Microsoft Teams: Too Many Apps in One?

by Apr 25, 2025

Microsoft Teams: Too Many Apps in One?

All-in-one apps like Teams? That’s a hard pass from me.

Microsoft Teams wants to be the one app to rule them all.

But I’m the guy who likes my apps separate, like LEGO bricksβ€”not superglued together.

I open my To-Do app separately. I use a standalone Git app (GitKraken). I don’t use the built-in terminal in my IDE.

Give me freedom to arrange windows like a mad scientist, please πŸ™

Teams tries to do: – Chat πŸ’¬ – Calls πŸ“ž – Tasks βœ… – Calendar πŸ“† – Project boards πŸ—‚οΈ – Documents πŸ“‘ – Coffee brewing (future?) β˜•

I don’t need one app to do it all. I want one app to do one thing really well.

Teams, just be the best chat and call app. Please πŸ™.

Anyone else feel like Teams is trying too hard?

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Remy van Duijkeren

Remy van Duijkeren

Power Platform Advisor

Microsoft Power Platform Advisor with over 25 years of experience in IT with a focus on (marketing) automation and integration.

Helping organizations with scaling their business by automating processes on the Power Platform (Dynamics 365).

Expert in Power Platform, Dynamics 365 (Marketing & Sales) and Azure Integration Services. Giving advice and strategy consultancy.

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