1 month ago | By ZDnet

Teams Free users will lose their files after April 12 unless they upgrade, but a free version of Teams will still be available.
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Zoho wants to take on Microsoft and Google with its own collaboration platform

1 month ago | By TechRadar

Zoho has launched a new online collaboration and communication software suite designed to take on the likes of Microsoft Teams and Google Meet. The launch includes Trident, which combines email, messages, audio and video calls, calendar, and tasks in a package that's worryingly similar to Teams. Power users will also likely enjoy making use of a number of integrations and widgets from Zoho's own catalog , as well as third-party tools .
Zoho Trident
The company says Trident will appeal to the growing number of workers who find themselves fed up with having to open several different apps to...
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This free version of Microsoft Teams is disappearing forever soon

1 month ago | By TechRadar

Microsoft is retiring the free version of its video conferencing app and introducing a new free app, but you won't be able to transfer your data over unless you upgrade to a paid plan. The company has confirmed that from April 12 2023, ‘ Microsoft Teams Free ' will no longer be available, suggesting that users instead upgrade to ‘Teams Essentials' for $4/£3 per user per month. In its place, customers will be confusingly able to sign up for the legacy free app's replacement, ‘Teams '.
Microsoft Teams free
In order to maintain access to your chats, files, and meetings, Microsoft suggests...
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The caveat about the new Microsoft Teams version

1 month ago | By WMPoweruser

Microsoft is now pushing the users of its free legacy Teams app for businesses to pay to keep their data accessible once it retires on April 12. This current free app called “Microsoft Teams Free ” will be replaced by the new “Microsoft Teams .” Although the latter will still be free, there will be...
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