4 Important Features You Should Know If You Use Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams, which the company says has more than 320 million monthly active users, continues to add features beyond its core chat and video calling functions, and many updates go unnoticed by users. A new roundup highlights four underused capabilities, including a meeting countdown timer designed to keep meetings running on time, along with tools for locating unfinished messages and recovering quickly after disruptions. The features are aimed at the growing base of remote and hybrid workers who rely on Teams for daily communication. For Microsoft, deeper engagement with these tools supports the platform's stickiness in the enterprise collaboration market, where it competes with Zoom and Slack. Watch for whether Microsoft continues rolling out incremental productivity features as it pushes to convert its massive user base into more active paid usage.