What advice do you have for others considering Microsoft Teams?

I would recommend this solution to others because I have had good experiences. I rate Microsoft Teams an eight of out ten.

Just start using it ASAP. M$ Teams is a great solution with many features.

There is some room for improvement, so I would rate this solution an eight out of 10.

We're just customers. We don't have a business relationship with Microsoft. I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.

We're a customer of the solution. We aren't a reseller. We have the solution in house, so we have an Azure engineer in-house. I'd recommend the solution; it's a fantastic product. I'd rate it eight out of ten overall.

I believe we've been using the latest versions of the solution. We use whichever version is pushed out with Office 365. I would recommend the product. It works with everything. I have an iPad Pro, I have an iPhone, I have my computer. It's installed on all three devices. It works flawlessly. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten, simply because there are a few things the solution still needs to improve upon.

My recommendation is that if you look into the majority of the end users who are using laptops or desktop computers, we're predominantly using the Microsoft operating system and the Microsoft Office network. I think it's better to have one common system which is an integrated solution. It makes it much easier for anyone to get the benefit of this solution. I would like to see some improvements in this solution but I would still rate it a nine out of 10.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

I would rate Microsoft Team on an even par with Skype for Business. I would give it an 8 on a scale from one to10.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

Currently, we're just a customer of Microsoft. We aren't consultants or resellers. To be honest, everyone is using Zoom these days. The familiarity with that system is higher, and the recommendation for that system is higher. When I set up Microsoft Teams, people were not very accustomed to how to use it. However, users have found that using it on the laptop is pretty good. Overall the system looks good. That said, when you try to use it on mobile, we've found the bandwidth is higher. Currently, as a new user, I would rate the solution seven out of ten. If the interface was just a bit better, and it was easier to organize a meeting, I would rate it higher. Generally, it just needs to be tweaked to make it more user friendly. Although we're not fully subscribed to the solution, I would recommend it to others.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

We're just a customer. We're not partners with Microsoft. I would rate the solution eight out of ten. If the UI was better, where the system wouldn't take over the whole screen. I'd rate it higher. I'd also rate it higher if there was the capability not to just share screens, but to take over the screens of other people in a meeting, so discussions and changes could happen in real-time. I'd definitely recommend Teams over both Skype and Zoom. In my opinion, it's far superior.

Network performance does impact teams, but Microsoft does give recommendations as to how the internet and network should be set up. If you follow these instructions then there will be fewer problems to fix. Essentially, if you are implementing this product then you need to very clearly understand the network requirements. Tweaking things on the network side is very important. Overall, this is a very good collaboration product and the only thing stopping me from giving it a perfect grade is the heavy bandwidth usage. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

I love this solution, even though it's not common because it's migrating all existing users from Skype for Business. I think that they will discontinue Skype because the direction is moving to Teams. There may be others who require more, but for us, it meets our requirements and needs. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We're using the latest version of the solution. We just get the solution from the cloud, so it's always the most up-to-date option. I've noticed, since the pandemic, that, as of maybe three or four months ago, Teams was much more widely accepted in Europe than in North America. I believe this is starting to change. Recently though (late 2020) this has changed and especially since the roll-out over the summer and fall of improvements in collaborative document, planning and tracking capabilities. I would recommend marketing the tool to people by showing demos of the capabilities for people and actual use cases. If I were trying to bring this into a new company I would ask people what they were doing for communicating with teams, or how they were using text messages, collaboration tools, video conferencing currently, etc., so that I could actually demonstrate how to do that same thing. There's literally hundreds of text tools, collaboration apps and video conferencing options on the market. The key to a business' success at communication is to ensure the various teams are all on the same platform or using the same tool. That doesn't mean everyone in the company needs to use it the same way. If they're using the same tools, then at least, the base platform is the same and your company can build on that. Rather than Google docs for one thing and Microsoft Teams and, OneDrive, SharePoint, and all of these different tools, you've got to kind of pick a lane. I would rate the solution overall at about an eight out of ten. That's due to the simplicity and ease of use. There are great features available. However, it loses a few points because the setup and the admin capabilities are different across platforms.

It's a good mix of WhatsApp, Viber, and Skype. The only area that we had concerns with was with messages and not knowing if the messages had been received or read. Now, they have added this feature and we know that it has been received and read. This tool is very interesting if you have a team of more than 15 people. When you are a small team then you won't use all of its compacity. The biggest lesson that I have learned from using Teams has to do with time management. It has really highlighted how much time I spend in meetings. The tool gives you an analytical aspect, where it helps you to manage and balance your time. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

(November 2020) Now, several months and a pandemic since my original review, I'm happy to say that the product has improved with better performance and increased functionality.

