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I just exited my startup and now work for a much bigger company. I'm going from a Google-based productivity stack to a Microsoft one, and so far Teams is the wo

I just exited my startup and now work for a much bigger company. I'm going from a Google-based productivity stack to a Microsoft one, and so far Teams is the worst and best change. Google Meet was fantastic for "just working" especially for less sophisticated meeting guests. The only time Meet didn't work is when corporate IT departments at customers actively blocked Meet so their minions used the "approved meeting solution". As far as Teams vs. Meet, it seems like Teams is great when you are working with people that have climbed it's learning curve. Teams is also filled with UX paths where it takes one or two extra clicks (and thoughts) to do simple things like share a file.

benterix 2y ago
> As far as Teams vs. Meet, it seems like Teams is great when you are working with people that have climbed it's learning curve. Can you give one example?
- stackskipton 2y ago
  I can give several. Most of them are not Meet specific but how Meets integrates with rest of Google Products. This is actually overall massive problem with Google Workspaces in general IMO. 1) You can call someone in Teams. Sure, Google Chat has "Start Meeting now" but it's very passive. I know some will see this as negative but ringing has massive advantages around UX. 2) Chat, Teams will persist chat after meeting ends. In fact, depending on how you hold the meeting, it might dump the contents into chat channel so it's preserved in more open manner. 3) You can have visible meetings. You can start a meeting in a Teams chat channel so everyone can see the meeting is going on. It creates that in the office feeling of two people working on a whiteboard nearby that if topic interests you, you can join in. 4) Sharing Documents, Add Word Document to meeting, everyone is granted permissions. Done. The fact so many Google Workspaces companies have Slack is just frustrating. You have these two products that barely talk.
  - risyachka 2y ago
    > The fact so many Google Workspaces companies have Slack is just frustrating True, but Teams is so buggy and had in many areas has no UX per se. I'd take for 2 great products (Slack + Meet) with bad integration vs great integration of shitty products.
  - uuddlrlrbaba 2y ago
    Coming from a google meet org I consider the lack of "call someone" a killer feature
    - sambazi 2y ago
      unreachability is not a driving feature of communication infrastructure though
  - mlrtime 2y ago
    You've nailed a lot of the problems I see with slack+meet They do not integrate at all on these topics. Slack really could expand here (outside of huddles).
  - mayneack 2y ago
    Google meet has 4 now
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benterix 2y ago

> As far as Teams vs. Meet, it seems like Teams is great when you are working with people that have climbed it's learning curve. Can you give one example?

stackskipton 2y ago
I can give several. Most of them are not Meet specific but how Meets integrates with rest of Google Products. This is actually overall massive problem with Google Workspaces in general IMO. 1) You can call someone in Teams. Sure, Google Chat has "Start Meeting now" but it's very passive. I know some will see this as negative but ringing has massive advantages around UX. 2) Chat, Teams will persist chat after meeting ends. In fact, depending on how you hold the meeting, it might dump the contents into chat channel so it's preserved in more open manner. 3) You can have visible meetings. You can start a meeting in a Teams chat channel so everyone can see the meeting is going on. It creates that in the office feeling of two people working on a whiteboard nearby that if topic interests you, you can join in. 4) Sharing Documents, Add Word Document to meeting, everyone is granted permissions. Done. The fact so many Google Workspaces companies have Slack is just frustrating. You have these two products that barely talk.
- risyachka 2y ago
  > The fact so many Google Workspaces companies have Slack is just frustrating True, but Teams is so buggy and had in many areas has no UX per se. I'd take for 2 great products (Slack + Meet) with bad integration vs great integration of shitty products.
- uuddlrlrbaba 2y ago
  Coming from a google meet org I consider the lack of "call someone" a killer feature
  - sambazi 2y ago
    unreachability is not a driving feature of communication infrastructure though
- mlrtime 2y ago
  You've nailed a lot of the problems I see with slack+meet They do not integrate at all on these topics. Slack really could expand here (outside of huddles).
- mayneack 2y ago
  Google meet has 4 now

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