Microsoft Teams: Empower and Supercharge Team Productivity

Microsoft Teams is the ultimate messaging app for your organization—a workspace for real-time collaboration and communication, meetings, file and app sharing, and even the occasional emoji! All in one place, all in the open, all accessible to everyone.

Why you should use Microsoft Teams?

Features and Functions

Microsoft Teams offers a comprehensive set of features to enhance collaboration and communication among users:

1. Meet

With Teams, users can engage in virtual meetings with ease. They can share their screen to showcase presentations, documents, or applications, ensuring everyone is on the same page. Additionally, Teams allows users to customize their background, change or blur it to maintain privacy or professionalism. The innovative Together Mode creates a shared virtual space, making participants feel as if they are in the same physical location.


2. Call

Teams enables users to make and receive calls directly within the platform. It provides advanced calling features, such as group calling, facilitating productive conversations among team members. Voicemail and call transfer functionalities offer additional flexibility and convenience when managing incoming calls. There is also Microsoft Teams Phone which can make and receive calls to and from landlines and mobile phones on the PSTN.


3. Collaborate

Collaboration becomes seamless with Teams. Users can easily discover, share, and edit files in real time. Popular applications like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel are integrated within Teams, allowing teams to work together on documents, presentations, and spreadsheets simultaneously. This real-time collaboration fosters efficiency and promotes effective teamwork.


4. Chat

The chat functionality in Teams offers a platform for both one-to-one and group conversations. Users can express themselves by sending GIFs, stickers, and emojis, injecting personality and fostering a vibrant communication environment. This feature not only facilitates quick and informal exchanges but also supports professional communication among team members.



Teams combines these powerful features into a unified platform, empowering individuals and teams to meet, call, collaborate, and chat seamlessly, enhancing productivity and fostering effective communication in both remote and in-person work environments.

Find the right Microsoft Teams for your needs

Microsoft Teams is designed for everyone. Get started for free, get more with Teams Essentials, or get Teams as part of Microsoft 365. Find out more.

Microsoft Teams Plan

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Is Microsoft Teams really free?

Yes! The free version of Teams includes the following:
– Chat messages and search.
– Built-in online meetings and audio and video calling for individuals and groups.
– Seamless file sharing and file storage with OneDrive.
– Ability to communicate and collaborate inside and outside your organization, backed by a highly secure, global infrastructure from Microsoft.

2. For how long can I meet?

Meet one-on-one for up to 30 hours or with a group for up to 60 minutes in the free version of Teams. Upgrade to Teams Essentials for group meetings of up to 30 hours.

3. How many participants can join a meeting

Up to 100 people can join a meeting in the free version of Microsoft Teams.

4. What features are not in the free version?

Get more value out of Teams when you upgrade to Teams Essentials or to a paid plan, including:
– Unlimited group meetings up to 30 hours.
– Up to 300 participants per meeting.
– 10 GB of cloud storage per user.
– Anytime phone and web support.

5. Who is eligible for the free version of Microsoft Teams?

Anyone with any corporate or consumer email address can sign up for Teams today. People who don’t already have a paid Microsoft 365 commercial subscription will have access to the free version of Teams. If a user at an existing Microsoft 365 commercial customer tries to sign up for free, they will be routed into the managed Teams experience for their organization. If the user doesn’t yet have a license for Teams as part of their organization’s Microsoft 365 plan, they will be routed to the Microsoft Teams Exploratory experience for free until next agreement anniversary or renewal on or after January 2021.