Microsoft Teams already exists within the education space, but due to the rapid spread of COVID-19, many educators scrambled for a manageable and secure "learn from home" solution.

Microsoft announced the availability of a new Teams for Education app in preview. The company highlighted that the platform's redesign was prompted by the feedback it received from its users.

New Delhi, 15 June 2020 – Microsoft announced ‘Teams for Education’ features to engage and prepare students and teachers for new remote and hybrid learning formats in the upcoming school year. These ...

Microsoft Teams will be a free add-on to Office 365 Education users if they have an Education, Education Plus, Education E3 and/or an Education E5 suite plan. Microsoft is not making Microsoft ...

Microsoft Teams for Education has a new home page that's designed to help catch up on tasks and assignments. The home page shows announcements, pinned classroom resources, ...

Microsoft launched on Nov. 2 its answer to team-collaboration darling Slack. It's called Microsoft Teams. The web-based chat addition to Office 365 is available in preview form, with general ...

For education, Microsoft sees three core scenarios for collaboration in Teams. One is the interaction between teachers and students, who can use Teams to share course materials, as well as ...

Microsoft said these new features were coming to Teams as part of Microsoft Education—specifically, as part of Teams for Education. All but Class Insights will be coming to Teams at large, however.

Microsoft's education boss told employees at an all-hands meeting 100 million students use Teams. But Microsoft struggles to compete with Google for remote learners in some countries, the exec said.