2022 looks to be the year when Microsoft Teams will deliver an easy-to-use solution that fosters true collaboration across organizations while deepening and broadening connections within organizations.
Microsoft Teams has already connected millions of people, with a reported 250 million monthly active users. Most of these connected users are limited to knowledge workers collaborating within a single organization, or using real-time communication between organizations: chat, calls, meetings.
If both your organization and another organization has enabled external access (aka federation) you can initiate a private chat by simply entering their email address. If you want to chat with someone outside your organization who does not use Teams, when you initiate a chat, Teams will send the person an invitation to use Teams via email.
