Difference between Zoom and Teams meetings

The choice of platform depends on your familiarity with the platform and teaching needs.

Zoom is a web conferencing tool which is easy to set up; Teams has other features integrated with Office 365 that facilitate collaboration throughout the semester, but there is a learning curve.

Feature	Zoom	Microsoft Teams
Max no. of participants for online meetings	300	1000 ^new
Join meeting link	Yes	Yes
Calendar Invite	No	Yes
Waiting Room / Lobby	Yes	Yes
Lock Meeting	Yes	No
Set password to meeting	Yes	No
Chat during meeting	Yes, during meeting	Yes, extends beyond meeting
Screen Sharing	Yes	Yes
File Sharing	Yes, during meeting	Yes, extends beyond meeting
Change Video Layout / Toggle Gallery View	Yes	No
Breakout Rooms	Yes	Yes ^new
Raise Hand	Yes	Yes
Virtual Background	Yes	Yes
External Users	Yes	Yes
Participants in China	Yes	Yes
Cloud Recording	Yes, cloud or local drive	Yes, only cloud (Teams/Microsoft Stream)
Attendance Report	Yes	Yes

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Difference between Zoom and Teams meetings

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