Microsoft Teams
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Microsoft Teams' channel tab, as seen on the Microsoft Windows operating system | |||||||||||||||||||
| Developer | Microsoft | ||||||||||||||||||
| Initial release | March 14, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Written in | TypeScript, Angular, React 1.0: Electron 2.0: Microsoft Edge WebView2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operating system | Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Web | ||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Microsoft Classroom, MindAlign, Skype | ||||||||||||||||||
| Available in | 48 languages | ||||||||||||||||||
List of languages English, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malayalam, Marathi, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Collaborative software | ||||||||||||||||||
| License | Proprietary commercial cloud software | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | teams | ||||||||||||||||||
Microsoft Teams is a team collaboration platform developed by Microsoft as part of the Microsoft 365 suite. It offers features such as workspace chat, video conferencing, file storage, and integration with both Microsoft and third-party applications and services. Teams gradually replaced earlier Microsoft messaging and collaboration platforms, including Skype for Business, Skype, and Microsoft Classroom.
The platform saw significant growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside competitors such as Zoom, Slack, and Google Meet, as organizations shifted to remote work and virtual meetings.
As of January 2023, Microsoft reported approximately 280 million monthly active users.