Microsoft (MSFT) news recap: MVPs can connect on MVP Reconnect, Microsoft Teams arrives and more
All the top Microsoft news for the past week - from Microsoft Teams being introduced to people building websites with a limit of 10kb per page.
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is a workplace communications tool, a part of Office 365. It is best known as Microsoft's take on Slack, the popular cloud-based proprietary instant messaging platform.
Microsoft Teams first launched in March of 2017 and has picked up many new features since then. Keep it tuned to OnMSFT.com for all the latest guides, how-tos, and news on Microsoft Teams.
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Microsoft and WeWork pilot "City as a Campus" partnership for Microsoft global marketing and sales teams
Microsoft has partnered with the provider of co-working and office space WeWork to let Microsoft employees work from WeWork spaces starting this month.
How Microsoft Teams and Windows 10 are being used at Hendrick Motorsports
I had the opportunity to sit down with Matthew Cochran and discuss how Microsoft Teams and Windows 10 is being used at Hendrick Motorsports.
Microsoft Teams getting positive reactions from the industry, including Box
Just announced yesterday, Microsoft Teams is getting a lot of buzz throughout the tech industry. Box CEO Aaron Levie shared his thoughts on Microsoft Teams.
What's the difference between Microsoft Teams and Skype, Yammer, or Groups?
Microsoft Teams is thrown into the mix of social networking but will it replace Yammer, Skype, or groups? No, says Microsoft in an interview.
Developers can get started with Microsoft Teams right now
While Microsoft Teams will remain in preview for a couple of months, Microsoft wants third-party developers to know why they should bring their apps to the new chat-based workspace as soon as possible.
Microsoft Teams is now available on all major platforms, Windows 10, Android, and iOS
Microsoft has now made apps available on every major platform, and we just wanted to provide a single place to grab Microsoft Teams for your platform(s) of choice.
Here's why Slack really should be worried about Microsoft Teams
We thought we'd take a minute to respond to Slack's tongue-in-cheek welcome letter, and compare its adivce to what Microsoft actually announced to see if Slack's argument holds any water.
Still lots of work to do on Microsoft Teams, here's some of what's on the roadmap
On Instagram, we posted a video showing a general demonstration of Microsoft Teams and some idea of what's "on the roadmap" and coming soon to Microsoft Teams.
Watch here as Mira Lane takes us on a Microsoft Teams walkthrough
Mira Lane, an engineer on the product team for Microsoft Teams, just got offstage at the Office event in New York where Microsoft pulled the wraps off the new chat based workspace for Office 365. Our own Arif Bacchus was ... Read more
Microsoft Teams (like Xbox and OneDrive) are using Microsoft Teams
Program head for Xbox & Windows 10 Gaming, Mike YBarra, announced on Twitter that even Xbox is using Microsoft Teams, explaining that Teams offers a "great collaboration tool" with "huge potential."
Microsoft Mechanics walks through Microsoft Teams, watch it here
Microsoft has just published a 13 minutes video that gives a lot more details about Microsoft Teams including how to set it up and customize it for your organization's needs.
More details on Microsoft Teams, here's the official blog post
The announcement of Microsoft Teams in New York City has opened the floodgates of information. Here's what Office blog has to say about the tool.
Microsoft Teams Preview starts today for Business and Enterprise suites, GA in 1st quarter 2017
Microsoft Teams is launching today as a preview for Office 365 business customers but it's already available in 181 countries and localized in 18 languages.
Microsoft Teams introduces T-Bot and Who-Bot
Microsoft Teams is introducing two new bots for better collaboration: T-Bot and Who-Bot will make using the new Office 365 easier.
Microsoft Teams is available today through Office 365, says Kirk Koenigsbauer
Microsoft Teams, the company's new chat-based workspace can now be activated by IT admins as a part of their company's Office 365 plan.
Microsoft Teams product page is up, check it out now
Microsoft Teams were announced at the event today and the product page is already up with Teams being able to be added to your Office 365 plan.
Microsoft introduces Microsoft Teams at event in New York City
The company presented its new cross-application collaboration software, Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft's Office Event, introducing Microsoft Teams, watch the livecast here
Microsoft is expected to unveil Microsoft Teams, hopefully talk a bit more about building 3D into Office, and pump up the momentum on Office 365 at an event this morning at Milk Studios in New York City. You can read ... Read more
"Introducing Microsoft Teams" video revealed: watch it here
Our favorite Microsoft sleuther WalkingCat is at it again, and he's just tweeted a link to the introduction video for Microsoft Teams. https://twitter.com/h0x0d/status/793816677443960832 Without further ado, here it is: The text accompanying the video (marked as unlisted, but available as ... Read more
Slack congratulates Microsoft for Teams, offers some "friendly advice"
Microsoft is widely expected to announce "Microsoft Teams," a group Skype-based collaboration effort that's also been widely dubbed as a "Slack-killer," this morning at an Office event in New York City (our own Arif Bacchus is there and we'll be ... Read more