Microsoft Teams adds free communities feature to take on Facebook and Discord - The Verge
Microsoft is launching a new communities feature for Microsoft Teams today, designed for consumers to use the best parts of Teams free of charge to create and organize groups.Microsoft has created a set of templates for Teams users to quickly create communities, and these groups will be limited to the free consumer version of Teams at launch today.Microsoft Teams communities will require a Microsoft account, and groups can easily invite others to join with a link.The launch of communities in Microsoft Teams comes nearly two years after Microsoft was in discussions to acquire Discord.Communities in Teams could help solve a big gap for Microsoft, but it’s very early days and the feature set looks rather basic right now.Unlike Discord, you can’t simply jump into a persistent call with your online group, and the communities feature in Teams appears to be more structured around a rigid form of organization.
Microsoft Teams users often complain of performance issues or the confusing aspects of the Teams consumer version built into Windows 11 and then having to launch a separate app to access the work / school version