Microsoft Teams
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Ask questionsMicrosoft Teams is a comprehensive communication and collaboration platform offering video conferencing, chat, and calling features. It integrates AI capabilities, particularly through Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams Premium, to enhance meeting productivity with features like intelligent summaries, real-time transcription, and automated action item extraction. The platform also provides various integrations and security features for business and enterprise users.
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Screen Recording
Camera Recording
Instant Shared Links
Basic Video Editing
Viewer Analytics
Other
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Auto-Generated Transcripts
Mobile App Support
Enterprise Security & Compliance
Team Library
Timestamped Comments
Emoji Reactions
Slack Integration
Gmail Integration
Custom Branding
Password Protection
API Access
PricingSubscription
See allMicrosoft Teams Essentials
- Chat, call, and video conferencing
- Real-time collaboration with file sharing, tasks, and polling
- Team meeting recordings with transcripts and live captions (English)
- 10 GB of cloud storage per user
- Data encryption for meetings, chats, calls, and files
- Anytime phone and web support
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
- Everything in Team Essentials, plus:
- Identity and access management for up to 300 users
- Web and mobile versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook apps
- Custom business email (you@yourbusiness.com)
- 1 TB of cloud storage per user
- 10+ additional apps for your business needs (including Microsoft Bookings, Planner, and Forms)
- AI chat experience with web grounding, writing assistance, data analysis, and access to agents
- Automatic spam and malware filtering
Microsoft 365 Business Standard
- Everything in Business Basic, plus:
- Desktop, web, and mobile versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other apps
- Webinars with attendee registration and reporting
- Collaborative workspaces to co-create using Microsoft Loop
- Video editing and design tools with Microsoft Clipchamp
Microsoft Teams Premium
- AI-powered meetings and calls
- Flexible work and personalized experiences
- Extra layer of protection to sensitive meetings
- Requires a Teams license
- Queues app requires a Teams Phone license
Microsoft Teams Phone Standard
- Cloud-based phone system
- Make and receive voice and video calls over PSTN or an internet connection
- Add PSTN service with Teams Calling Plans, Operator Connect, or Direct Routing
Rationale
Microsoft Teams is a comprehensive communication and collaboration platform that offers many features aligning with the concept of asynchronous video communication. It provides screen sharing and video conferencing capabilities, which are core to the 'screen-recording' and 'camera-recording' features. While it doesn't explicitly mention 'instant shared links' in the same way Loom does, its integration within the Microsoft ecosystem allows for quick sharing of meeting recordings. The platform also offers meeting recordings with transcripts, which aligns with 'video-transcripts'. Basic video editing is available through Clipchamp integration. Microsoft Teams is available on mobile devices, supporting 'mobile-app'. As an enterprise solution, it also offers 'security-compliance' features. However, it is primarily a synchronous communication tool with asynchronous capabilities, rather than a dedicated asynchronous video communication platform like Loom. Features like 'viewer-analytics', 'timestamped-comments', 'emoji-reactions', 'team-library', 'slack-integration', 'gmail-integration', 'custom-branding', 'password-protection', and 'api-access' are not explicitly highlighted or are less central to its core offering compared to Loom.