Microsoft Teams expands app support — watch out, Zoom

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By Mark Anthony Ramirez
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Microsoft Teams integrates a new set of applications

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Microsoft is not only adding video conferencing to its Microsoft Teams application but more work tools will arrive on the platform. 

By adding video capabilities, Microsoft Teams is targeting rival video conferencing platforms with the hopes of cutting into Zoom's market share. Microsoft Teams' user growth has exploded by more than 50% in the past six months to an astounding 115 million daily users. 

Users will now be able to integrate 20 new apps into Microsoft Teams. Apps such as Asana, Power Platform, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents now function within the Microsoft Teams environment. Having the ability to use these apps within the Teams environment is a move that goes directly after Slack, especially when you take into consideration the added "Together Mode." 

Microsoft is targeting different business platforms as it continues to add familiar functions from several popular business competitors' apps under the Microsoft Teams umbrella. 

Are we on the verge of a business app war? Time will tell. 

Mark Anthony Ramirez
Mark Anthony Ramirez

Mark has spent 20 years headlining comedy shows around the country and made appearances on ABC, MTV, Comedy Central, Howard Stern, Food Network, and Sirius XM Radio. He has written about every topic imaginable, from dating, family, politics, social issues, and tech. He wrote his first tech articles for the now-defunct Dads On Tech 10 years ago, and his passion for combining humor and tech has grown under the tutelage of the Laptop Mag team. His penchant for tearing things down and rebuilding them did not make Mark popular at home, however, when he got his hands on the legendary Commodore 64, his passion for all things tech deepened. These days, when he is not filming, editing footage, tinkering with cameras and laptops, or on stage, he can be found at his desk snacking, writing about everything tech, new jokes, or scripts he dreams of filming.