Microsoft Teams' new TV spot puts Slack on notice

Office work is boring. But it doesn't have to be, if Microsoft has its way.

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Microsoft debuted a new TV spot for Microsoft Teams this week.
The ad focuses on transforming boring office work into something a little more fun.
It also serves as another reminder that Microsoft is ready to aggressively compete with Slack.


Coming off of the explosive growth it saw with Microsoft Teams in 2019, Microsoft debuted a new TV spot for the team communication app this week (via The Verges). The ad spot is called "The Power of Microsoft Teams," and it starts out be flatly going over the drudgery of typical office meetings, with charts aplenty and boring presentations. It then flips things on their head by showing off how Teams can jazz things up by letting you take part in meetings from anywhere, collaborate in brainstorming sessions, and more.

Throughout the ad, we get a look at features of Teams, ranging from the ability to blur your background in video calls, to shar...