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	MS Teams is a cloud-based collaboration and communication platform developed by the Microsoft company that allows for document collaboration, presentation, and white-boarding capabilities in addition to their more well-known communication features. It is combining earlier known digital tools like Skype (for Business), Clouds or Drives, and several more. Furthermore, Teams is widely used by multiple companies and institutions to provide connectivity and communicate across locations such as global or country wide (project) groups or e.g. during home office. Therefore, “the software skyrocketed in popularity during [the COVID pandemic] lockdown, reaching 44 million active users by March and 75 million by April“ <ref name="apps"> David Curry (2021) Microsoft Teams Revenue and Usage Statistics (2021), https://www.businessofapps.com/data/microsoft-teams-statistics/ [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Business of Apps. </ref>.		MS Teams is a cloud-based collaboration and communication platform developed by the Microsoft company that allows for document collaboration, presentation, and white-boarding capabilities in addition to their more well-known communication features. It is combining earlier known digital tools like Skype (for Business), Clouds or Drives, and several more. Furthermore, Teams is widely used by multiple companies and institutions to provide connectivity and communicate across locations such as global or country wide (project) groups or e.g. during home office. Therefore, “the software skyrocketed in popularity during [the COVID pandemic] lockdown, reaching 44 million active users by March and 75 million by April“ <ref name="apps"> David Curry (2021) Microsoft Teams Revenue and Usage Statistics (2021), https://www.businessofapps.com/data/microsoft-teams-statistics/ [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Business of Apps. </ref>.

	At the centre of the various functions of Microsoft Teams are groups - the so-called teams. [[File:mst.png\|500px\|thumb\|right\|alt text\|Figure 2: Screenshot of Microsoft Teams surface]] These are groups that are created by a group administrator (team owner) and include people e.g. of the same project, no matter if inside or outside a company or organisation. For example, members of a department, a project or a learning community can be gathered in a team. <ref name="mst"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref> ~~[[File:mst.png\|500px\|thumb\|right\|alt text\|Figure 2: Screenshot of Microsoft Teams surface]]~~		At the centre of the various functions of Microsoft Teams are groups - the so-called teams. [[File:mst.png\|500px\|thumb\|right\|alt text\|Figure 2: Screenshot of Microsoft Teams surface]] These are groups that are created by a group administrator (team owner) and include people e.g. of the same project, no matter if inside or outside a company or organisation. For example, members of a department, a project or a learning community can be gathered in a team. <ref name="mst"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref>

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	MS Teams is a cloud-based collaboration and communication platform developed by the Microsoft company that allows for document collaboration, presentation, and white-boarding capabilities in addition to their more well-known communication features. It is combining earlier known digital tools like Skype (for Business), Clouds or Drives, and several more. Furthermore, Teams is widely used by multiple companies and institutions to provide connectivity and communicate across locations such as global or country wide (project) groups or e.g. during home office. Therefore, “the software skyrocketed in popularity during [the COVID pandemic] lockdown, reaching 44 million active users by March and 75 million by April“ <ref name="apps"> David Curry (2021) Microsoft Teams Revenue and Usage Statistics (2021), https://www.businessofapps.com/data/microsoft-teams-statistics/ [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Business of Apps. </ref>.		MS Teams is a cloud-based collaboration and communication platform developed by the Microsoft company that allows for document collaboration, presentation, and white-boarding capabilities in addition to their more well-known communication features. It is combining earlier known digital tools like Skype (for Business), Clouds or Drives, and several more. Furthermore, Teams is widely used by multiple companies and institutions to provide connectivity and communicate across locations such as global or country wide (project) groups or e.g. during home office. Therefore, “the software skyrocketed in popularity during [the COVID pandemic] lockdown, reaching 44 million active users by March and 75 million by April“ <ref name="apps"> David Curry (2021) Microsoft Teams Revenue and Usage Statistics (2021), https://www.businessofapps.com/data/microsoft-teams-statistics/ [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Business of Apps. </ref>.

