The confinements and the rise of teleworking as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic forced many companies to opt for different tools to be able to meet with both colleagues and clients. Microsoft Teams It was one of the most popular, although not the only one.
In barely six months after the outbreak of the pandemic managed to double its number of users reaching 115 million daily. Millions of professionals around the world connected to it on a daily basis to be able to continue with a certain ‘normality’ of tasks and daily work in organizations.
However, three years later and with a pandemic that seems to be already in its last throes, Teams will no longer be free. It will be next April 12, so the companies have a little over two months to find an alternative solution. Or opt for the paid version of this already popular Microsoft tool.
And you have to hurry, because the end of the free version of Teams will lead to the deletion of user data if they do not accept the aforementioned subscription, called Team Essentials.
By accepting the paid version, professionals and companies will be able to keep files, chats and meetings carried out. If, on the contrary, other options are chosen, Microsoft still offers the option to export the files so you don’t lose them.
Anyway, there will still be a free version of Teams. Of course, it will require a separate registration. And it will maintain basic functions such as unlimited group meetings -up to one hundred participants- and between two people with a time limit of 60 minutes per call. but with a considerable reduction of the other additional functions available.
Options to Microsoft Teams
Most did not arrive as a result of the boom in teleworking, but they did see their user numbers skyrocket. These are options that, to a greater or lesser degree, have become a alternative to Microsoft Teams If the time has come, the company or professional does not want to subscribe to your payment option.
Among the most popular Google Workspace, Zoom or Slack. Also Chanty, Zoho Meeting, ProofHub, Brosix, ProProfs Projects, Hive, Spike, Flock, RingCentral, Webex Teams, Wire, Basecamp. Twist, Mattermost, Zoho Projects, Rocket.Chat, Discord or nTask.
It should be remembered that it was last January, when Microsoft offered more details about the good health that Microsoft Teams enjoys today, whose true litmus test will take place from April 12. Will it retain the vast majority of its users?
As stated by the company during the presentation of results for the second quarter of fiscal year 22, Teams has started 2023 exceeding 270 million active monthly usersa figure higher than the 250 million it had in July 2021.
