The use of Microsoft Teams has skyrocketed in recent weeks. This of course has to do with the coronavirus, forcing companies to work from home as much as possible. But Microsoft Teams is also remotely the best solution right now for communicating and collaborating, remotely, in a pleasant way.
Forrester Consulting conducted research on the benefits of Microsoft Teams for businesses and for employees. Here are the key benefits according to the study 'The Total Economic Impact of Microsoft Teams':
Communicating better
With Microsoft Teams, fewer and shorter meetings are needed. This is because meetings via Teams are reliable and stable with very high quality video and audio, reducing the time spent setting up meetings and resolving connection and quality issues. Teams also enables savings on other communications software and hardware, such as web conference software and telephony. In addition, Teams reduces the number of overnight business trips.
Better collaboration
Employees can save up to 4 hours per week through improved collaboration and information sharing with each other. With Teams, it is simply easier to find and share the right information with each other. It's also easier for managers making decisions. They come to a decision 17.7% faster because information is readily available and can be communicated with quickly.
"Microsoft Teams provides users with time savings (varies by role) from 1.1 to 8.0 hours per user per week."
Adapt and expand
With Teams, you don't have to switch between different applications as much. This saves time and works more pleasantly. You can also extend the use of Teams to customers, suppliers and partners. This promotes collaboration between organizations.
Working with confidence
Having all resources and documents available in Teams, within the same reliable, cloud-based environment ensures that employees can always keep working. IT compliance and eDiscovery (legal document search) costs are also reduced with Teams.
The benefits of Microsoft Teams can best be summarized as:
All solutions for improved collaboration and information sharing and more efficient meetings in one location, saves users time (varies by role) from 1.1 to 8.0 hours per user per week.
So it's high time to work more productively and enjoyably, thanks to Microsoft Teams!
