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Brass Contributor

Sep 06, 2023

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Could Teams have a name change to something different?

I understand why MS named their product Teams and it makes sense. Unfortunately, when we have teams in our department, it makes things a bit confusing. For example, we have the ISR Team who are under...

HelloBenTeoh
Sep 06, 2023
kstone7_iuh why? Don’t you like explaining to a team that their team has a team in Teams for team work and if their team teams up with another team, they can create a new team in Teams for their teams to work as a team.

…Or they could use a shared channel.

(yes, it’s challenging)

I’ve found clients start referring to their channels more or talk about MS Teams/Microsoft Teams. They also drop the use of “team” in the titles too.

HelloBenTeoh

Bronze Contributor

Sep 06, 2023

kstone7_iuh why? Don’t you like explaining to a team that their team has a team in Teams for team work and if their team teams up with another team, they can create a new team in Teams for their teams to work as a team.

…Or they could use a shared channel.

(yes, it’s challenging)

I’ve found clients start referring to their channels more or talk about MS Teams/Microsoft Teams. They also drop the use of “team” in the titles too.

kstone7_iuh

Brass Contributor

Sep 06, 2023

This is how we explain it and there's no way to say it without sounding sarcastic or chuckling a little. Just sounds stupid when you're trying to explain it to someone who doesn't have technical experience (I work with nurses).

Our MS Teams are separated by region/manager and the channels have the specific teams that are in that region.