On Thursday, Microsoft began offering a free version of Microsoft Teams as an incentive to switch over from Slack—and is loading it up with key features such as unlimited chat messages.
Earlier this week, Slack said it was improving its own in-app search, with automated suggestions. Slack’s free version still limits users to 10,000 searchable messages, though—and Teams does not. That’s one of the key selling points of the new free Teams service; the other is the number of users—300—which will be enough for many small businesses.
“For us, it was all about continually breaking down barriers to [Teams],” said Lori Wright, General Manager of Microsoft 365 Teamwork, in an interview. “We don’t necessarily think you should be an Office 365 subscriber to experience the power of the Teams solution.”
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