Effective collaboration requires cooperation, respect, and trust. Good workplace collaboration leads to healthy employee relationships, creating a positive workplace culture. And with good workplace collaboration, the business can achieve improved problem-solving abilities and build relationships. 

While there are many benefits to having a virtual workforce—including increased flexibility and decreased overhead costs—there are also challenges that need to be addressed. Three of the biggest challenges are how to keep virtual employees engaged, productive, and collaborating effectively. 

Since its launch, Microsoft Teams is gaining more and more attention. The success is a result of the useful features and easy integration. The application is basically a hub for teamwork integrating tools and capabilities to help works in their daily routine. It’s the primary client for Intelligent Communications in Office 365, replacing Skype for Business Online over time. Teams is under constant update and improvements with new tools and features available. Our latest blog post reveals the new features available to start this 2021. 

Microsoft Teams is full of functionalities and tools to communicate and help teams work together and collaborate. One of the most common questions is when the chat feature should be used and when the channel is more appropriate. Even though, they have similarities they were designed to support different purposes regarding communication in the Microsoft Teams.