How do you know you're ready for Microsoft Teams?

What we can tell you is that it is ready for you! Especially in the current context, where everyone is looking for solutions to work remotely as efficiently as possible.

Microsoft Teams is an efficient collaboration and communication solution. It is part of the suite Office 365, but it can also be used as a standalone solution.

The advantage of Microsoft Teams is that it doesn't force you to mold your business on a rigid, inflexible technology. On the contrary, it gives you the opportunity to transpose your business flows across a multitude of tools and functionalities (all in one place).

Below are some things you should think about:

• Have you used Skype for Business and did you like it (or not)? – the chat feature in Microsoft Teams is definitely one of the strengths of this solution. Unlike Skype4Business where the conversation history is saved in Outlook, in Teams, the chat is persistent, easy to navigate and automatically saves the documents sent to OneDrive. Moreover, you can edit the documents and collaborate in real time with your interlocutor. Functionalities like emoji and GIFs bring a touch of 'fun' to any conversation.

• Are you still using WhatsApp as a means of business communication? An important topic that we also discussed at the Koding Connect 16 event. Here are many aspects that should convince you that you should use Microsoft Teams: GDPR compliance, access control, who owns the data once you've sent it, advanced search features (in documents), document formatting and much more. The best news? The mobile app is super optimized. You won't even feel the transition (at least not in a negative way).

• Do you like working in a team? The philosophy behind Microsoft Teams is about bringing employees, conversations, documents, and meetings together in one place with advanced collaboration features on tasks and documents. Even though there are other similar solutions available, the fact that Microsoft Teams is part of Office 365 offers you the possibility to use these functionalities team work and to other tools – SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange, Power Bi, Azure, etc.

Need help getting organized? Microsoft Teams gives you the ability to create teams and channels, providing a clear structure for a department or project. What's more, integration with tools like Planner helps you create tasks for yourself and your colleagues. You can track them and make sure you don't forget to do the things you set out to do, just because they slipped your mind.

You have surely found yourself in at least one of the points above.

If we have piqued your interest, we would be happy if you would leave us your contact details. We will contact you and continue the discussion on this topic (and many others). Until then, take a look at the interactive LiveDemo available at the following link -> https://teamsdemo.office.com/

Microsoft Teams is right for you (the difference is that we already know this).