Microsoft Teams is now available for Free

Microsoft Teams for Free

Tanya Denton Tanya Denton
23 July 2018
Microsoft Teams for Free

Introducing Microsoft Teams for Free!

You did read that right. There is a free version of Microsoft Teams available worldwide in 40 languages!

Microsoft Teams is a platform that combines all areas of work, such as chat, meetings, notes and attachments in all on one platform. 

The purpose of this is to give small businesses, who don’t have a commercial Office 365 subscription, the opportunity to an introductory experience of using Teams.

Try Teams for Free

Features Available

  • Up to 300 People on your Team.
  • Unlimited Chat Messages & Search.
  • Built-in Audio & Video Calling for Individuals, Groups and Full Team meetups.
  • 10 GB of team file storage plus additional 2 GB per person for personal storage.
  • Integrated, real-time content creation with Office Online apps, including Adobe, Evernote and Trello.
  • Ability to communicate and collaborate with anyone inside or outside your organisation, backed by Microsoft’s secure, global infrastructure.

Teams and Office 365

The Teams service integrates with your business’ Office 365 subscription to allow seamless productivity to appear efficiently throughout your company. Teams as part of your Office 365 subscription opens up further functionality, depending on your subscription level. See the comparison table for further details on what is included. 

Office 365 Free Trial

Included MICROSOFT TEAMS FREE (PREVIEW*) OFFICE 365 BUSINESS ESSENTIALS OFFICE 365 BUSINESS PREMIUM
FREE
$5.00 user/​month
$12.50 user/​month
Unlimited messages and search done done done
300 maximum users done done done
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote apps in Teams done done
Plus web versions		 done
Plus web and desktop versions
Exchange email hosting and custom email domain   done
Plus web versions of Outlook		 done
Plus web and desktop versions of Outlook
OneDrive, SharePoint, Planner, Yammer, and more Office 365 services   done done
140+ integrated apps and services done done done
Exchange email hosting and custom email domain 2 GB/user and 10 GB of shared storage 1 TB/user 1 TB/user
1:1 and group online audio and video calls done done done
Channel meetings done done done
Screen sharing done done done
Scheduled meetings   done done
Meeting recording— available with Microsoft Stream   done done
Phone calls and audio conferencing     Available as add-ons
Availability in more than 150 markets and 35 languages done done done

* Preview refers to the pre-release from Microsoft and details are subject to change

Tanya Denton
Tanya Denton

Tanya is the company's Microsoft 365 and Online Services specialist, providing support for existing customers and project managing new installations. From training on Power BI to setup on Microsoft 365, Tanya is experienced in working both as a customer as well as an external consultant.


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