Microsoft Groups is currently helpful for organizing something beyond your organization meetings. Think of your softball team, a carpooling group, or the local parent-teacher association as examples of more personal uses for Microsoft’s communities feature on Android and iOS. Naturally, you can chat and make video calls, but you also have the ability to set up events, send messages, and share documents.
Owners have the ability to moderate communities in the same way they do on Facebook by imposing rules and removing individuals or content. Events can be created both online and offline. You can invite people to join via email, phone numbers, or scannable QR codes.
For now, Communities in Teams are only available on mobile, but Microsoft claims that they will soon be available on desktops as well, and you only need the free app. Microsoft will give you access to SignUpGenius in 2023 to help you organize fundraisers and other events for good causes by recruiting volunteers and other means.
Although the expansion of the community hub may appear odd, it is actually a gradual shift away from Teams’ original function as a sole tool for workplace collaboration to that of a chat and socialization app for all purposes. Last year, it became free for personal use, and it recently received casual games to help colleagues get to know one another. Microsoft isn’t really creating a social network, but it is hoping to take over some of those responsibilities, so this latest addition goes even further.
