[FAQs] Transitioning from Zoom to Teams

Comparison - Zoom vs. Teams

Over the past few years, the competition between Zoom and Teams has yielded feature enhancement from both solutions.

This allows us the ability to use Teams without losing any features that may have been previously used in Zoom.

Below are some comparisons of features between Zoom and Teams.

If you have any further questions, please contact our helpdesk at helpdesk@llcc.edu

What if I already have a Zoom EDU account?

Effective Dec 16, 2022, any Zoom EDU licenses purchased by LLCC will be converted to free accounts. If you feel that you still need a Zoom account, please speak with your supervisor or Dean for review and departmental purchasing.

Does Teams have all the same features as Zoom?

In a word - Yes! Although updates are constantly being made to both platforms, Teams and Zoom have very similar feature sets. In fact, Teams provides more features in the way of document collaboration, enterprise level chat and Office 365 resource utilization.

Take a look below at a feature comparison chart.

Virtual Meetings and Conferences

Function Zoom Teams Price $50/user/year for a bundle of 150 licenses (base price - not including webinar and other add-ins)
$150/user/year for individual license (base price - not including webinar and other add-ins) Included with Office 365 Audio/Video Calls Yes (audio calls require all parties use Zoom) Yes Automated/Live Captioning No (manual or 3rd party vendor options available) Yes Breakout Rooms Yes Yes Chat Yes Yes (1,000 participants) File transfer Yes Yes Guest join* ** Yes Via browser Lobby / Waiting room Yes Yes Polling Yes Yes Number of Participants 500 1,000 (20,000 listen) Outlook Calendar integration A future feature (Outlook Calendar add-in available) Yes Phone Conf Bridge Included Yes Yes Recording Yes Yes Remote Control Yes Yes Screen Sharing Yes Yes Together Mode/Immersive View Yes Yes Video Background Blur Blur, Custom Background

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Video Sharing Yes Yes Canvas Integration Yes Yes

* Zoom defines a guest is identified as someone who is not signed in to a Zoom account or is signed with an email address that is not in the same account as the host.
** In Teams, a 'guest' is defined as someone from outside the tenant, in this case outside the college community, that has been invited to join a meeting or live event.

Webinars

Function Zoom Teams Host Webinars $400/host/year Included Automated/Live Captioning No (manual or 3rd party vendor options available) Yes Breakout Rooms No Yes Chat with Classmates/Attendees Yes Yes Collaborative Tools (In-Meeting) Yes Yes File Transfer Yes, panelists on the client only Yes Live Transcription Yes (non-HIPAA only) Yes Maximum Event Duration 24 hours 24 hours Number of Participants 500 (larger webinars are available at a cost through Zoom) 10,000 Q&A Tool Yes Yes Recording Yes Yes Video Sharing Yes Yes Virtually Raise Hand Yes Yes

Instant Messaging

Function Zoom Teams File transfer via chat Yes Yes Instant Messaging Yes Yes Persistent Instant Messaging 2 years Unlimited Public Group chat Yes (limited to 10,000 participants) Yes (limited to 10,000 participants) Screen Sharing Yes Yes (limited to 20 participants) Screen Sharing from Chat No Yes (limited to 20 participants) Whiteboard Yes Yes