchy, but Microsoft Teams is quite heavy and glitchy sometimes. Stability depends a lot on compliance restrictions, policies, and quality of internet. Sometimes, when updates are enrolling, the platform glitches, breaks, or shuts down.
Anubrata Ghosh - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager at Landmark Group
Teams streamlines collaboration but Outlook experiences occasional slowness on Mac
Teams is a really good collaboration tool. You can work basically at any part of the world and communicate and collaborate with anybody, as long as they are connected to the internet. It helps with remote work, and although I don't work remotely, I have offices in Dubai and different geographical locations. It helps me connect with my colleagues and team who are not in the same geography as I am in Bangalore. Teams can facilitate team meetings, screen sharing, and organizing meetings.Regarding security, we have two-factor authentication governed by organizational policy. When trying to login to Office 365, Teams, or any Office 365 app, we are required to provide a password and use Microsoft Authenticator to sign in using a code. This is how two-factor authentication is implemented in our organization. Office 365 offers a suite of apps including OneNote, though I don't use it very often. In terms of integration with Microsoft ecosystem, it offers everything needed to get work done without any hassle.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Construction Company
9%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
12%
Construction Company
11%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business65
Midsize Enterprise44
Large Enterprise70
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business62
Midsize Enterprise29
Large Enterprise70
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Microsoft Teams?
The most valuable feature of Microsoft Teams for us is the ability to share files from OneDrive seamlessly.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Teams?
Regarding the license, the Microsoft 365 license I am taking is quite expensive, and every year it goes higher. The solution is expensive for Microsoft Teams as well.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Teams?
Today, we do not integrate any third-party apps into Microsoft Teams, but we may use project management tools such as Jira in the future. We used to integrate something, but now we do not need it. ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Office 365?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Office 365 is that it is moderate.
What needs improvement with Office 365?
Office 365 can be improved by increasing support, which currently is not efficient and takes a lot of time to resolve issues. It has been observed that support personnel often lack hands-on experie...
What is your primary use case for Office 365?
Email and collaboration are the main use cases for Office 365 at Omagi Media Labs. It is used for internal and external communication in daily work. Groups and Teams groups are created and used in ...
 

Also Known As

MS Teams
Microsoft Office 365, Office 365 Enterprise, Office 365 Enterprise E1, Office 365 Enterprise E3, Office 365 Enterprise E5, Office 365 ProPlus, Office 365 Business, Office 365 Business Essentials, Office 365 Business Premium, Office 365 F1
 

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