	At the centre of the various functions of Microsoft Teams are groups - the so-called teams. These are groups that are created by a group administrator (team owner) and include people e.g. of the same project, no matter if inside or outside a company or organisation. For example, members of a department, a project or a learning community can be gathered in a team. <ref name="mst"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref> [[File:mst.png\|500px\|thumb\|right\|alt text\|Figure 2: Screenshot of Microsoft Teams surface]]		At the centre of the various functions of Microsoft Teams are groups - the so-called teams. [[File:mst.png\|500px\|thumb\|right\|alt text\|Figure 2: Screenshot of Microsoft Teams surface]] These are groups that are created by a group administrator (team owner) and include people e.g. of the same project, no matter if inside or outside a company or organisation. For example, members of a department, a project or a learning community can be gathered in a team. <ref name="mst"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref> [[File:mst.png\|500px\|thumb\|right\|alt text\|Figure 2: Screenshot of Microsoft Teams surface]]

	As already mentioned MS Teams is providing its basic features like		As already mentioned MS Teams is providing its basic features like

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2021-02-28T22:55:28Z

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	MS Teams is a cloud-based collaboration and communication platform developed by the Microsoft company that allows for document collaboration, presentation, and white-boarding capabilities in addition to their more well-known communication features. It is combining earlier known digital tools like Skype (for Business), Clouds or Drives, and several more. Furthermore, Teams is widely used by multiple companies and institutions to provide connectivity and communicate across locations such as global or country wide (project) groups or e.g. during home office. Therefore, “the software skyrocketed in popularity during [the COVID pandemic] lockdown, reaching 44 million active users by March and 75 million by April“ <ref name="apps"> David Curry (2021) Microsoft Teams Revenue and Usage Statistics (2021), https://www.businessofapps.com/data/microsoft-teams-statistics/ [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Business of Apps. </ref>.		MS Teams is a cloud-based collaboration and communication platform developed by the Microsoft company that allows for document collaboration, presentation, and white-boarding capabilities in addition to their more well-known communication features. It is combining earlier known digital tools like Skype (for Business), Clouds or Drives, and several more. Furthermore, Teams is widely used by multiple companies and institutions to provide connectivity and communicate across locations such as global or country wide (project) groups or e.g. during home office. Therefore, “the software skyrocketed in popularity during [the COVID pandemic] lockdown, reaching 44 million active users by March and 75 million by April“ <ref name="apps"> David Curry (2021) Microsoft Teams Revenue and Usage Statistics (2021), https://www.businessofapps.com/data/microsoft-teams-statistics/ [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Business of Apps. </ref>.

	At the centre of the various functions of Microsoft Teams are groups - the so-called teams. These are groups that are created by a group administrator (team owner) and include people e.g. of the same project, no matter if inside or outside a company or organisation. For example, members of a department, a project or a learning community can be gathered in a team. <ref name="mst"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref> [[File:mst.png\|500px\|thumb\|right\|alt text\|Figure 2: ]]		At the centre of the various functions of Microsoft Teams are groups - the so-called teams. These are groups that are created by a group administrator (team owner) and include people e.g. of the same project, no matter if inside or outside a company or organisation. For example, members of a department, a project or a learning community can be gathered in a team. <ref name="mst"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref> [[File:mst.png\|500px\|thumb\|right\|alt text\|Figure 2: Screenshot of Microsoft Teams surface]]

	As already mentioned MS Teams is providing its basic features like		As already mentioned MS Teams is providing its basic features like

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2021-02-28T22:54:02Z

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	MS Teams is a cloud-based collaboration and communication platform developed by the Microsoft company that allows for document collaboration, presentation, and white-boarding capabilities in addition to their more well-known communication features. It is combining earlier known digital tools like Skype (for Business), Clouds or Drives, and several more. Furthermore, Teams is widely used by multiple companies and institutions to provide connectivity and communicate across locations such as global or country wide (project) groups or e.g. during home office. Therefore, “the software skyrocketed in popularity during [the COVID pandemic] lockdown, reaching 44 million active users by March and 75 million by April“ <ref name="apps"> David Curry (2021) Microsoft Teams Revenue and Usage Statistics (2021), https://www.businessofapps.com/data/microsoft-teams-statistics/ [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Business of Apps. </ref>.		MS Teams is a cloud-based collaboration and communication platform developed by the Microsoft company that allows for document collaboration, presentation, and white-boarding capabilities in addition to their more well-known communication features. It is combining earlier known digital tools like Skype (for Business), Clouds or Drives, and several more. Furthermore, Teams is widely used by multiple companies and institutions to provide connectivity and communicate across locations such as global or country wide (project) groups or e.g. during home office. Therefore, “the software skyrocketed in popularity during [the COVID pandemic] lockdown, reaching 44 million active users by March and 75 million by April“ <ref name="apps"> David Curry (2021) Microsoft Teams Revenue and Usage Statistics (2021), https://www.businessofapps.com/data/microsoft-teams-statistics/ [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Business of Apps. </ref>.

