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> Teams has been transformative in the way I work with my team over the last few years I've found it to be a big downgrade from slack. How has of been transfo

> Teams has been transformative in the way I work with my team over the last few years I've found it to be a big downgrade from slack. How has of been transformative for you?

szundi 4y ago
Probably coming from email, not Slack.
cogman10 4y ago
I'll speak of the things I like about teams Granted, I've not professionally used slack so I can't say if it's much better. - Teams integration with outlook is the best. Makes meetings with remote team members really slick. - Teams video chat (at least for a smaller group of people) is way better than solutions like zoom. It's just super convenient to be able to do a video or voice call with someone to work something out. - The ability to create small group chats with people on the fly is awesome. When we need a 1 off async convo with the right people it's easy enough to just add them to a chat, name it something useful, and be off. - Because video chat has a chat, it's pretty easy to do a message where you can write something without interrupting the current conversation. That also doesn't go away as soon as the meeting ends (ala zoom).
- anakaine 4y ago
  The things that's been transformative for me is that 95% of the external organisations I interact with have and use Teams. I cannot understate the power of broad uptake. It's not a feature, or a piece of technical excellence, it's just that it is pervasive.
  - markus92 4y ago
    And that’s mainly a pricing issue. Teams is included in 365, webex charges insane rates nowadays.
- mrmanner 4y ago
  That last point, persistent meeting chats, is really nice
  - cogman10 4y ago
    Yup, particularly if you have a series of meetings (for example, standup) then the chat for yesterday's standup ends up being the same chat for today's standup. Adds a lot of continuity to repeated meetings and can serve as an adhoc meeting notes location.
- zxspectrum1982 4y ago
  Being able to call someone on audio or video, at any moment, without organizing a meeting, is a killer feature. I wish Google Meet allowed that.
  - bsoft16385 4y ago
    In Google Chat, you can attach a Meet invite to a message for an impromptu meeting. Personally I am glad that people can't just call me up. I would rather be asked over chat first.
LittlePeter 4y ago
It was transformative _because_ it was a downgrade.

> Teams has been transformative in the way I work with my team over the last few years I've found it to be a big downgrade from slack. How has of been transformative for you?

szundi 4y ago

Probably coming from email, not Slack.

cogman10 4y ago

I'll speak of the things I like about teams Granted, I've not professionally used slack so I can't say if it's much better. - Teams integration with outlook is the best. Makes meetings with remote team members really slick. - Teams video chat (at least for a smaller group of people) is way better than solutions like zoom. It's just super convenient to be able to do a video or voice call with someone to work something out. - The ability to create small group chats with people on the fly is awesome. When we need a 1 off async convo with the right people it's easy enough to just add them to a chat, name it something useful, and be off. - Because video chat has a chat, it's pretty easy to do a message where you can write something without interrupting the current conversation. That also doesn't go away as soon as the meeting ends (ala zoom).

anakaine 4y ago
The things that's been transformative for me is that 95% of the external organisations I interact with have and use Teams. I cannot understate the power of broad uptake. It's not a feature, or a piece of technical excellence, it's just that it is pervasive.
- markus92 4y ago
  And that’s mainly a pricing issue. Teams is included in 365, webex charges insane rates nowadays.
mrmanner 4y ago
That last point, persistent meeting chats, is really nice
- cogman10 4y ago
  Yup, particularly if you have a series of meetings (for example, standup) then the chat for yesterday's standup ends up being the same chat for today's standup. Adds a lot of continuity to repeated meetings and can serve as an adhoc meeting notes location.
zxspectrum1982 4y ago
Being able to call someone on audio or video, at any moment, without organizing a meeting, is a killer feature. I wish Google Meet allowed that.
- bsoft16385 4y ago
  In Google Chat, you can attach a Meet invite to a message for an impromptu meeting. Personally I am glad that people can't just call me up. I would rather be asked over chat first.

LittlePeter 4y ago

It was transformative _because_ it was a downgrade.