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Zoom is “growing older” and wants to compete with Microsoft Teams

Since Teams has started to put everything in place to work with the virtualized desktop infrastructure of VMware and Citrix VDI, Zoom has not wanted to be left behind. Yes ok his numbers were really good during the lockdown by the pandemic, they have now started to cool down. This has caused certain changes that have drawn attention to have been weighed.

But, It should be remembered that Zoom before the pandemic was a little-known platform. Perhaps because Teams is much more recent (it was born in 2016) and because it is linked to Microsoft. Also, Teams is not an application solely designed to make virtual calls like Zoom is. All this has caused the numbers to drop and this is what they have decided to modify.

Zoom changes name

To differentiate itself, Zoom has decided to change the name of its collaborative work service. Now, will be renamed Zoom Team Chat so that it can be differentiated from the rest of the chats that can be held in this application. Also, this name variation is linked to a very clear objective: to facilitate team meetings and interactions during real-time remote work.

Can enjoying a space where work can be carried out from the same interface is useful. Thus, workers will be able to communicate in writing with colleagues or team leaders from the same application, without having to go out and use another. A change that comes with a name that is somewhat reminiscent of Teams due to the integration of that “Team” into it. A modification that will allow you to compete.

Schedule a meeting from chat

Another novelty that Zoom brings is that the chat becomes a highly valuable resource. It will no longer only be possible to use it at the same time that a meeting is being held, something that was not possible before, but it will also be It will allow the scheduling of meetings from the chat itself. This, which seems so obvious, was not a possibility before Zoom decided to introduce these changes.

What Zoom intends with this is to shorten times, speed up meeting schedules and allow all this to be done from the same application without having to leave it. This makes Zoom a platform that right now competes directly with Microsoft Teams. The improvement of productivity it is something that can attract attention and attract new customers to Zoom.

What’s new in video calls

At the beginning of the year, many new developments emerged that some potential Zoom customers may have missed. Add a video while meeting participants wait for the host to connect or activating and deactivating the watermark were very interesting modifications that also represent a competitive advantage.

Although there are still people teleworking and some companies have incorporated this new way of working from home, it is true that the numbers have fallen. Zoom’s need not to be left behind has made it start to include new features. Surely it still has much more to surprise us with.

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