Microsoft Teams is more popular than ever, so you’d better get used to it
Teams growth shows no signs of slowing down
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The success ofMicrosoft Teamsjust keeps on growing as more and more users around the world sign up to the platform.
Thevideo conferencingservice now boasts over 270 million monthly active users (MAUs) according to thelatest figuresreleased byMicrosoft.
This is up from the 250 million Microsoft Teams MAUs that the company reported just six months ago, as thehybrid workingage continues to drive the platform from strength to strength.
Record Microsoft Teams numbers
In its latest quarterly financial report, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella noted that although the growth of Teams has been encouraging, it does expect this to slow somewhat as usage begins to plateau.
Microsoft changed how it measures Teams usage last year, switching from daily active users to monthly active users, which again possibly suggested numbers may be slowing somewhat.
The company is still busy working on updates and upgrades for Teams, however, with recent releases including a way for users tohide their own video feedwhilst on a call,apply an emoji as a reactionto chat messages, and evenadd its Cortana voice-recognition softwareto the platform.
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Overall, Q2 2022 was an incredibly successful one for Microsoft, with the company beating analyst predictions to record another major quarter.
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The companyreporteda 20% increase in revenues, which hit $51.7 billion, with net income up 21% to hit $18.8 billion. Windows OEM revenue increased 25% compared to the previous year, with Windows Commercial products and cloud services revenue increasing 13%.
“Digital technology is the most malleable resource at the world’s disposal to overcome constraints and reimagine everyday work and life,” said Nadella.
“As tech as a percentage of global GDP continues to increase, we are innovating and investing across diverse and growing markets, with a common underlying technology stack and an operating model that reinforces a common strategy, culture, and sense of purpose.”
Recent data collected by software firm StarLeaf found almost all (97%) businesses say that tools such asZoom,Webexand Teams arenow essential to their operations.
More than half (57%) of the 2,000 UK-based respondents claim their company would not be able to operate for more than an hour without access to their communications tools, while 27% admitted they would struggle to function for even 30 minutes.
Mike Moore is Deputy Editor at TechRadar Pro. He has worked as a B2B and B2C tech journalist for nearly a decade, including at one of the UK’s leading national newspapers and fellow Future title ITProPortal, and when he’s not keeping track of all the latest enterprise and workplace trends, can most likely be found watching, following or taking part in some kind of sport.
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