This week marks the third anniversary of Microsoft Teams, and at a time when remote working is more prevalent than ever before with unprecedented growth amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The software giant counted 32 million daily active users of Teams last week on March 11th, but this jumped by 12 million to 44 million […]
Microsoft Teams went down today for nearly three hours after Microsoft forgot to renew a critical security certificate. Users of Microsoft’s Slack competitor were met with error messages attempting to sign into the service on Monday morning, with the app noting it had failed to establish an HTTPS connection to Microsoft’s servers. We've determined that […]
Microsoft is unveiling its first TV commercial for Microsoft Teams this weekend. A 30-second ad will air during Sunday’s NFL playoffs, and will also be shown in the UK, France, and Germany next month. Dubbed “The Power of Teams,” the ad opens with boring business meetings, flip charts, ancient speaker phones, and slidedecks printed on […]
Microsoft is adding a new Walkie Talkie feature to its Microsoft Teams. Available in preview in the coming months, the feature will turn smartphones or tablets into a walkie-talkie that will work over Wi-Fi or cellular data. Microsoft is embedding the feature at the center of its navigation bar inside Microsoft Teams, suggesting that’s a […]