With Teams for Home, Microsoft is setting the course for merging personal and professional functionality.
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Teams for Home is launched.
Microsoft has grouped several features under this brand that complement the collaborative work platform.
Their common point: they are intended for personal and / or family use. We will also access it as part of the subscriptions Microsoft 365 Personal and Family*.
Today, we start rolling out new features for your personal life, in preview to the #MicrosoftTeams mobile app on iOS and Android. Learn more on our blog: https://t.co/uaYi0SuBAy pic.twitter.com/vBuZEqboui
— Microsoft Teams (@MicrosoftTeams) June 22, 2020
Here they are available in beta. To an overview, we will connect to the Teams mobile application with a personal account.
Among others, we will find:
- Group conversations and calls
- For each group / conversation, a “dashboard” tab where you can find shared items: task lists, calendars, photos and videos…
- Integration of Word, Excel and PowerPoint (no file editing, however)
- Location sharing
- “Safe” with double authentication to store items such as logins and passwords
Microsoft expects wider availability (web, desktop applications) for this year. In the meantime, it invites users … to fall back on Skype.
The interconnection site of the two software has ended there is little. Skype and Teams users can find and chat with each other. End-to-end encryption is currently limited to written messages.
* Microsoft 365 Personal is € 7 including tax per month or € 69 per year. It takes 10 € / month or 99 € / year for the Family package (up to 6 people).
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