{"id":31023,"date":"2020-04-18T11:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=31023"},"modified":"2020-04-18T11:00:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T11:00:11","slug":"microsoft-teams-for-online-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/microsoft-teams-for-online-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft launches Microsoft Teams to tap into online learning amid COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft<\/span> has<\/span> launched<\/span> its<\/span> own<\/span> “Zoom”<\/span> variant<\/span>, called<\/span> Microsoft<\/span> Teams<\/span> in the<\/span> bid<\/span> to<\/span> tap into online learning and work from home<\/span><\/strong>. Recently<\/span> Zoom<\/span><\/a> has<\/span> been<\/span> challenged<\/span> over<\/span> its<\/span> privacy<\/span> policies<\/span> following<\/span> the\u00a0infiltration<\/span> of<\/span> strangers<\/span> to<\/span> students<\/span> online<\/span> classes<\/span>. Almost<\/span> all<\/span> organizations<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> thrust<\/span> into<\/span> a<\/span> new<\/span> order<\/span> of<\/span> working<\/span> from<\/span> home<\/span> and<\/span> stakeholders<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> braced<\/span> with<\/span> a<\/span> new<\/span> challenge<\/span> of<\/span> maintaining<\/span> optimal<\/span> working<\/span> outputs<\/span> with<\/span> most<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> employees<\/span> working<\/span> from<\/span> home<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Microsoft Teams adoption by major stakeholders<\/h2>\n

Microsoft<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> quite<\/span> efficient<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> implementation<\/span> of<\/span> Microsoft<\/span> Teams<\/span>, a<\/span> product<\/span> that<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> adopted<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> defense<\/span> department<\/span><\/a>. With<\/span> most<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> employees<\/span> working<\/span> from<\/span> home<\/span>, it<\/span> is<\/span> not<\/span> easy<\/span> to<\/span> put<\/span> up<\/span> an<\/span> ad but<\/span>\u00a0Microsoft<\/span> Teams<\/span> pulled<\/span> through<\/span>. London’s<\/span> metropolitan<\/span> police<\/span> department<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> using<\/span> Microsoft<\/span> Teams<\/span> to<\/span> respond<\/span> to<\/span> emergencies<\/span> associated<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> new<\/span> COVID<\/span>–19<\/span> outbreak<\/span>.<\/strong> Bologna<\/span> University<\/span> has<\/span> also<\/span> taken<\/span> up<\/span> the<\/span> site<\/span> with<\/span> its<\/span> team<\/span> appraising<\/span> the<\/span> product<\/span> from<\/span> Microsoft<\/span>.
\nElsewhere<\/span>, a<\/span> cosmetics<\/span> company<\/span> from<\/span> France<\/span>, L’Or\u00e9al<\/span> has<\/span> continued<\/span> with<\/span> its<\/span> business<\/span> amidst<\/span> the<\/span> pandemic<\/span> and<\/span> insists<\/span> that<\/span> with<\/span> Microsoft<\/span> Teams<\/span>, every<\/span> company<\/span> should<\/span> be<\/span> able<\/span> to<\/span> carry<\/span> on<\/span> with<\/span> its<\/span> business<\/span>. Finally,<\/span> another<\/span> review<\/span> comes<\/span> from<\/span> St<\/span> Luke’s<\/span> Hospital<\/span> in<\/span> Pennsylvania<\/span> and<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> able<\/span> to<\/span> manage<\/span> thousands<\/span> of<\/span>\u00a0patients<\/span> who<\/span> book<\/span> in<\/span> for<\/span> Medicare<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Security, a major issue of concern for videoconferencing<\/h2>\n

All<\/span> these<\/span> product<\/span> endorsements<\/span> are<\/span> not<\/span> based<\/span> on<\/span> public<\/span> relations<\/span> only<\/span> but<\/span> reflect<\/span> a<\/span> product<\/span> that<\/span> is<\/span> ready<\/span> to<\/span> meet<\/span> the<\/span> online<\/span> working<\/span> markets<\/span>\u2019 demands<\/span>. However<\/span>, there<\/span> still<\/span> concerns<\/span> over<\/span> security<\/span> issues<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> clients<\/span> especially<\/span> with<\/span> recent<\/span> negative<\/span> reviews<\/span> for<\/span> zoom<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> implications<\/span> are<\/span> dire<\/span>. Zoom<\/span> bombarding<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> the<\/span> major<\/span> challenge<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> site<\/span> that<\/span> hosts<\/span> thousands<\/span> of<\/span> online<\/span> working<\/span> communities<\/span>. Zoom<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> delving<\/span> into<\/span> the<\/span> matter<\/span> to<\/span> salvage<\/span> its<\/span> product’s<\/span> reputation<\/span>.
\nMicrosoft<\/span> Teams has<\/span> taken<\/span> zooms<\/span>‘ challenge<\/span> to<\/span> its<\/span> own<\/span> advantage<\/span> by<\/span> detailing<\/span> its<\/span> own<\/span> security<\/span> measures<\/span> that<\/span> make<\/span> it<\/span> believe<\/span> that<\/span> it<\/span> is<\/span> more<\/span> secure<\/span> than<\/span> zoom<\/span>. Moreover<\/span>, once<\/span> a<\/span> reputation<\/span> is<\/span> tainted<\/span> like<\/span> Zoom<\/span>\u2019s<\/span> case<\/span>, it’s<\/span> hard<\/span> to<\/span> shake<\/span> it<\/span> and<\/span> turn<\/span> it<\/span> around<\/span>.<\/strong>
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Microsoft has launched its own “Zoom” variant, called Microsoft Teams in the bid to tap into online learning and work from home. Recently Zoom has been challenged over its privacy policies following the\u00a0infiltration of strangers to students online classes. Almost all organizations have been thrust into a new order of working from home and stakeholders […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":31030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31023"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}