Microsoft Teams Hits 115 Million Daily Active Users

Microsoft has revealed that Microsoft Teams now has 115 million daily active users. A surge attributed to the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella made the revelation today during an earnings call with investors.

Nadella said, “Teams now has more than 115 million daily active users,” adding: “We are seeing increased usage and intensity as people communicate, collaborate, and coauthor content across work, life, and learning. Microsoft 365 users generated more than 30 billion collaboration minutes in a single day this quarter.”

The latest figure depicts growth of more than 50 percent rise from the 75 million that Microsoft reported almost six months ago.

Microsoft Teams is the company’s Office 365 chat-based collaboration tool that competes with Slack, Facebook’s Workplace, Google Chat/Meet, and even Zoom. Indeed, Microsoft is in a virtual meeting war with Google and Zoom. Google Meet has seen 100 million meeting participants in a single day, Teams has seen more than 200 million meeting participants, and Zoom has seen 300 million daily meeting participants. (Unlike daily active users, “meeting participants” can count the same user more than once.)

The company has been consistently improving Teams throughout the pandemic. A new Together Mode was designed specifically for pandemic-era meetings, allowing participants to sit virtually next to each other. The NBA used the Teams feature for basketball games over the summer.

Also, Microsoft recently made Teams accessible to third-party apps and also made the service available to consumers, and promised features like breakout rooms by the end of the year.

Nadella noting how quickly features are being added to Teams said,  “We are accelerating our innovation for both first-line as well as knowledge workers, with over 100 new capabilities in the last six months, including breakout rooms, meeting recaps, shift scheduling, and large-scale digital events (up to 20,000 participants) to help people transcend both time and distance. Employee health and well-being is a top concern for every CEO. We are innovating with new experiences to help people prioritize well-being in the flow of work. New insights in Teams provide personalized recommended actions, making it easier for employees to create healthy work habits and for leaders to build high-performing teams.”

Nadella during her briefing also disclosed that LinkedIn now has 722 million users.

LinkedIn has been gradually growing and adding to Microsoft’s revenues since the company acquired the social network for $26 billion back in 2016.