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RobOK
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Mar 18, 2020
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Teams vs. Zoom

We are doing remote interviewing and some of our people want to use Zoom because "everybody has zoom and most people don't have Teams."   I think there is now a free version of Teams and/or maybe p...
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    Matthew Frahm
    Mar 18, 2020

    RobOK 

    You can send meeting invites to people outside your organization and they can join with any client (all of which are free downloads) or via the web using Chrome or Edge browsers.  Voice and webcam works just fine this way.  

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RobOK
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Mar 18, 2020

Matthew Frahm 

Thanks for the quick answer! For some reason we had trouble with Skype for Business, but in testing Teams was really easy. I tested with someone and they downloaded a Mac client with no issues. I think MSFT is missing a big opportunity to let people know about this. It always seems like Teams is "within the enterprise."

 

Thanks!

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Matthew Frahm
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Mar 18, 2020

RobOK 

Teams is becoming ready for prime time and is already, in several respects.  For those just starting to get value out of their Office 365 subscriptions, I think it's a great value.

We're using this tool with our clients and it has pretty much replaced GoToMeeting, saving us $$$.  

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