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There is a free Microsoft Teams tier now and will continue to be a free Microsoft Teams tier after April 12, 2023. Current users of Microsoft Teams Free will have to create a new account with the new tier called Microsoft Teams (Free) and lose all Teams data in the process or Microsoft Teams Essentials for $4/user/month You need to upgrade to tier. store everything.
Microsoft details changes around the retirement of Microsoft Teams Free (now called Microsoft Teams Free (Classic)) on this support page. Microsoft Teams Free (classic) files will be available for download and storage until the end of service on April 12, but there will be an automated process to import those files and other user accounts into your Microsoft Teams (free) account. no process.
Microsoft’s product page positions the new Microsoft Teams (free) tier as a product for home users and families, but overall the features offered are fairly similar to the old classic tier. Video calling is still the best with 100 participants and his 1 hour run time (1:1 meetings can run up to 30 hours). Each Teams (free) user got 5 GB of storage, and each Teams Free (classic) user received 2 GB plus his 10 GB pool of shared storage. Both products offer unlimited chat and access to shared files, task lists, and polls.
The Teams Essentials tier offers up to 300 hours of unlimited group meetings, with up to 300 participants and 10 GB of cloud storage for all paying users. However, it lacks some features compared to the more expensive Microsoft 365 bundles, such as access to previous Microsoft Office apps and recorded meetings with transcripts.