	At the centre of the various functions of Microsoft Teams are groups - the so-called teams. These are groups that are created by a group administrator (team owner) and include people e.g. of the same project, no matter if inside or outside a company or organisation. For example, members of a department, a project or a learning community can be gathered in a team. <ref name="mst"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref> [[File:\|500px\|thumb\|right\|alt text\|Figure 2: ]]		At the centre of the various functions of Microsoft Teams are groups - the so-called teams. These are groups that are created by a group administrator (team owner) and include people e.g. of the same project, no matter if inside or outside a company or organisation. For example, members of a department, a project or a learning community can be gathered in a team. <ref name="mst"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref> [[File:mst.png\|500px\|thumb\|right\|alt text\|Figure 2: ]]

	As already mentioned MS Teams is providing its basic features like		As already mentioned MS Teams is providing its basic features like

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2021-02-28T22:53:39Z

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	MS Teams is a cloud-based collaboration and communication platform developed by the Microsoft company that allows for document collaboration, presentation, and white-boarding capabilities in addition to their more well-known communication features. It is combining earlier known digital tools like Skype (for Business), Clouds or Drives, and several more. Furthermore, Teams is widely used by multiple companies and institutions to provide connectivity and communicate across locations such as global or country wide (project) groups or e.g. during home office. Therefore, “the software skyrocketed in popularity during [the COVID pandemic] lockdown, reaching 44 million active users by March and 75 million by April“ <ref name="apps"> David Curry (2021) Microsoft Teams Revenue and Usage Statistics (2021), https://www.businessofapps.com/data/microsoft-teams-statistics/ [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Business of Apps. </ref>.		MS Teams is a cloud-based collaboration and communication platform developed by the Microsoft company that allows for document collaboration, presentation, and white-boarding capabilities in addition to their more well-known communication features. It is combining earlier known digital tools like Skype (for Business), Clouds or Drives, and several more. Furthermore, Teams is widely used by multiple companies and institutions to provide connectivity and communicate across locations such as global or country wide (project) groups or e.g. during home office. Therefore, “the software skyrocketed in popularity during [the COVID pandemic] lockdown, reaching 44 million active users by March and 75 million by April“ <ref name="apps"> David Curry (2021) Microsoft Teams Revenue and Usage Statistics (2021), https://www.businessofapps.com/data/microsoft-teams-statistics/ [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Business of Apps. </ref>.

	At the centre of the various functions of Microsoft Teams are groups - the so-called teams. These are groups that are created by a group administrator (team owner) and include people e.g. of the same project, no matter if inside or outside a company or organisation. For example, members of a department, a project or a learning community can be gathered in a team. <ref name="mst"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref> [[File:\|500px\|thumb\|right\|alt text\|Figure 2: ~~Screenshot of examples of apps in Microsoft Teams~~ ]]		At the centre of the various functions of Microsoft Teams are groups - the so-called teams. These are groups that are created by a group administrator (team owner) and include people e.g. of the same project, no matter if inside or outside a company or organisation. For example, members of a department, a project or a learning community can be gathered in a team. <ref name="mst"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref> [[File:\|500px\|thumb\|right\|alt text\|Figure 2: ]]

	As already mentioned MS Teams is providing its basic features like		As already mentioned MS Teams is providing its basic features like

