Thoughts on Slack + Amazon (Chime for video) - a step in the right direction in the fight against Teams?

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Group IT Manager Operations in Construction, 5,001 - 10,000 employees

Why not zoom? You get basic slack features

Senior IT Executive in Education, 51 - 200 employees

I don't find either to be user-friendly so I don't see it going far before they fix that

Director, Infrastructure, Operations & Security in Consumer Goods, 1,001 - 5,000 employees

No, don't fight it. Embrace Teams & the Office365 Ecosystem

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Senior Director, Defense Programs in Software, 5,001 - 10,000 employees

Teams makes me want to get out of the Office365 ecosystem.

CIO in Education, 201 - 500 employees

At this point anything less than an all-in-one solution isn’t going to grab my attention. Teams and O365 is one location for messaging, collaborative doc management, phone/video, group work and discussion. I used to not be a fan of Microsoft at all - Teams has won me over. And seeing the escalated improvements just since the pandemic - tested with no downtime? Yes please. Good luck to others!

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