JUNE 2019CIOAPPLICATIONSEUROPE.COM8IN MYOPINIONWhy Microsoft Teams Is Spreading So QuicklyTeams is growing fast. So fast in fact, Microsoft has said Teams is the fastest growing business application in their long history. The question non-users may have is, "why?"The short answer is employee engagement and collaboration. It's been found that the most successful companies have more than 70 percent of employees fully engaged and motivated, which can generate up to 21 percent more profit. However, only 15 percent of all employees worldwide can be considered fully engaged and motivated. The way we work is changing. While experienced workers are already happy handling emails, young professionals from generation Z or millennials prefer chat-based communication. Hence, different generations oftentimes work in different silos.Microsoft Teams merges all these technology platforms under one user interface that can easily be extended with Bots, Connectors, and much more. Teams really is a hub for productivity bringing different departments, generations, and workstyles together.My Experience With TeamsAvePoint has used Microsoft Teams since public preview announcement from 14 March 2017. The easiest use case was Teams for a team. In other words, a container for collaboration (what Microsoft Teams refers to as a Team with a capital "T") for each physical team or department within the organization.In this way I was able to update my team with internal and external news, host regular team meetings, ask for support, show appreciation for employee's work, and stay connected while travelling. The Team is also used for non-business communication, where we share some jokes, use Emotions, and Gifs. This maintains engagement and motivation.Over time, we also established Teams across departments. For example, we connected sales with marketing and my technical solution professionals team (TSPs). This shifted collaboration to the next level, because marketing campaigns bring leads to sales team and TSP's deepen the relationship with technical guidance. A fully covered business process in one Team.Microsoft Teams Is Growing Like Wildfire: How To Not Get BurnedROBERT MULSOW, VP TECHNICAL SOLUTION PROFESSIONALS EMEA, AVEPOINT; MICROSOFT MVP
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