Microsoft Teams gets its own 30 second commercial, shown on NFL games this weekend

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Published on September 14, 2020

published on September 14, 2020

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Microsoft Teams saw an unprecedented growth this year when the covid-19 pandemic forced many employees to start working from home. The app now has over 75 million monthly active users and more than 13 million daily active users, and Microsoft recently launched a free consumer version of Teams that anyone can use to stay in touch with family and close friends.

As the fastest growing app in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, Teams now gets its own TV ads during big events, such as the NFL games that aired in the US this weekend. In case you missed it, here’s the 30-second ad for Microsoft Teams that was shown (at least) on the Seahawks-Falcons game, and again on Sunday Night Football.

Interestingly, Teams has now become so big that these ads are apparently causing some people to freak out, especially due to the use of the Teams meeting sound. “Can we go ahead and not have Microsoft Teams commercials on Sunday Night Football? If Sunday Scaries aren’t bad enough, every commercial break I’m hearing the noise I hear whenever I join a meeting,” wrote Twitter user @ryanhelm75.

Can we go ahead and not have Microsoft Teams commercials on Sunday Night Football? If Sunday Scaries aren’t bad enough, every commercial break I’m hearing the noise I hear whenever I join a meeting

— Ryan Helm (@ryanhelm75) September 14, 2020

Another funny tweet from @tayahmarie__ echoed this sentiment. “Microsoft made a Teams commercial and anytime i see it/hear that ding sound, specifically on the weekends, i get triggered,” the tweet reads.

Microsoft made a Teams commercial and anytime i see it/hear that ding sound, specifically on the weekends, i get triggered

— It’s getting weird… (@tayahmarie__) September 14, 2020

It’s good to see that Microsoft Teams is getting some screen time, and so did the company’s brand new Surface Duo dual-screen phone during the NFL games this weekend. Have you ever seen ads for Microsoft Teams on TV in your country? If so, let us know in the comments if they caught your attention in a positive or negative way.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time). For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web. Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they're looking for.