EMPOWERING THE

FUTURE OF WORK

Microsoft Teams

As we move from an era of “remote

everything” into a hybrid model, the
future of work is being shaped before
our eyes.

From breaking down geographical Four reasons to choose

barriers, to helping us achieve more, Microsoft Teams over Zoom
technology is vital to ensure businesses
remain competitive in the new normal
of work. Designed to transform the way people work and
interact with each other with collaboration firmly in mind,
Teams is for everyone. Whether it’s chat, calls, or video,
anyone can engage at any time, bringing everyone
closer, securely.

73 %
As part of Microsoft 365, Teams can help you…

of employees want flexible remote work Meet, chat, call, and collaborate
options to stay 1
in just one place

2 Maximize value and minimize costs

with an end-to-end solution

66 %
3 Simplify everyday work and complex
processes on a single platform

of leaders say their company is considering

redesigning office space for hybrid work 4 Collaborate with confidence
knowing privacy, security, and compliance
are not an afterthought
Source: The Work Trend Index survey was conducted by an
independent research firm, Edelman Data x Intelligence, among 31,092
full-time employed or self-employed workers across 31 markets
between January 12, 2021 to January 25, 2021.

© 2021 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Document accurate as of June 2021 and provided “as-is.”
This document is for informational purposes only.
 Four reasons to choose Microsoft Teams

1 Meet, chat, call, and collaborate

Teams can better support remote collaboration end-to-end : Zoom

• Get more done and help employees stay focused with a single platform
integrating meetings, calls, chats, calendar, email, and familiar Office apps
x Zoom, built as a meeting-first
solution, does not include the
• Co-author files with ease and in real time to get more work done since
Teams is a part of the Office 365 productivity suite
x same caliber of native tools
for collaboration and
• Conduct interactive webinars and live events with no added licensing fees x productivity, and may
promote a “meetings-first
• Collaborate easily on the move with meetings, chat, document coauthoring, mindset” that can get in the
and more in a single rich mobile app – no hassle of toggling between apps
x
way of true collaboration—at
• Enable information sharing before, during, and after a call via voice- home, on the go, or in office.
enabled channels
x

2 Maximize value and minimize costs

Teams is a comprehensive solution providing better value: Zoom

• Lower TCO by reducing subscription fees x Zoom may need to be

supplemented with third-
• Minimize management complexity with one productivity suite x party apps, increasing IT
• Streamline team lifecycle management by creating rich collaboration complexity, licensing costs,
spaces using templates and preinstalled apps
x and time to manage.

3 Simplify everyday work and complex processes

Teams can easily be extended to fit your unique needs: Zoom

• Directly connect to hundreds of third-party workplace aps to use before,

during, and after meetings without leaving Teams
x
Zoom can lead to
• Turn chats into action or automate workflows to save time and increase fragmented user experiences
efficiency with low-code and no-code solutions
x since it lacks integrations that
work beyond the meeting
• Automate monotonous tasks and improve workflow with customizable screen
✓
tools that don’t require any special coding skills

4 Collaborate with confidence

Teams helps protect across the entire collaboration stack: Zoom

• Set risk-based policies for access specific to user context, device health,
location, and more to control who has access to what
✓1 Zoom has fewer built-in
preventative, proactive risk
• Protect against malicious software hidden in links or attachments x policies and compliance
features, meaning data could
• Protect content from accidental exposure with built-in DLP x be at risk or third-party add-
• Support legal cases and compliance needs more efficiently with built-in ons could increase cost and
controls to collect, retain, and organize communications
x complexity to manage.

1 MDM only; advanced user conditional access not available

Learn more at microsoft.com/teams

Note: Microsoft 365 E5 is the basis of this comparison. Teams' benefits vary by license.