Microsoft Teams gets inventive new conference call features to make Slack users jealous

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft is celebrating the second anniversary of its Microsoft Teams launch with some impressive new features to rival Slack. The software maker now has more than 500,000 organizations using Microsoft Teams, including 91 of the Fortune 100. That’s likely due to the fact Microsoft bundles Teams with its Office 365 subscriptions, making it an appealing choice for businesses that already pay for the Office suite of apps.

Still, Microsoft Teams is growing and rivaling Slack at the same time, and the company is now adding some unique features to improve meetings on the service. After adding background blur to Skype last month, Microsoft is building on the feature in Microsoft Teams to add customizable backgrounds. This lets you join a video…

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