We use several Microsoft products. It's a good product that can handle multiple people. My impression of Microsoft Teams is very good. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

My advice for anybody interested in Microsoft Teams is that it's a good product and they should hire some consulting services that are specialists if they are serious about implementing it the correct way. At this time, Microsoft Team fulfills everything we need. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

I would rate this solution a four out of 10.

I would recommend spending the time to learn the product, there is a learning curve.

Potential users of the solution should be aware that it's very good at what it does as long as you don't try to stretch the usage to something that it isn't meant to do. It's mainly for internal communication and internal projects. It's not Slack and it's not Microsoft Yammer which is for larger organizations. This is really for small teams of up to 30 people. After that, it becomes clumsy and a bit rigid. I would rate this solution a seven out of 10.

The transition to this solution is very quick so don't hesitate to give it a go, particularly for anyone already using Microsoft products. If they're using Google or Slack, it depends how they want to consolidate it. The adaptation to this solution is very quick, clients love it and can easily see the power of it. It's a cloud collaboration piece and integrates with products. I would rate this solution a nine out of 10.

Mostly, how to use it and best practices (real world compared to what we are using today).

The solution is only available as a cloud deployment model; there's no on-premises version. I use Teams every day for my daily workflow. My company is also rolling out some training on Teams. It's heavily used in our organization. I'd advise others considering implementation to contact experts. They'll be able to show what you can do with Teams and you'll be able to develop new workflows. It offers a great way to collaborate together. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

My advice for anybody researching this solution is to look on YouTube to get an idea of what it can do, and use it to its fullest capacity. That is what I did because it wasn't really clear what we could do with the product or how I could use it. I would rate this solution a five out of ten.

I would like to see Outlook options added to this solution. But I recently saw some of the updates, and it seems that there is a way to get Outlook emails on Microsoft Teams. But I haven't experienced it yet. But more Outlook options would be nice. On a scale from one to ten, I will rate this solution an eight.

We use the mobile, desktop and web versions of the solution and we use the cloud deployment model. We're partners with Microsoft. In terms of advice, I'd recommend others carefully plan the project before implementing the solution. Figure out how you can test it and make other people comfortable with using the product before they receive it. Microsoft actually provides very good guides that can help. I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.

This is a solution that I recommend. Neither myself nor the end-users have had issues since we began using this solution. I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

Just set up and enjoy. It is no problem to use this product. I would rate this product as eight out of ten.

I'd recommend the solution. I'd rate the solution 7.5 out of ten.

On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate Teams as a seven as of now. But the quality of the product is rising from month-to-month. There is a lot of improvement. Microsoft is still developing it in a smart way. But at the moment it is not a complete solution.

My advice to people who are considering this solution is that you have to be patient at the beginning. People might think it is too complicated or that it looks too complicated at the beginning. As a first time user, I remember feeling like I didn't understand anything. You have to be patient and play around with it until you become familiar with the different features. For example, there are channels within a group. If you are added to several groups and you start getting alerts, you may not know which channel it is or which group. It is a lot for a first time user to digest. It is not as straightforward as WhatsApp when it comes to groups. What we have seen is that when we communicate our requests to Microsoft, we are getting back responses with the features we have asked for. There are many features that we request and we discover they are available in just a few days. Either many companies are making the same requests or Microsoft is answering our request, but the product is evolving quickly. On a scale from one to ten, when one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate Microsoft Teams as an eight. While I like the product a lot and I use it all the time, there is room for improvement.

My advice to others would be that, if they're working with a similar product, they should have a change management program in place. They should also give themselves a few days at least to deliver some training for the users. I think the training is really important to enhance the user adoption experience. It doesn't have to be a lot, but at least give them an introduction and a guided tour through the program's features. The biggest lesson I've learned is actually using a single application that can deliver all of the services that are required. Since I've only been using the solution for six months, I haven't even used all the features yet. I think that Microsoft Teams may replace Microsoft Outlook in the future. On a scale from one to 10, I will rate this solution a seven. I think there's always room for improvement, even if it's not obvious what those improvements can be. I guess I could be tempted to say eight but not higher than that. I am very satisfied with Microsoft Teams.