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Re: Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace in Office 365

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Post by commandar »

As somebody working in the healthcare industry, this is the killer feature for me:

>Q. What level of security and compliance does Microsoft Teams support?

>A. Microsoft Teams is expected to be Office 365 Tier C compliant at launch. This broad set of global compliance and data protection requirements includes ISO 27001, ISO 27018, EUMC, SOC 1 Type I & II, SOC 2 Type I and II, HIPAA and FERPA. Microsoft Teams also enforces two-factor authentication, single sign on through Active Directory and encryption of data in transit and at rest.

The last time I'd looked into it, Slack was explicitly not HIPAA-compliant and therefore a non-starter for my team. We've basically had to stick to a combination of Hangouts for general chat and internal email for any HIPAA-covered data, so this would be a big win for us.

Re: Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace in Office 365

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Post by sailingparrot »

dmode wrote: post #36

I won't trust Microsoft to make the Mac version of this product as good as the Window's version. There is a long history of Office development that supports this conclusion. If you use Mac in your workplace, probably best to stay away from MS stack

I have used Teams for a few months on Mac and Windows (most time spent on Mac), this is the exact same quality: thanks electron.

Re: Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace in Office 365

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Post by thesimpsons1022 »

sz4kerto wrote: post #45
boundlessdreamz wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The only problem is the products I have tried on mac (OneNote, OneDrive) & Android (OneNote) were very buggy/slow/missing features in other platforms. I wish it was otherwise. As you said, they do have a good suite of apps at a fair price

Really? OneNote lacking features?

probably means the buggy part. i worked at microsoft and one note worked great on windows but was shit on my mac. it wouldn't even sync properly

Re: Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace in Office 365

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Post by thesimpsons1022 »

ijafri wrote: post #46

Microsoft is charging $6/month/user for online office/teams/1tb storage/50gb email storage/skypebiz/conference calling Slack $7/month/user just for teams :/// anyhow i hate office so i am gonna stick to gsuite..

not trying to insult you or anything but microsoft probably doesn't really care. make most of their money from contracts with companies with thousands of people.

Re: Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace in Office 365

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Post by Ant5do »

dmode wrote: post #36

I won't trust Microsoft to make the Mac version of this product as good as the Window's version. There is a long history of Office development that supports this conclusion. If you use Mac in your workplace, probably best to stay away from MS stack

Slack and Microsoft Teams are both Electron apps. Web tech under the hood.

Re: Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace in Office 365

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Post by elcct »

zephyrvinay1985 wrote: post #52
elcct wrote: post #38

Great, but would I trust Microsoft with my data? I don't think so.

but you would trust slack with your data ? Also Microsoft has on prem version so you don't have to trust anyone

I thought they don't have on prem version. Cool!

Re: Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace in Office 365

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Post by [deleted] »

pzenger wrote: post #9
EduardoBautista wrote: post #2

When Office 365 came out, I mostly compared the price to Google Apps and didn't really think Office 365 brought that much value. Now, you can have a Google Apps, Slack, Trello, and Evernote alternative for your business under one subscription. Even if you choose the plan for installed Office applications on your computer, the price is still much more attractive than having to get a subscription for every one of the c…

What is the Trello alternative?

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Re: Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace in Office 365

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Post by delegate »

EduardoBautista wrote: post #2

When Office 365 came out, I mostly compared the price to Google Apps and didn't really think Office 365 brought that much value. Now, you can have a Google Apps, Slack, Trello, and Evernote alternative for your business under one subscription. Even if you choose the plan for installed Office applications on your computer, the price is still much more attractive than having to get a subscription for every one of the c…

> Now, you can have a Google Apps, Slack, Trello, and Evernote alternative for your business under one subscription.

Long term/philosophically this is is unwise, because you're locking your business' data into one company and then it dictates the direction in which your ideas can expand.

Google Apps aside, all these apps are developed by highly creative and agile (fast) companies.

MS is just an executive switch away from being a monolithic elephant once again..

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