Nille05 at 22:53, 28 February 2021

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	MS Teams is a cloud-based collaboration and communication platform developed by the Microsoft company that allows for document collaboration, presentation, and white-boarding capabilities in addition to their more well-known communication features. It is combining earlier known digital tools like Skype (for Business), Clouds or Drives, and several more. Furthermore, Teams is widely used by multiple companies and institutions to provide connectivity and communicate across locations such as global or country wide (project) groups or e.g. during home office. Therefore, “the software skyrocketed in popularity during [the COVID pandemic] lockdown, reaching 44 million active users by March and 75 million by April“ <ref name="apps"> David Curry (2021) Microsoft Teams Revenue and Usage Statistics (2021), https://www.businessofapps.com/data/microsoft-teams-statistics/ [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Business of Apps. </ref>.		MS Teams is a cloud-based collaboration and communication platform developed by the Microsoft company that allows for document collaboration, presentation, and white-boarding capabilities in addition to their more well-known communication features. It is combining earlier known digital tools like Skype (for Business), Clouds or Drives, and several more. Furthermore, Teams is widely used by multiple companies and institutions to provide connectivity and communicate across locations such as global or country wide (project) groups or e.g. during home office. Therefore, “the software skyrocketed in popularity during [the COVID pandemic] lockdown, reaching 44 million active users by March and 75 million by April“ <ref name="apps"> David Curry (2021) Microsoft Teams Revenue and Usage Statistics (2021), https://www.businessofapps.com/data/microsoft-teams-statistics/ [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Business of Apps. </ref>.

	At the centre of the various functions of Microsoft Teams are groups - the so-called teams. These are groups that are created by a group administrator (team owner) and include people e.g. of the same project, no matter if inside or outside a company or organisation. For example, members of a department, a project or a learning community can be gathered in a team. <ref name="mst"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref> [[File:~~apps.png~~\|500px\|thumb\|right\|alt text\|Figure 2: Screenshot of examples of apps in Microsoft Teams ]]		At the centre of the various functions of Microsoft Teams are groups - the so-called teams. These are groups that are created by a group administrator (team owner) and include people e.g. of the same project, no matter if inside or outside a company or organisation. For example, members of a department, a project or a learning community can be gathered in a team. <ref name="mst"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref> [[File:\|500px\|thumb\|right\|alt text\|Figure 2: Screenshot of examples of apps in Microsoft Teams ]]

	As already mentioned MS Teams is providing its basic features like		As already mentioned MS Teams is providing its basic features like

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	[[File:Teams.jpeg\|500px\|thumb\|right\|alt text\|Figure 1: Logo Microsoft Teams <ref name="pro"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/search?q=Teams [''retrieved Feb 21th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref> ]]		[[File:Teams.jpeg\|500px\|thumb\|right\|alt text\|Figure 1: Logo Microsoft Teams <ref name="pro"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/search?q=Teams [''retrieved Feb 21th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref> ]]

	'''Microsoft Teams''' - in short MS Teams or just Teams - is the name of a cloud-based collaboration and communication platform developed by the Microsoft company that allows for document collaboration, presentation, and white-boarding capabilities in addition to their more well-known communication features. <ref name="pro"> Admin (2017) Microsoft Teams for Project Managers: Top 5 Tips to Get Started Today!, https://www.proserveit.com/blog/microsoft-teams-for-project-managers [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: ProServeIT Corporation. </ref>		'''Microsoft Teams''' - in short MS Teams or just Teams - is the name of a cloud-based collaboration and communication platform developed by the Microsoft company that allows for document collaboration, presentation, and white-boarding capabilities in addition to their more well-known communication features. MS Teams is one of several digital tools used in many companies and projects today. <ref name="pro"> Admin (2017) Microsoft Teams for Project Managers: Top 5 Tips to Get Started Today!, https://www.proserveit.com/blog/microsoft-teams-for-project-managers [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: ProServeIT Corporation. </ref>

	Within Microsoft 365, MS Teams is the central place for digital collaboration. Microsoft Teams enables group chats, joint work on documents, news feeds, video and telephone conferences, online meetings and much more. In addition, a shareable cloud storage space is provided. The platform can be used from various devices such as PCs, laptops, smartphones or tablets. <ref name="mst"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref>		Within Microsoft 365, MS Teams is the central place for digital collaboration. Microsoft Teams enables group chats, joint work on documents, news feeds, video and telephone conferences, online meetings and much more. In addition, a shareable cloud storage space is provided. The platform can be used from various devices such as PCs, laptops, smartphones or tablets. <ref name="mst"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref>


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	== Historical perspective ==		== Historical perspective ==

