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Microsoft Teams vs Webex: What are the differences?
Comparison between Microsoft Teams and Webex
Microsoft Teams and Webex are two popular platforms for online collaboration and communication. While both offer similar features, they also have key differences that set them apart. Here are six key differences between Microsoft Teams and Webex:
Integration with Other Microsoft Tools: Microsoft Teams is part of the Microsoft 365 suite, which means it seamlessly integrates with other Microsoft tools like Outlook, SharePoint, and OneDrive. This integration allows for easy file sharing, calendar management, and collaboration within the familiar Microsoft ecosystem. Webex, on the other hand, does not have the same level of integration with Microsoft tools.
Meeting Sizes: Microsoft Teams allows up to 300 participants in a meeting, which can be helpful for large organizations or events. Meanwhile, Webex has a higher limit and can accommodate up to 1,000 participants in a meeting. This makes Webex a more suitable option for larger-scale conferences or webinars.
User Interface and Experience: The user interface of Microsoft Teams is more modern and intuitive, with a user-friendly layout and easy navigation. Webex, on the other hand, has a more traditional interface that may be more familiar to users who have been using the platform for a longer time. The choice between the two platforms ultimately depends on personal preferences and familiarity.
Screen Sharing and Remote Control: Microsoft Teams allows users to share their screens during meetings, enabling collaborative work and remote assistance. Additionally, it offers remote control features, allowing users to take control of another participant's screen for troubleshooting or collaboration purposes. Webex also has screen sharing capabilities but does not offer remote control features.
Third-Party App Integration: Microsoft Teams allows users to integrate and use a wide range of third-party apps, such as Trello, Asana, and SurveyMonkey, within the platform. This allows for enhanced productivity and seamless workflow integration. Webex also supports some third-party integrations but has a more limited selection compared to Microsoft Teams.
Security and Compliance: Both Microsoft Teams and Webex prioritize security and compliance. However, Microsoft Teams has an advantage in terms of granular security controls and compliance options. With Microsoft's extensive experience and focus on security, Teams offers more robust security features and compliance capabilities, making it a preferred choice for organizations with strict security requirements.
In summary, Microsoft Teams and Webex both offer effective online collaboration and communication tools, but they differ in terms of integration with other tools, meeting sizes, user interface, screen sharing capabilities, third-party app integration, and security and compliance features. Overall, the choice between the two platforms depends on specific organizational needs and preferences.
Hi, I am helping teachers in my kid's schools to set up distance learning and wanted to see what is better between Webex, Zoom, and Skype (although only putting this one in as most parents probably have it). The children are 8-9, so they won't be using it on their own and the parents have no experience using Webex or Zoom.
The main use will be for the teacher to explain what they will be covering in the week and enable some social interaction between the kids.
I need to be easy to use for about 20-25 people.
Thanks for your advice, Lisa
I consider Skype dead. Even Microsoft strongly neglected it. Webex is more corporate-oriented. So for your use case, I recommend Zoom. It is easy to set up, and the quality is very good. Zoom became such a household name that the average person heard about it. Moreover, any person probably has friends who may have used it. So it will be easier for people to get some community help.
We've been using Zoom for about a half a year and it's stability is unbeatable. We have all-hands on Fridays with 100+ participants. The free tier can easily handle the requirements, the only limitation is that max meeting length is 40 minutes. After that you can immediately restart the meeting, but the pro option is also very affordable. It also features screen sharing and whiteboard sharing out of the box. I also appreciate that it's not mandatory to register an account to attend a meeting.
Hi, Lisa,
I haven't used Skype in a long time. I have I lot of experience with Zoom and Webex. Both for me are very good tools, especially if you have money to pay for (to unlock more features, like more people in a video conference - Zoom).
Nowadays, I've used more Webex with my undergraduate students, I'm using the free account. Cloud recording is a features very useful, especially while using the free account (thanks Cisco!). Webex has control features very useful (e.g., mute, raise hand etc).
Kind regards,
From my experiences I feel like Zoom is a pretty intuitive program to teach kids, however Skype might be more common amongst them already.
I am a big fan of Microsoft Teams.
They all do the same pretty much but Teams I find the bells and whistles are easier to find, like custom backgrounds... creating groups for topic discussions that remain there until you want to change/edit or delete. Easy to share files.
As it is the communication tool chosen for the course, our team will be using Slack to monitor the course announcements from our instructor as well as to communicate with the instructor and industry partners. The tool for communicating within the team will be Microsoft Teams. Microsoft Teams enables the team to share documents and edit them synchronously(Google Drive is not an option due to one team member's location). Since it also provides a group chat feature, we chose to use it as our communication tool to avoid using too many softwares.
Communication We have chosen two tools for our team communication.
- Slack
We choose Slack since all of us are familiar with this communication tool. We have a private channel for our team Sphinx for text messages. We added Github apps inside our private channel for repo update notifications. Furthermore, we could contact the subject matter experts within the workspace DCSIL directly for the issues we meet.
- Microsoft Teams
We use Microsoft Teams for virtual meetings for its fast connection speed. In addition, the call feature in Slack is a paid feature, and we could have virtual meetings and share screens for free in Microsoft Teams.
we were using slack and at the same time we had a subscription with office 365. after a while we hit the slack free limitation quota. and it got annoying. the search ability was useless in free tier. and more annoying whenever you search, it opens a webpage and doesn't do it in the app.
on mobile there were many cases that I didn't get notification of important discussions. rooms was the way to separate a talk. but it become tedious. each time for a new subject that you wanted to discuss, you needed to add all the team members into a new room. and after a while the room goes silent. you will end up with a tons of not-in-use rooms that you don't want to clean up them for history purposes. also the slack UI for sub discussion is very stupid. if someone forget to check the checkbox to post the subdiscussion in the main discussion thread, other team members even won't notice such discussion is in progress.
we was paying for office 365 and thought why not give the teams a shot. we won't be in worth situation than we are. we moved to teams and we loved it instantly, we had a separate tab aggregated all the files upload. we could reply on other talk. no need of creating a new room. this way room belongs to a team and not a certain topic. our sub discussion was visible to the whole team. enjoyed integration with azure and unlimited history. the best part was integration with outlook. it was a full suit solution. our stats become busy on outlook meeting events. we get weekly analyse. we didn't need to host our wiki seperated. we've created wiki per team. the communication was much more fun.
Pros of Microsoft Teams
- Work well with the rest of Office 365 work flow28
- Mobile friendly23
- Free19
- Great integrations12
- Well-thought Design11
- Channels10
- Easy setup8
- Unlimited users6
- Strong search and data archiving5
- Multi domain switching support4
- Easy to integrate with4
- Same interface on multiple platforms3
- Web interface3
- Great voice quality2
Pros of Webex
- Secure5
- Good branding - Cisco3
- High Quality3
- Easy to Use3
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Cons of Microsoft Teams
- Confusing UI17
- Bad performance on init and after quite a use12
- Bad Usermanagement10
- No desktop client (only fat and slow electron app)6
- Can't see all members in a video meeting6
- Unable to Mute users5
- No Markdown Support5
- You don't really own your messages4
- MIssing public channels4
- Forced WYSIWYG4
- Stubborn, unused friendly3
- Challenging Onboarding3
- No linux support3
- Audio support problems1
Cons of Webex
- Horrible voice quality, voice gaps, drops1
