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Given that Microsoft Teams is literally an existential threat, they really want to listen to feedback internally!
by chris_wot 7y ago
Given that Microsoft Teams is literally an existential threat, they really want to listen to feedback internally!
- sharken 7y agoNot until Microsoft Teams gets the layout fixed, see https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/17408641-compact-mode https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/su...
- syshum 7y agoNot really. Teams biggest "Feature" is that is part of the Office 364 Suite, a lot of the layout and other issues are simply forgiven since there are no additional licensing or costs to use it over Slack if you are already on Office 364 Enterprise Teams is "good enough" for most organizations and is improving, That is microsoft current plan, be "good enough"
- tremon 7y agoThat has always been Microsoft's plan, to be "just good enough" to make the cost of switching outweigh the cost of muddling on.
- chris_wot 7y agoIn this case, it’s also their competitors plan! Slack seems to have the same ethos.
- fbnlsr 7y agoWhat happened to the last day of Office 365?
- 0xffff2 7y agoYep. My large, distributed government agency was a free-for-all for several years. After letting everyone try things out, they've now decided to standardize on O365 and dozens of team-specific Slacks are getting torpedoed in favor of the agency-wide Teams instance.
- Aeolun 7y agoCouldn’t they have had an agency wide Slack instance?
- christefano 7y agoThanks for the link. I’ll be watching it. Out of curiosity, what do you think of the Stylish userscript that enables a compact mode in Teams and offers dark and light themes? https://userstyles.org/users/727497 https://userstyles.org/users/727497
- sharken 7y agoIt's a well-made workaround until Teams gets a first rate UI. I still prefer an App instead of the browser, but that's just personal preference.
- ailideex 7y agoMicrosoft Teams is pretty horrible
- rvanmil 7y agoThat's never stopped enterprise IT from rolling out tools to their users. Teams is free as part of an Office 365 subscription (just like Sharepoint and all the other crap they bundle with it), which is what definitely makes it an existential threat to Slack, because now Slack is competing with Microsoft's very strong Office monopoly.
- cc81 7y agoTeams has some UI issues (please make the chat more compact) but they have a pretty powerful tool for normal users who are already in the Office landscape. The fact that you can create a group with some channels, add your files there and edit them together, have a wiki, have a (not very good) kanban board etc. makes it a pretty complete experience. Some of the tools they release needs more polish and some tools are by themselves much worse than stand alone competitors but having everything in one is pretty nice.
- kevingadd 7y agoI don't like Teams much but the calendar integration is really nice. If I get a calendar invite for a meeting via outlook I can tab over to teams and it's right there in the calendar view with a join button. Much easier to keep track of compared to the old way (calendar invite, tab over to slack and find the appropriate channel or group chat to start/join the call)
- Aeolun 7y agoThe best word I have for teams is ‘clusterfuck’. The files which were already spread around different locations, now have one more location to be added. Then there is sharepoint, oh, and onedrive, and they all come in the same package so everyone uses something else.
- stevehawk 7y ago
- mullingitover 7y agoDid Teams ever fix that issue where every channel is Hotel California, as in you can never leave?