	The industry and therefore also project management experienced various different phases of development. Starting with handshakes and letters having a time frequency of several weeks, to phone (19th century <ref name="wiki1"> Wikipedia (2021) History of the telephone [only used for fun facts], https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_telephone [''retrieved Feb 26th 2021''], Publisher: Wikimedia Foundation. </ref>) was speeding up things and especially communication. Later with the computer technology (20th century <ref name="wiki2"> Wikipedia (2021) History of computing hardware [only used for fun facts], https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware [''retrieved Feb 26th 2021''], Publisher: Wikimedia Foundation. </ref>) made its huge step. But even at the beginning of the 21st century, face-to-face meetings still dominated Skype (for Business) conversations on important issues. The time of tons of papers somewhere in the basement of all big companies got (mostly) replaced by high-speed ~~severs~~ and even cloud solutions. Talking about these cloud-based technologies the industry (and also universities and schools) and therefore projects are using platforms like Microsoft Teams (March 2017 <ref name="wiki3"> Wikipedia (2021) Microsoft Teams [*only used for fun facts], https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Teams [''retrieved Feb 26th 2021''], Publisher: Wikimedia Foundation. </ref>) for various reasons.		The industry and therefore also project management experienced various different phases of development. Starting with handshakes and letters having a time frequency of several weeks, to phone (19th century <ref name="wiki1"> Wikipedia (2021) History of the telephone [only used for fun facts], https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_telephone [''retrieved Feb 26th 2021''], Publisher: Wikimedia Foundation. </ref>) was speeding up things and especially communication. Later with the computer technology (20th century <ref name="wiki2"> Wikipedia (2021) History of computing hardware [only used for fun facts], https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_hardware [''retrieved Feb 26th 2021''], Publisher: Wikimedia Foundation. </ref>) made its huge step. But even at the beginning of the 21st century, face-to-face meetings still dominated Skype (for Business) conversations on important issues. The time of tons of papers somewhere in the basement of all big companies got (mostly) replaced by high-speed server and even cloud solutions. Talking about these cloud-based technologies, the industry - and also universities and schools - and therefore projects are using platforms like Microsoft Teams (March 2017 <ref name="wiki3"> Wikipedia (2021) Microsoft Teams [*only used for fun facts], https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Teams [''retrieved Feb 26th 2021''], Publisher: Wikimedia Foundation. </ref>) for various reasons.

	For project management, digitalisation means massive changes in processes, communication, organisation, resource management and monitoring. The reasons are the increased use of digital tools - such as MS Teams - as well as the new way of collecting, exchanging and processing data. Project management must adapt to more speed and greater complexity in the course of digitalisation. In addition, digitalisation creates faster and more flexible cooperation and communication across departments and companies.		For project management, digitalisation means massive changes in processes, communication, organisation, resource management and monitoring. The reasons are the increased use of digital tools - such as MS Teams - as well as the new way of collecting, exchanging and processing data. Project management must adapt to more speed and greater complexity in the course of digitalisation. In addition, digitalisation creates faster and more flexible cooperation and communication across departments and companies.

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	MS Teams is a cloud-based collaboration and communication platform developed by the Microsoft company that allows for document collaboration, presentation, and white-boarding capabilities in addition to their more well-known communication features. It is combining earlier known digital tools like Skype (for Business), Clouds or Drives, and several more. Furthermore, Teams is widely used by multiple companies and institutions to provide connectivity and communicate across locations such as global or country wide (project) groups or e.g. during home office. Therefore, “the software skyrocketed in popularity during [the COVID pandemic] lockdown, reaching 44 million active users by March and 75 million by April“ <ref name="apps"> David Curry (2021) Microsoft Teams Revenue and Usage Statistics (2021), https://www.businessofapps.com/data/microsoft-teams-statistics/ [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Business of Apps. </ref>.		MS Teams is a cloud-based collaboration and communication platform developed by the Microsoft company that allows for document collaboration, presentation, and white-boarding capabilities in addition to their more well-known communication features. It is combining earlier known digital tools like Skype (for Business), Clouds or Drives, and several more. Furthermore, Teams is widely used by multiple companies and institutions to provide connectivity and communicate across locations such as global or country wide (project) groups or e.g. during home office. Therefore, “the software skyrocketed in popularity during [the COVID pandemic] lockdown, reaching 44 million active users by March and 75 million by April“ <ref name="apps"> David Curry (2021) Microsoft Teams Revenue and Usage Statistics (2021), https://www.businessofapps.com/data/microsoft-teams-statistics/ [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Business of Apps. </ref>.

