

For many, Teams is starting to rule over Skype because of its other collaboration features and functionality built in. This can cause confusion while a user is showing as “in the room” but may not be connected to audio yet.Īlthough Teams is not quite at a feature parity with SfB, it still has very notable features with an enhanced user experience. Instead, Teams requires you to be in the meeting first and then dial back out. Phone Dial Back – The ability to have the meeting call you as you are dialing in.This can be frustrating when you are trying to “chat” with a colleague on what you are seeing on the other screen. Teams will allow you to do both, but will automatically minimize the presentation window. Multiple Windows – the ability to have a full-screen conference and a separate chat conversation going at the same time.

Screen Sharing – this is a feature of Teams but the user must start a call first before starting screen sharing, whereas in Skype the user has the option to share a screen while chatting (This is on the roadmap for future updates to Teams).However, Teams is still missing some key features or they work significantly differently some examples:

Teams has recently added a few key elements from Skype Online, that had previously been missing: Whiteboard).Īccording to reviews and our Interlink experts, there is not a true parity between the two – yet. However, upon close inspection, several native features are now referred out to 3rd party solutions (e.g. In the Microsoft July Update, Microsoft stated that most features minus a few Enterprise Voice features are still pending on the roadmap. It’s been just over a year since the Teams launch, and Microsoft claims to have reached a true parity with Skype for Business (SfB). Ever since Teams was released, there has been a huge push for feature parity between the two technologies due to concern that Teams will lack the same capabilities. Are you currently using Skype for Business and skeptical about a move to Microsoft Teams? You aren’t alone.
