Teams vs email: when to use what
Use Microsoft Teams for fast, collaborative, internal work - chat, channels, co-editing - and email for formal, external or record-keeping messages. The rule of thumb: a quick internal exchange goes in Teams; anything that needs a paper trail or goes outside goes in email.
Teams
Quick questions, group work, shared files and meetings.
External contacts, formal records, and anything you need to reference later.
Avoid double-posting
Pick one channel per conversation.
FAQ
Can Teams replace email entirely?
Internally often; externally email still rules.
Where do decisions go?
Summarise them where people will find them later.
What causes overload?
Using both for the same thing - choose one.
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The Effict Labs practice
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