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Microsoft Teams

apps.apple.com
Summary

Microsoft Teams is a unified communication and collaboration platform that brings together chat, video meetings, calling, and file sharing. It aims to help individuals and teams connect, organize, and accomplish tasks efficiently, supporting both personal and business use cases across various devices.

Features
12/16
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Must Have

5 of 5

Screen Recording

Camera Recording

Instant Shared Links

Basic Video Editing

Viewer Analytics

Other

7 of 11

Timestamped Comments

Emoji Reactions

Auto-Generated Transcripts

Team Library

Slack Integration

Mobile App Support

Enterprise Security & Compliance

Gmail Integration

Custom Branding

Password Protection

API Access

Pricing
Freemium
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Teams (free)

$0.00 one time
  • Send messages
  • Schedule calls for up to 60 minutes
  • Create communities
  • Skype integration (chats, calls, contacts)
  • Secure meetings
  • 1-1 and group chat
  • @mentions
  • Video/audio calls
  • GIFs, emojis, message animations
  • Send photos and videos in chats
  • Cloud storage for shared documents and files
  • Organize shared content in communities (events, photos, links, files)
  • Screen share
  • Whiteboard
  • Breakout rooms
  • Manage access to information
  • Task lists
  • Secure collaboration
  • Community safety (owner content/member removal)
  • Calls limited to 60 minutes.
  • Cannot delete chats (only hide/mute).
  • Cannot clear chats or teams.
  • Thousands of notifications in activity tab cannot be deleted.
  • Calendar doesn't link well with Outlook calendars.

Teams Essentials

Custom
  • Connect with customers by video, chat, and phone
  • Affordable, all-in-one solution

Microsoft 365 Business Standard

Custom
  • Teams
  • Desktop versions of Microsoft 365 apps
  • Clipchamp
  • Webinar hosting

Microsoft 365 Business Premium

Custom
  • Everything in Microsoft 365 Business Standard
  • Advanced security
  • Device management

Teams Phone (Add-on)

Custom
  • Add cloud-based phone service to Teams
  • All features of a landline
  • Smart communication
  • Seamless collaboration
  • Reliable cloud calling service

Teams Rooms (Add-on)

Custom
  • Strengthen hybrid work
  • Enhanced meeting experiences for every space
  • Conduct meetings
  • Facilitate inclusive collaboration and participation anywhere you work

Teams Premium (Add-on)

Custom
  • Extra features that help make meetings more personalized, intelligent, and protected
  • AI-powered capabilities
  • Advanced protection for secure collaboration

Microsoft 365 Family

Custom
  • Teams accounts for up to six people
  • Microsoft 365 apps
  • Advanced security

Microsoft Places (Add-on)

Custom
  • Reimagine flexible work
  • Transform spaces into engaging places using AI

Microsoft 365 Copilot (Add-on)

Custom
  • Boost productivity
  • Ease collaboration
  • Transform the way you work with your own AI assistant

Microsoft 365 E3 and E5

Custom
  • Customize Teams for your enterprise
  • Favorite Microsoft 365 productivity apps
Rationale

Microsoft Teams is a comprehensive communication and collaboration platform that offers many features similar to Loom, particularly in its video conferencing and sharing capabilities. While it's not solely focused on asynchronous video messages like Loom, it incorporates screen sharing, video calls, and file sharing, which can be used for similar purposes. The website content explicitly mentions screen share, video calls, and sharing photos and videos in chats, which aligns with the core functionalities of Loom. It also highlights features like shared documents (team library), enterprise-level security, and mobile app support. Although it doesn't explicitly state 'instant shared links' in the same way Loom does, the ability to 'set up a meeting within seconds and invite anyone by sharing a link' implies a similar quick sharing mechanism for video content. The 'AI-powered meeting notes' and 'intelligent video technology' suggest capabilities that could include or be related to video transcripts and potentially viewer analytics, though not explicitly detailed as such. The 'GIFs, emojis, and message animations' align with emoji reactions, and 'timestamped comments' are implied through the general chat and collaboration features where feedback can be given.