The free version of Teams includes the following: Chat messages and search. Built-in online meetings and audio and video calling for individuals and groups, with a duration of up to 60 minutes per meeting or call. For a limited time, you can meet for up to 30 hours.
After previewing the service nearly a year ago, Microsoft Teams is now available for free personal use amongst friends and families. The service itself is almost identical to the Microsoft Teams that businesses use, and it will allow people to chat, video call, and share calendars, locations, and files easily.
Microsoft is launching the personal version of Microsoft Teams today. After previewing the service nearly a year ago, Microsoft Teams is now available for free personal use amongst friends and families.
This begs the question “How long can you meet in Microsoft Teams for free?”
Meet for up to 60 minutes in the free version of Microsoft Teams. To support our customers during COVID-19, we’ve extended this limit to 30 hours until further specified. How many participants can join a meeting? Up to 100 people can join a meeting in the free version of Microsoft Teams.
What’s the difference between Microsoft Teams free and paid?
When it comes to calling, meetings, and screen sharing, free and paid versions of Teams share a bit. Teams free and paid both let you have guest access, 1:1 and group online and audio-video calls as well as unlimited chats and search.
One source stated the free version includes the following for up to 300 people: Unlimited chat messages and search. Built-in audio and video calling for individuals, groups, and full team meetups. 10 GB of team file storage plus additional 2 GB per person for personal storage.
Who can sign up for Microsoft Teams?
Any person with any corporate or consumer email address can sign up for Teams today. People who don’t already have a paid Office 365 commercial subscription will have access to the free version of Teams. If an existing Office 365 commercial customer tried to sign up for free, they will be routed into a managed experience for their existing tenant.
One way to consider this is You don’t need office 365 to use microsoft teams and also you don’t need a license to use microsoft teams I won’t say that Microsoft Teams is misleading it’s users with the tagline, but it’s safe to say the statement is vague.
The next thing we wondered was, what is Microsoft Teams and how does it work?
Here is what I stumbled across. Microsoft Teams integrates with all online Office apps, as well as more than 140 business apps. Add up to 299 people to your network of contacts, who can be inside or outside your organization. Be aware that the free version of Microsoft Teams is available only to those without a paid commercial Office 365 subscription.
How to keep Microsoft Teams status as available?
You have to make sure you set your status to available. Here is how to keep Microsoft Teams status as available. Open your Microsoft Teams app or use the web version. In our case, we will be using the web version. Log into your account by entering your username and password. Click on your Profile icon.