Chat

The central feature of Microsoft Teams is a space for group chat, similar to Slack. Chat in Microsoft Teams is both "persistent" -- it's saved so you can go back and review it later -- and also "threaded," meaning that different branches can be broken off from the main conversation to minimize confusion. Directing messages to certain users will be accomplished using the "@" symbol as on Slack, Twitter and Facebook. By default, conversations are visible to the whole team, though private chat is an option as well.