A report by Forrester Research concluded that about 20% of all support tickets are related to passwords and unlocking an account. Another study concluded that the cost of a help desk call today averages around 30 Euro, which, undeniably is, quite high in terms of customer serviceability cost. Combining these two studies, it is not difficult to estimate the expenditure IT service desks would bear just to solve tickets related to account unlocking issues.

Image Source Before we go on to what features distinguish Teams from Slack and which collaboration hub you should use for your business’ internal/external communications, consider this: Microsoft is a Behemoth. Slack Technologies — Not so much. Though Microsoft Teams is the new kid on the block, things are already looking like David and Goliath between the two. Why? Because Microsoft Teams already has around 20 million daily active users whereas Slack has only 12 million.