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Over the last several years, using local storage for company files has fallen out of favor. Managed cloud services and cloud-based applications allow greater flexibility, remote access to data, and typically lower and more predictable costs for the customer. Businesses comparing either Google Workspace vs. Microsoft 365, two of the most popular cloud-based productivity suites on the market, will have these benefits, but there are some finer details that should be considered.

In today’s digital age, seamless communication is the lifeblood of every successful business. For revenue-driven teams, mastering Teams performance is central to collaboration, client interaction, and overall operational efficiency. In fact, a recent report published by research firm EMA found that sales personnel use Microsoft Teams more than 5 hours per day on average, and 49% said that Teams has a direct impact on customer service & revenue.

As of 2024, over one million organizations are using Microsoft Teams. Is yours one of them? If so — or if you’re looking to start using this platform — you’ll want to know how to make the most of Microsoft’s flagship collaboration tool. In this article, we delve into the intricacies of Microsoft Teams, offering you a comprehensive guide on how to create and manage a team in Microsoft Teams effectively within this versatile platform.

Earlier today, Microsoft Teams experienced service degradation causing multiple issues for users. Users attempting to log in were presented with an “oops” page, while already-logged-in users were missing messages, experiencing issues with loading messages in channels and chats and preventing them from viewing or downloading media (images, video, audio, etc…) Exoprise proactive monitoring first detected the outage in North America starting shortly before 11 AM EST.

Did Microsoft Teams chat seem a little quieter on Friday, January 26th? Maybe messages seemed to be coming in choppily or delayed – possibly some issues logging into Teams. It wasn’t a coincidence, Microsoft Teams started experiencing issues earlier in the day and at 11:45 a.m. ET issued incident TM710344 with the following message on X – formerly known as Twitter.

Judging by the tweet storm (or is that called an X storm now?), productivity in corporate North America took a big hit as the week ended. Microsoft Teams had an issue that was “impacting multiple Microsoft Teams features”. Users reported problems of: messages not posting, inability to access files, and interrupted workflows.

Work environments, the network that supports them, and the network management tools to fix those work environments seem to have changed overnight. But the shift was one which was long in the making, several decades to be exact. With the acceleration of work from home due to the pandemic, SaaS services accelerated into a necessity. Along with this dramatic shift, network management shifted to accommodate SaaS and gone were seemingly static paradigms about work and networking.