Remote Work Platforms Surge in Popularity Amid Global Pandemic
Video conferencing and collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Zoom experience massive user growth as the coronavirus outbreak forces millions to work from home.
Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Zoom experience explosive user growth as the coronavirus pandemic forces millions of people to work remotely. Microsoft Teams adds 12 million daily active users in just one week, while Slack also sees a notable increase in new customers signing up for its service.
Zoom emerges as the biggest success story of the crisis by becoming the go-to platform for remote meetings and virtual classrooms. The company adds more monthly active users in the first months of 2020 than it did in the entirety of 2019, prompting an internal memo at Microsoft that cites Zoom as a serious competitive threat.
Experts predict that remote work remains a permanent fixture even after the pandemic ends, which promises continued success for these collaboration platforms. To capitalize on this shift, Microsoft introduces a variety of new features for Teams, including offline support, real-time noise suppression, a raise hand feature, and integration with industrial head-mounted devices.