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Re:GitHub staff are required to use Teams by Sep 1, 2023 by jasonlotito on Monday February 13, 2023 @11:00AM (#34775202)
They are still using Slack. This is for video conferencing only. I've heard that with regards to video conferencing, it's competitive with zoom.
Re:GitHub staff are required to use Teams by Sep 1, 2023 by kimbernator on Monday February 13, 2023 @12:10PM (#34776443)
I've been in a "mixed" slack/teams environment and it seems there was always a push to be a little more teams-y every month or so - given that Github is owned by MSFT, I wouldn't be surprised if that happened there, too.
Re:GitHub staff are required to use Teams by Sep 1, 2023 by sofixa on Monday February 13, 2023 @01:06PM (#34777531)
> I've heard that with regards to video conferencing, it's competitive with zoom.

Did you hear that from a Microsoft salesperson? Only a person who hasn't used both regularly can say that. UX and features on Zoom are better.

The mere fact that to this day Teams has wildly different features depending on how you join the call is a joke - for instance, joining from a browser on macOS results in no chat (the button simply isn't there).

Re:GitHub staff are required to use Teams by Sep 1, 2023 by rhaway84773 on Monday February 13, 2023 @01:39PM (#34778061)
If you asked someone who’s new to Zoom if they’re on mute or not, I bet they will have a 50% hit rate. Heck, I bet even someone who regularly uses Zoom would have the same success rate.

The Zoom UI is atrocious.

Re:GitHub staff are required to use Teams by Sep 1, 2023 by ChickenNugger on Monday February 13, 2023 @08:39PM (#34783953)
>(the button simply isn't there).

What?! This has to be a glitch or something. How can something so basic be simply missing this long? Teams is not a new product. I just checked. It's 5 years old.

Re:GitHub staff are required to use Teams by Sep 1, 2023 by aaron_m04 on Monday February 13, 2023 @02:10PM (#34778601)
That makes a huge difference. It's worth editing the title to add "for video conferencing".
Re:GitHub staff are required to use Teams by Sep 1, 2023 by markmark on Monday February 13, 2023 @08:43PM (#34783995)
My current company had the same thing happen on acquisition, we had to ditch Zoom for Teams for video, but could stay on Slack. I find Teams video absolutely fine. It just works and I never think about it.