Microsoft Teams Crosses 115 Million Daily Active Users

Oct. 28, 2020

At Microsoft’s quarterly earnings call on Tuesday, CEO Satya Nadella announced that the company’s business communications software,Teams, has hit 115 million daily active users (DAUs), up 53% from 72 million in April. Announcing the new milestone, Nadella said:“We are seeing increased usage and intensity as people communicate, collaborate, and coauthor content across work, life, and learning. Microsoft 365 users generated more than 30 billion collaboration minutes in a single day this quarter”.

With a view towards making Microsoft Teams one of the leading options in a sector dominated by the likes ofZoomandGoogle Meet, the company has been rolling out a number of user-friendly features, includingCortana supporton iOS,permanent virtual backgrounds,third-party app support, AI-basedTogether Modeand variousother chat features. The app is also set to getimproved AI-based noise suppressionnext month.

The efforts seem to paying off, with the app starting to attract more users amidst the astronomical increase in work-from-home because of the pandemic. According toVenture Beat, Teams has seen more than 200 million ‘meeting participants’ in a single day, as compared to 100 million meeting participants on Google Meet and 300 million on Zoom. Do note that unlike DAU, ‘meeting participants’ can count the same user multiple times.

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