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Patrick8765
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Feb 06, 2024

Microsoft Teams vs. Zoom

Hi Community

 

We are in need of great marketing material to convince our customers that MS Teams is better, safer and provides all the benefits that Zoom provides.  Some of our feedback includes

  1. In a large group setting there will be some participants who are worried about using any system other than Zoom.
  2. Slack has a video meeting feature now, so you have meetings and collaboration spaces. Two-person Huddles are available in the free version of Slack. A paid slack account can support Huddles of up to 50 people.
  3. Some outside presenters simply don’t want to use anything but Zoom.
  4. You can establish a Zoom ongoing meeting link where a staff member doesn’t have to be present, and participants can use it whenever they want to meet. With Teams, at least one participant needs to have a Guest account in our tenant to start the meeting.
  5. The browser is more difficult to use, and participants don’t want to install the software.
  6. The meeting join experience is more cumbersome.
  7. Don’t know how to enable audio devices.
  8. Don’t realize that the hyperlink is the meeting link. Takes time to embed the entire, visible meeting link like Zoom.
  9. A plus is that Teams allows you to set up features and initial chat ahead of time.
  10. Some people have trouble with the Bookings experience.
  11. Staff and others experience what appears to be bandwidth issues, running other apps at the same time.
  12. Teams Notes and Loop seem useful, but there is some initial confusion about how the new features work. 

Thanks.

  • GianLuigi1300's avatar
    GianLuigi1300
    Copper Contributor

    Online calls, conferences, and business meetings are really convenient, but they’re better suited for quick chats, like when we need to discuss project details with the team. But for big business meetings or general gatherings, we definitely go for in-person. With the best conference room scheduling software, it’s easy to book the right office space that meets all the criteria, without any hassle. It’s a solid system for business.

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      ewhamond
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      Miriam, the links in your post are showing as expired. Is it possible to repost them? TY!
  • Fvlombardo's avatar
    Fvlombardo
    Copper Contributor

    the recent ability to join Teams from a Zoom client and vice versa will negate a lot of these concerns. Teams makes so much sense if your a corporate Microsoft365 non-profit. I really hope these cooperative integrations grow to include other platforms.  That said - Zoom is still easier, especially in the accessibility space, and could use some resource management improvements, but MS is moving the needle in those areas.

    • Norm2024's avatar
      Norm2024
      Copper Contributor

      Fvlombardo hey i was just wondering if you have any updates. Im working on the same thing for my organization. 

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