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Mike0973
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Apr 04, 2020

Teams alternative?

i need a program that does the same thing that teams does and connects to the teams server, anybody have something else they are using other than teams?

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  • Mike0973 Hello! I'm going to move this conversation to the Microsoft Teams space, since the Community Discussion space you've posted in is intended only for conversations about the Microsoft Tech Community website you're participating in. Thanks!

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      Mike0973
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      HotCakeXi dont like microsoft office, mainly it is a resource hog, no customization for the install or the programs, its basically here's what we're doing and that's what you're getting, i have a small tablet/laptop that i love to use but it has a small hard drive and not much ram and it already has windows 10 on it so 50% of the hard drive is full and i usually only have about 500mb of ram that's free at any given time out of 4gigs and on a 13" touch screen most of the tool bars are full of junk that i don't use and now with office 365  don't even get to choose which 1's are shown

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        HotCakeX
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        Every program has a set of minimum hardware requirements and recommended hardware requirements, Office is not exempt from this.

        It's okay if you love something, but you gotta know that technology doesn't stop progressing. I bought a laptop back in 2009, it was Sony and it had 4GB RAM, now after 11 years it's a potato so I upgraded to something with 16GB RAM.
        4GB is really low, even phones have more RAM than that.

        if you insist on using your current laptop then your best options are to use Office online and Teams online.