[lucasgonze]

...for the business strategy:

1. Neutralize the threat from Slack (AKA Salesforce)

2. Give Enterprise sales teams a checklist item

3. Don't spend a dime more than necessary on software development

4. Integrate with the rest of the MS enterprise product line

On top of those goals, the internal sponsors of Teams have to survive the savage internal politics at Microsoft, so the product is designed to threaten no important factions.

[Spooky23]

Remember that Microsoft has had a UC/chat app forever. Teams in comparison to Skype for Business is an improvement.

[lucasgonze]

Yes, I agree. Skype is even worse, maybe just because it's older and has been neglected longer.