IT major Microsoft has announced additional features to Microsoft 365, one of them being Microsoft Teams is now available in a free version for up to 300 team members.
Microsoft announced on its official blog that Teams was available in a free version worldwide in 40 languages. It was only last year that Microsoft Teams was introduced – a hub for teamwork that brings together chat, meetings, calling, files, & apps into a shared workspace in Microsoft 365. Microsoft revealed that over 200,000 businesses across 181 markets were now using Teams to collaborate & get work done.
The free version includes:
- Unlimited chat messages & search.
- Built-in audio and video calling for individuals, groups, & full team meetups.
- 10 GB of team file storage plus additional 2 GB per person for personal storage.
- Integrated, real-time Content creation with Office Online apps, including built-in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & OneNote.
- Unlimited app integrations with 140+ business apps to choose from—including Adobe, Evernote, & Trello.
- Ability to communicate & collaborate with anyone inside or outside your organization, backed by Microsoft’s secure, global infrastructure.
Other features include new capabilities that allow anyone in an organization to create ‘live’ & on-demand events in Microsoft 365. Events can be viewed in real time or on-demand, with high-definition video & interactive discussion.
Powered by Artificial Intelligence, this involves a speaker timeline, which uses facial detection to identify who is talking, so you can easily jump to a particular speaker in the event, speech-to-text transcription, timecoding, & transcript search, so you can quickly find moments that matter in a recording.
But the best feature, say many, is the Microsoft Whiteboard which will now be generally available for Windows 10. The new Whiteboard application enables people to ideate, iterate, & work together both in person & remotely, across multiple devices. Using pen, touch, & keyboard, you can jot down notes, create tables & shapes, freeform drawings, & search and insert images from the Web.
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