That said, Microsoft may change its name when Windows 11 is available for all.

We will see how Microsoft clears the confusion for general users. The name Teams indicate that it’s designed for group chats, which is not true. While Microsoft claims that Chat for the consumers, the Teams branding will confuse you when you sign up for the service. It will be interesting to see how Microsoft further plans to differentiate both the product. Similarly, your Chat conversations won’t appear in Microsoft Teams either. With the Chat app, you can sync your Skype or Outlook contacts and directly invite others to join the platform. Your conversations from the Microsoft Teams app will remain in the same app.

Chat is geared towards normal consumers, while Teams is more of an enterprise offering. Although the Microsoft Teams powers Chat, it’s not exactly a stripped-down version of Teams.īoth the Chat and Microsoft Teams are separate offerings with a different set of users in mind.

Microsoft Teams is a full-fledged Team communication app with voice/video calling and tons of other options. What’s Difference Between Chat and Microsoft Teams Before you know how to use Chat on Windows 11, let’s understand the difference between Chat and the native Microsoft Teams app on Windows 11. After you install the Windows 11 on your computer with a compatible hardware, you will notice the Chat icon right beside the Windows 11 widget menu on the taskbar.Ĭlick on it and Chat pops up to serve you with contacts suggestions.

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