Microsoft Teams profile
Microsoft Teams
teams.microsoft.com(opens in new tab)Microsoft's meetings, workplace messaging and collaboration service.
The organisation’s communication habits are a powerful form of lock-in.
Where the money comes from
Paid licences and Microsoft business bundles support the product.
Sources (6)
- Microsoft Teams — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Teams — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION — SEC company factsPrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
- Recap in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Listen to audio recaps of your meetings | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for intelligent recap in Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft LearnPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
What they made last year
Microsoft Corporation: USD 331.84 billion revenue in the year ended 2026-06-30. Net income: USD 133.75 billion. Group/company figures.
Sources (4)
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION — SEC company factsPrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
- Recap in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Listen to audio recaps of your meetings | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for intelligent recap in Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft LearnPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
How much they keep
40.31% net margin for the year ended 2026-06-30: reported net income divided by revenue.
Sources (4)
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION — SEC company factsPrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
- Recap in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Listen to audio recaps of your meetings | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for intelligent recap in Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft LearnPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
What they’re worth
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), 2026-10-16 snapshot: USD 529.05 per share. Market capitalisation: USD 3.93T.
Sources (5)
- Microsoft Corporation — dated market snapshotSecondary market data · accessed 18 October 2026
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION — SEC company factsPrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
- Recap in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Listen to audio recaps of your meetings | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for intelligent recap in Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft LearnPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Where the money is heading
Teams strengthens the Microsoft 365 bundle while AI adds another reason for businesses to pay for deeper access.
Sources (6)
- Microsoft Teams — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Teams — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION — SEC company factsPrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
- Recap in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Listen to audio recaps of your meetings | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for intelligent recap in Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft LearnPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Who runs it
Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft owns LinkedIn and GitHub as well as Teams, Bing and its office products. An OpenAI partnership is a separate relationship from owning those services.
Sources (6)
- Microsoft Teams — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Corporation — dated ownership disclosurePrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION — SEC company factsPrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
- Recap in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Listen to audio recaps of your meetings | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for intelligent recap in Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft LearnPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Selected dated shareholder disclosures
The Vanguard Group
An investment-management group. This is a historical aggregate disclosure; its 2026 internal realignment/disaggregation prevents treating the old aggregate as a current holding.
- Equity percentage
- 8.95%
- Disclosure as of
- 30 September 2025
Historical 2025 proxy aggregate; based on a February 2024 filing, not a current 2026 ownership estimate.
Sources (1)
- Microsoft Corporation — dated ownership disclosurePrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
BlackRock
An investment-management group reporting voting or investment authority over shares held through managed portfolios. The position is not all the manager’s own economic wealth.
- Equity percentage
- 7.3%
- Disclosure as of
- 30 September 2025
2025 proxy table based on a February 2024 disclosure; not a live position.
Sources (1)
- Microsoft Corporation — dated ownership disclosurePrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
Sources (1)
- Microsoft Corporation — dated ownership disclosurePrimary regulatory filing · accessed 18 October 2026
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Photo credits
- The Vanguard Group — The Vanguard Group. Public domain. Wikimedia raster rendition resized to fit 168 pixels; lossless WebP, original colours and proportions.
- BlackRock — BlackRock. Public domain. Original SVG geometry unchanged; contained in a white tile.
What AI does here
Copilot and Intelligent Recap produce meeting notes, tasks, highlights and audio recaps from meeting information. A meeting becomes searchable working material.
Sources (5)
- Recap in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Listen to audio recaps of your meetings | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for intelligent recap in Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft LearnPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Teams — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Teams — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
Who supplies the brains
Microsoft supplies Teams, Microsoft 365 and the Copilot infrastructure. Organisational licences determine which features appear.
Sources (5)
- Recap in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Listen to audio recaps of your meetings | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for intelligent recap in Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft LearnPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Teams — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Teams — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
What it learns from you
Microsoft’s privacy statement separates consumer services from enterprise/developer services. The organisation can control work data, retention and enabled features. Optional Copilot processing must be read under the applicable commercial or consumer terms rather than transferred between them.
