Microsoft's Online Collaboration Tool Sees User Numbers Spike
March 19 2020 - 10:58AM
Dow Jones News
By Aaron Tilley
Microsoft Corp. is among the companies offering software that
facilities online collaboration that is enjoying a surge in use as
the spread of the novel coronavirus forces employees to work
remotely.
Microsoft on Thursday said its Teams workplace collaboration
function has grown to 44 million daily users -- jumping by 12
million in the past week. Teams generated 900 million daily
meetings and calling minutes, the software giant said. The software
also suffered a technical disruption this week disrupting some
users.
Slack Technologies Inc. said the global fallout from the
pandemic is resulting in a surge of interest in its
workplace-collaboration software. Zoom Video Communications Inc.
also said people have flocked to using its video-conferencing tool
as the virus has spread.
Both companies have said most of those new users are taking
advantage of free services and that companies aren't sure what the
long-term financial impact from the use spike may be.
Write to Aaron Tilley at aaron.tilley@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 19, 2020 10:43 ET (14:43 GMT)
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