NBA teams and Microsoft Teams in action: How fans can get in, and get kicked out of, digital seats The NBA returned to action on Thursday and brought along virtual fans in an experience powered by Microsoft Teams. Some… Read More
Fantastic? Not quite, but here’s what fans look like in NBA’s virtual experience using Microsoft Teams Courtside seats at a Lakers game used to be such a prestigious thing. But 2020 is a different NBA fan… Read More
Microsoft wants to run your conference rooms with new Teams Rooms Premium offering Microsoft unveiled new device management and monitoring options for Microsoft Teams and expanded the use of third-party apps within its… Read More
Slack will let up to 20 organizations collaborate, extending reach and escalating Microsoft rivalry Slack is rolling out a new capability called “Slack Connect” that will let up to 20 companies and organizations connect… Read More
Inside the NFL Draft: How Microsoft pulled off a win at a turning point for collaboration tech It’s one thing to hope that your video chat for a virtual work happy hour connects seamlessly. It’s quite another… Read More
Microsoft Teams tops 75M daily active users, as Zoom adjusts its own user numbers Microsoft is reporting another big jump in usage of its Teams communication and collaboration platform, reporting that it has surpassed… Read More
How will Microsoft weather the storm? Earnings will serve as a status report on its evolution UPDATE: Microsoft posts $35B in revenue, up 15%, sees ‘minimal net impact’ from COVID-19 in quarter Will problems in the… Read More
Play Episode Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Bill Gates on COVID-19, gig workers in peril, and more on the coronavirus crisis Play Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. It was another tumultuous week in Seattle, the epicenter… Read More
Microsoft Teams hits 44M daily active users, spiking 37% in one week amid remote work surge Microsoft Teams is seeing massive user growth as remote work becomes the norm amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The chat, collaboration… Read More
‘Classroom to Cloud’: What happened when coronavirus forced my kid’s school to go online Packing the backpack is a thing of the past — at least for the next few weeks. My daughter is… Read More
Surface stays on the sidelines: Microsoft and NFL expand tech partnership, add Teams tool to deal Microsoft and the NFL are expanding their alliance to bring more technology to one of the world’s most popular professional… Read More
Microsoft’s Slack competitor Teams is down due to an expired authentication certificate Microsoft Teams went down early Monday morning, gumming up the start of the week for millions of workers who rely… Read More
Samsung unveils new smartphone with Microsoft Teams walkie-talkie feature Microsoft and Samsung took their partnership to the next level with a new smartphone that features a built-in Teams walkie-talkie… Read More
Microsoft Teams to roll out new Walkie Talkie feature for instant workplace communication Microsoft is adding a new Walkie Talkie feature to Microsoft Teams that lets co-workers communicate instantly via the company’s workplace… Read More
Microsoft Teams app for Linux debuts in public preview Microsoft today made Microsoft Teams workplace communication app for Linux available in a public preview. It’s the first Microsoft 365… Read More
Slack CEO shrugs off Microsoft Teams’ rapid growth, trumpets big Office 365 customers wins Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield is bracing for fast-growing rival Microsoft Teams to hit 100 million users as soon as a… Read More
Slack makes the case against Microsoft Teams’ rapid growth to 20M users, further escalating rivalry Rivals Microsoft and Slack are sparring yet again, this time over new growth figures that show Teams pulling well ahead… Read More
Microsoft Teams hits 20M daily users, up 50% in 4 months — here’s how that compares to rival Slack Microsoft Teams now has more than 20 million daily active users, a 50 percent spike in four months that puts… Read More
Microsoft Teams-Slack rivalry heats up as CEOs brag about their collaboration tools Microsoft Teams is the top dog in the competitive collaboration tool market — at least, Satya Nadella certainly thinks so.… Read More
Slack hits 12M daily users — here’s how that compares to Microsoft Teams and other rivals Slack now has 12 million daily active users, the latest indication of the fierce competition for dominance in the realm… Read More
Facebook’s Workplace productivity tool hits 3M paid users, escalating competition with Slack and Microsoft Teams Workplace by Facebook, the social giant’s productivity tool now has 3 million paid users, an important milestone as the company… Read More
Slack doubles down on competition with Microsoft, touting enterprise customer growth among Office 365 users Slack used its first-ever earnings report to highlight growth among customers that are deep in the Microsoft ecosystem, another sign… Read More
Microsoft to retire Skype for Business Online in 2021; Teams taking over as default Office 365 meeting tool Microsoft will retire Skype for Business Online in July 2021 and replace it with Microsoft Teams as the go-to product… Read More
Here’s how many people use Microsoft Teams every day, and how it compares to rival Slack Microsoft revealed for the first time today how many people regularly use its collaboration app Teams, allowing for a clear… Read More
Microsoft Teams’ new Icebreaker Bot pairs up co-workers at random to help build bonds As teams grow it can be harder to build bonds between co-workers. Microsoft knows all about this, and it just… Read More
No Slack for you! Microsoft puts rival app on internal list of ‘prohibited and discouraged’ software As Slack makes its stock market debut, there’s a major company that won’t be allowing its employees to use the… Read More
Slack calls out Microsoft as its ‘primary competitor’ in IPO filing in nod to rival’s collaboration tools Now we know why Slack made such a ruckus when Microsoft entered its territory two years ago with the introduction… Read More
Slack unveils new integrations with Microsoft Office 365 apps, bringing key rival into its ecosystem Slack is battling Microsoft in the competitive market for workplace collaboration apps, but that isn’t stopping the company from integrating… Read More
Microsoft Teams used by 500K organizations 2 years after launch, unveils new meeting and security features Microsoft Teams is now used by more than 500,000 organizations, two years after the tool launched and kicked off a… Read More
Microsoft Teams kicks off the week by going down for several hours Microsoft Teams went down for several hours Monday morning after infrastructure problems forced some traffic to be diverted, giving users… Read More
