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Microsoft unveils Teams, a chat app for work, and Slack’s response is priceless
June 06, 2025
Microsoft unveiled today its “chat-based workspace” called Microsoft Teams. Sound familiar? I don’t blame you because apps like this have been coming and going for the past decade now. Well, Slack obviously sees the irony in all this as a key market player: the company published an open letter to Microsoft, and their sass is justsavage.
The basic concept behind Microsoft Teams is nothing novel – it essentially wants to connect workers and render email an obsolete form of enterprise communication. Now, Microsoft-owned Skype is already used for that along with Outlook, but Teams takes it one step further: it is truly chat-centric with built-in access to Microsoft essentials like SharePoint, and it even lets you work on documents right within the app. As with any other chat app, you can customize each team to include all the features your team needs to access and use every day.
Now that you know what Microsoft Teams is, let’s get to Slack’s response to Microsoft’s unveiling.Slack, as you probably know, is a main player in enterprise communication. Among a myriad of chat applications, it managed to capture a significant amount of market share. I mean, this three-year-old company managed to get $200 million in funding just a few months ago at a $3.8 billion valuation. Slack clearly knows what it’s doing, to say the least, and that’s why they’ve take a moment to throwhugeshade:
You can read the full list of advice from Slackhere, but the company is very clear on the fact that Slack is here to stay and compete with Microsoft Teams.
Obviously, given that many businesses use Microsoft Outlook and Office software already, Microsoft Teams may be easier to integrate than to install a separate app. So we’ll have to wait to see whether Microsoft will emerge as the winner amongst Slack, Facebook, and a slew of others.
If you want to try Microsoft Teams, click the link below:
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