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Stripe Now Powers Real-Time Card Payments on Microsoft Teams
Payments Innovation // May 01, 2023

Businesses using Microsoft Teams can now accept payments with Stripe. With Stripe powering Teams Payments, meeting hosts can accept real-time card payments before, during or after virtual appointments, classes and other events, the companies said in a Monday (May 1) press release. “We’re thrilled to...

Meta Workplace Social Network Integrates With Microsoft Teams
Technology // November 10, 2021

Meta, formerly Facebook, and Microsoft on Wednesday (Nov. 10) rolled out plans for the integration of Meta’s Workplace enterprise social network software suite and Microsoft Teams, which will give customers access to Workplace content in the Teams app, according to a CNBC report. The deal...

Microsoft Acquires Intentional Software To Boost Teams
Partnerships / Acquisitions // April 19, 2017

Microsoft just recently announced the acquisition of Intentional Software, a tech company with a focus on team productivity applications founded in 2002 by Microsoft’s own former chief architect Charles Simonyi. The move to acquire Intentional Software signals Microsoft’s intent to boost its future productivity solution...

Microsoft Launches Teams After Four Months Of Previewing The Corporate App
Innovation // March 15, 2017

Microsoft is launching Teams, its chat-focused workspace for Office 365, on Tuesday (March 14) in 181 markets around the globe. According to a report, Teams is taking on Slack, Facebook, Google and Amazon in the enterprise messaging marketplace. Microsoft had been testing Teams for four...

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Microsoft Reportedly Working to Head Off EU Antitrust Investigation

May 04, 2023
Microsoft has reportedly told European Union officials that it’s willing to charge for Teams. The offer is meant to address the concerns of the EU’s competition regulator and help the company avoid an antitrust investigation, Reuters reported Thursday (May 4), citing unnamed sources. Reached for comment by PYMNTS, a Microsoft spokesperson said: “We are mindful […]

Stripe Now Powers Real-Time Card Payments on Microsoft Teams

May 01, 2023
Businesses using Microsoft Teams can now accept payments with Stripe. With Stripe powering Teams Payments, meeting hosts can accept real-time card payments before, during or after virtual appointments, classes and...

Meta Workplace Social Network Integrates With Microsoft Teams

November 10, 2021
Meta, formerly Facebook, and Microsoft on Wednesday (Nov. 10) rolled out plans for the integration of Meta’s Workplace enterprise social network software suite and Microsoft Teams, which will give customers...

Microsoft Acquires Intentional Software To Boost Teams

April 19, 2017
Microsoft just recently announced the acquisition of Intentional Software, a tech company with a focus on team productivity applications founded in 2002 by Microsoft’s own former chief architect Charles Simonyi....