Microsoft Teams and Zoom are two of the leading video conferencing platforms in the world, serving many corporations as their customers. The Covid era made video meetings a common practice, with platforms witnessing an all-time increase in usage. This begs the question, which platform, Microsoft Teams or Zoom, is better for video collaboration?
In terms of popularity, Zoom has managed to beat Microsoft, with over 200 million users daily. However, Microsoft still has an impressive 44 million daily users. There are a few specific differences between the two platforms. Here is a quick comparison of Microsoft Teams and Zoom:
Is Microsoft Teams Better Than Zoom?
Zoom is likely a better choice if your sole purpose for installing such a tool is video conferencing. However, Microsoft Teams is a more robust product, including better tools for team chat and other features, to go along with the video conferencing attributes.
Advantages of Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams has several advantages to offer. Here is a list of what benefits you can enjoy with this tool.
- Several useful tools all rolled into one platform
- Various collaboration features including team chat and whiteboard templates
- Noise reduction
- Maximizes meeting productivity with the action lists (tasks can be assigned to individuals)
- Easy file search and backups
In addition to the mentioned benefits, another noteworthy capability is the option to turn on PSTN Conferencing in Teams, which significantly enhance the reach and accessibility of your virtual meetings. To illustrate, if you have an Office 365 E5 subscription, PSTN Audio Conferencing comes built-in, allowing participants to dial into meetings from any location, even with limited internet connectivity. This proves invaluable for mobile users or those in areas with restricted internet access.
Disadvantages of Microsoft Teams
The Teams also include some disadvantages.
- Many identical tools, such as Yammer and Skype for business, offer similar communication features
- Increased risk of security
- No notification or alerts for identical team names
- Limited channel numbers
Now we can shift our attention to Zoom. It has become an extremely popular platform for video meetings, but does not offer as many tools as Microsoft. Nevertheless, there are a few reasons why corporate employees love the platform, and also some aspects that could be improved.
Advantages of Zoom
Here is a summary of all the advantages you could enjoy by installing Zoom.
- Works well for large audiences
- Meetings or Webinars could be streamed on Facebook
- Zoom is a free-to-use tool
- Supported by Google Calendar
- Very easy to use
Disadvantages Of Zoom
Even the best products in the world have certain disadvantages, and Zoom is no exception to it.
- Too many add-on subscriptions
- No measure for comment control, particularly for inappropriate ones
- High risk of meetings being crashed due to password leak
- App-based tool
- Cloud file sizes are not consistent
Whether Microsoft Teams or Zoom would work better for you, depends entirely upon your priorities. If video conferencing is your primary concern, then Zoom may be the better choice. It is designed solely for the purpose of video conferencing. However, Teams has much more to offer, but can be more challenging to use. If you want to make use of all the features offered by Teams, it will require some education. By partnering with a Microsoft consulting firm, this can become easy. You can get custom training from the consultants and utilize all the offerings of the platform.
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