Dec 25 2020 06:09 AM - edited Dec 26 2020 12:13 PM
I've talked about this and asked my colleagues, friends and family members about this a lot recently. me and others usually use communication apps such as Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord etc. to stay in touch, communicate, send files, send links, use voice chat, for Gaming etc.
I have both education M365 sub and also Free MSFT Teams, which is for my personal use (so not about my university network), and is also the target of the topic here.
I want to use Teams Free as a replacement for Telegram and Discord, 2 very successful platforms in the world, and when evaluating Teams and comparing it to them, I see lots of advantages that Teams has, but also very fundamental shortages.
I want to help people start using MSFT Teams but I run into some troubles which I'm going to explain what they are.
this is all about Teams free. and Teams free should be more appreciated and paid attention to because it needs to attract more users that are already using platforms such as Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord or even zoom (meh)
I hope one of the Teams developers see this topic and consider these suggestions.
they are honestly Important and will greatly help Teams adoption if implemented.
Dec 25 2020 06:31 AM - edited Dec 25 2020 06:39 AM
I understand that when Microsoft created Teams at first, they had enterprises and businesses in mind and targeted them primarily, you can easily see that from the features available in Teams. Teams is undoubtedly perfect for businesses, organizations, schools, remote workers, remote education and schooling etc.
but considering the events happened in the past year or two, or the pandemic, or emergence of other competitors, this needs to change, so that Teams can be easily useful for regular users and more personal needs.
This can also open doors to other sources of income for the company.
for example, MSFT could offer subscriptions (Not M365), to Teams free members only, to have access to additional features, for example increase the max number of members in a team, or the ability to add gifs as their profile picture, and other similar ideas.
so please, if you are a member of MSFT Teams developer team and reading this, consider these suggestions with higher priority and if you are a user and like these ideas, use the provided channels to suggest these to the developers.
thank you!
Dec 26 2020 12:13 PM
UserVoice suggestion links you can upvote:
Teams free should stop asking users to create an organization first – Microsoft Teams UserVoice
"invite by link" feature needs to be enabled by default on Teams Free – Microsoft Teams UserVoice
Teams and organizations should be separated in Teams Free – Microsoft Teams UserVoice