Microsoft Teams vs Workplace from Meta: Which is a better fit?

Rick: My name is Rick. I'm the executive director of Marketing and Technology for Chapel Hill Academy. I give Microsoft Teams a rating of 5 out of 5. Before Microsoft Teams, we didn't really have any sort of management software. We would just do things manually over email using on-device storage and using the phone to call people. We didn't really have an instant chat way to communicate with people instantly, or unified file storage or project management option. We chose Microsoft Teams because of its compatibility with the whole Microsoft ecosystem. We had been using Microsoft tools and apps previously, the Office Suite, OneDrive, or SkyDrive even before that, Outlook, et cetera. So it just seemed nice to have a unified experience and not have too many different systems that ended up being siloed, but something that's a unifying platform. Overall, it was a good experience getting started with Microsoft Teams. I will say as we continue to onboard new staff from time to time, it is a little bit of a learning curve, but Microsoft does provide some phenomenal resources to help get people started through their Microsoft Learn program and also through online videos that guide people to getting familiar with how to use Microsoft Teams. I would recommend for anyone considering Microsoft Teams, first of all, it's great. Definitely do it. But I think the key is just when you get started and onboarding, is to make sure you equip yourself with the proper training and understanding and organization of the platform, and then also carry that on to your team or staff so that everyone has a pleasant experience as they continue to grow and learn how to leverage and maximize teams to be more efficient.

Hendrik V.: Hi, my name is Hendrik. I'm a co-founder and IT specialist at Cloudswork. We are a IT company implementing solutions at different companies, which truly makes you love your work. My star rating out of five is five out of five for Workplace from Meta. The prior solutions that we use were, for instance, Happio, which is a Google linked platform or a platform truly based on the Google platform and building from there, and we used Currents, which is a Google native application. The reason why we started using Workplace From Meta is that it is a application which looks like an app that everybody already knows, let's say, of course, Facebook. By using that application, the engagement within the company is really spiking. Everybody knows how the platform works, knows what to do, and therefore implementing this application is truly easy. Cool. Implementing Workplace From Meta is really easy so there is different linking abilities. For instance, with what we do, mostly is Google Workspace to integrate as your identity provider, which automatically adds your users into the platform, but it's also really easy to get it up and running. It is linking to all the applications within your application environment, and that makes it easier for both the user to use it but as well as for IT to implement it. The recommendation that I have when implementing Workplace From Meta is to really well chart out your application environment within your own company, to make sure that you cover all the integrations that are possible to truly make use of every aspect that the platform will provide you with.