SAN FRANCISCO—Taking a cue from competing online services like Slack, which let workers chat and share information on the job, Microsoft is adding a new program called Teams to its Office 365 suite of internet productivity software. Like competing services, Microsoft’s new Teams product provides a central place online for workplace groups to chat, share files and perform other tasks. But unlike competitors, Microsoft is offering the ability to easily transition into other widely used Microsoft programs, such as Outlook for email and calendars and Skype for voice and video conferences. Teams can also incorporate artificially intelligent “bots” and other software programs created by outside developers. Although other divisions bring in more revenue, Microsoft’s “productivity” division is its most lucrative, with $12.4 billion in operating profit.

Source: thestar November 02, 2016 19:59 UTC