			At the centre of the various functions of Microsoft Teams are groups - the so-called teams. These are groups that are created by a group administrator (team owner) and include people e.g. of the same project, no matter if inside or outside a company or organisation. For example, members of a department, a project or a learning community can be gathered in a team. <ref name="mst"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref> [[File:apps.png\|500px\|thumb\|right\|alt text\|Figure 2: Screenshot of examples of apps in Microsoft Teams ]]
	At the centre of the various functions of Microsoft Teams are groups - the so-called teams. These are groups that are created by a group administrator (team owner) and include people inside or outside a company or organisation. For example, members of a department, a project or a learning community can be gathered in a team. <ref name="mst"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref> [[File:apps.png\|500px\|thumb\|right\|alt text\|Figure 2: Screenshot of examples of apps in Microsoft Teams ]]

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	and furthermore focusing directly the topic of project management with tools like Gantt charts, timelines and task managers. <ref name="mst"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref>		and furthermore focusing directly the topic of project management with tools like Gantt charts, timelines and task managers. <ref name="mst"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref>

	Additional beneficial and flexible features of MS Teams are <ref name="mst"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref>		Additional beneficial and flexible features of MS Teams for project management are <ref name="mst"> Microsoft Corporation (2021) Microsoft Teams, https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software [''retrieved Feb 14th 2021''], Publisher: Microsoft Corporation. </ref>
	*transparent sharing of overall information		*transparent sharing of overall information
	*tracking of deadlines		*tracking of deadlines

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	== Limitations ==		== Limitations ==

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	Of course MS Teams is not replacing the traditional handshake or physical meetings in general, but it is (especially in times like the COVID-19 pandemic) a great and useful way to communicate. Also the organisational features and many other apps collaborating with MS Teams are of big help to handle groups and project with a central tool across multiple portfolios, programs and portfolios, independently of location, culture or time-zone.		Of course MS Teams is not replacing the traditional handshake or physical meetings in general, but it is (especially in times like the COVID-19 pandemic) a great and useful way to communicate. Also the organisational features and many other apps collaborating with MS Teams are of big help to handle groups and project with a central tool across multiple portfolios, programs and portfolios, independently of location, culture or time-zone.

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	Of course MS Teams is not replacing the traditional handshake or physical meetings in general, but it is (especially in times like the COVID-19 pandemic) a great and useful way to communicate. Also the organisational features and many other apps collaborating with MS Teams are of big help to handle groups and project with a central tool across multiple portfolios, programs and portfolios, independently of location, culture or time-zone.		Of course MS Teams is not replacing the traditional handshake or physical meetings in general, but it is (especially in times like the COVID-19 pandemic) a great and useful way to communicate. Also the organisational features and many other apps collaborating with MS Teams are of big help to handle groups and project with a central tool across multiple portfolios, programs and portfolios, independently of location, culture or time-zone.
	However, a limitation of digital platforms - and therefore also MS Teams - is the dependence on modern thinking working environments and working cultures. Of course, digitalisation is happening in all parts of life, but there are still plenty of ~~companies~~ and ~~organisations~~ not willig or are not able to move in that direction. Furthermore, aspects of good (internet) connection and modern (western) development is a very depending conditions for being able to communicate, collaborate and coordinate on and with digital tools.		However, a limitation of digital platforms - and therefore also MS Teams - is the dependence on modern thinking working environments and working cultures. Of course, digitalisation is happening in all parts of life, but there are still plenty of organisations and projects not willig or are not able to move in that direction. Furthermore, aspects of good (internet) connection and modern (western) development is a very depending conditions for being able to communicate, collaborate and coordinate projects on and with digital tools.
			Furthermore, digitalisation still remains a challenge. Maybe not for Millennials, but for many older generations various digital tools are not intuitively adaptable; and therefore difficult and time consuming to learn to work with. Depending on the project stakeholders, it is even recommended to implement digitalisation and new digital tools like MS Teams throughout multiple workshops done by experts on this field.
			To summarise, age and culture of the project stakeholders; the way of thinking; as well as the development of infrastructure are key factors the implementation and integration of digital tools are depending on.

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