Sources (7)
- Recap in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Listen to audio recaps of your meetings | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for intelligent recap in Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft LearnPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Outlook — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Teams — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Teams — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
Who checks its work
Administrators and meeting organisers set recording, transcription and AI policies. Company access permissions remain central to what a user can retrieve.
Sources (7)
- Recap in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Listen to audio recaps of your meetings | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for intelligent recap in Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft LearnPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Teams — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Teams — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Outlook — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
How much choice you have
Manage status and notifications, check recording/AI settings and use summaries to avoid treating every notification as a demand for immediate attention.
Sources (7)
- Recap in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Listen to audio recaps of your meetings | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for intelligent recap in Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft LearnPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Outlook — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Teams — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Teams — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
Editorial Trust score: 60/100
Assessed 18 October 2026
What they say vs what they do
15/25 points
Teams belongs to Microsoft’s collaboration ecosystem. The exact account—personal, work or education—determines which administrator and contractual controls apply. A chat or meeting should not be treated as confidential merely because it appears inside a workplace app.
Sources (5)
- Microsoft Outlook — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Recap in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Listen to audio recaps of your meetings | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for intelligent recap in Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft LearnPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
What they know—and what they do with it
15/25 points
Microsoft’s privacy statement separates consumer services from enterprise/developer services. The organisation can control work data, retention and enabled features. Optional Copilot processing must be read under the applicable commercial or consumer terms rather than transferred between them.
Sources (5)
- Microsoft Outlook — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Recap in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Listen to audio recaps of your meetings | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for intelligent recap in Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft LearnPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Quality vs Quantity
15/25 points
A workplace message is not necessarily an approved instruction or complete record.
Sources (7)
- Microsoft Outlook — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Teams — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Teams — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
- Recap in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Listen to audio recaps of your meetings | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for intelligent recap in Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft LearnPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
How much control you really have
15/25 points
Manage status and notifications, check recording/AI settings and use summaries to avoid treating every notification as a demand for immediate attention.
Sources (7)
- Microsoft Outlook — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — Trust evidencePublic primary documentation · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Teams — official product pagePrimary product · accessed 18 October 2026
- Microsoft Teams — Apple App StorePrimary store metadata · accessed 18 October 2026
- Recap in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Listen to audio recaps of your meetings | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for intelligent recap in Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft LearnPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Who does it better
Comparison priority: integration with existing workplace files and permissions versus the complexity of the collaboration setup.
Sources (3)
- Recap in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Listen to audio recaps of your meetings | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for intelligent recap in Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft LearnPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
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Reinforcement— The reward
Completing a call, finding a file or catching a missed decision rewards returning to the shared workspace.
Sources (3)
- Recap in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Listen to audio recaps of your meetings | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for intelligent recap in Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft LearnPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Prompts & Cues— The trigger
Meeting reminders, chat notifications and mentions place Teams throughout the working day.
Sources (3)
- Recap in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Listen to audio recaps of your meetings | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for intelligent recap in Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft LearnPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Response Effort— The easy path
Chat, calendars, files, meetings and Microsoft 365 integration remove the need to switch tools for each step.
Sources (3)
- Recap in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Listen to audio recaps of your meetings | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for intelligent recap in Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft LearnPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Social Influence— The crowd
Availability indicators, read receipts and team channels make responsiveness visible to colleagues.
Sources (3)
- Recap in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Listen to audio recaps of your meetings | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for intelligent recap in Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft LearnPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
Loss Aversion & Scarcity— The pressure
A scheduled meeting or active project creates a genuine deadline. Missing the conversation can mean missing the decision.
Sources (3)
- Recap in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Listen to audio recaps of your meetings | Microsoft SupportPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
- Data, privacy, and security for intelligent recap in Teams Premium - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft LearnPublic product or reporting · accessed 18 October 2026
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