Microsoft Teams Exploratory: Everything You Need to Know

How about a commitment-free trial run for Microsoft Teams premium?

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Updated onMarch 21, 2024

updated onMarch 21, 2024

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Microsoft Teams can be improved with Microsoft Teams Exploratory which gives you a trial access to some of the Microsoft apps. The list includes 18 different services, such as Exchange, Sway, Forms, Planner, StaffHub, Power Apps, Insights, and more.

Before you can use it, you need to have an active and managed Azure AD domain email address and a paid subscription to Office 365.

You also can’t have an active Teams license or be a tenant where a license assignment policy was created. Also, users who have used a trial license or a part of Syndication Partner Customer or a GCC, GCC High, DoD, or EDU are ineligible.

How do I get a free exploratory license for Teams?

1. Steps for administrators

2. Steps for users

Remember that once the first user in an organization has signed up, the 12-month period also begins for all other users, regardless of whether they’ve started using it or not.

What are some of the benefits of the Exploratory Trial?

What happens when Microsoft Teams exploratory trial expires?

Once your trial period elapses, Microsoft is gracious enough to give you another 30-day grace period, but you will lose access to the Office 365 apps.

Thereafter, you have another 30 days, and failure to renew your license within 60 days after the expiration will result in your data being deleted.

This offer put Teams way ahead of its other noteworthy competitor Skype. You can check out ourcomprehensive side-by-side comparison of Teams vs Skypeif you’re still not convinced.

Before you leave, don’t miss our guide on how tocreate and manage teams in Microsoft Teams. We also have a guide on how toenable Microsoft Teams Together mode.

Have you gotten to testing the Microsoft Teams Exploratory experience yet? What are your thoughts, and would you consider upgrading your subscription after the trial period? Let us know in the comment section below.

Microsoft Teams Exploratory: Everything You Need to Know#

How do I get a free exploratory license for Teams?#

1. Steps for administrators#

2. Steps for users#

What are some of the benefits of the Exploratory Trial?#

What happens when Microsoft Teams exploratory trial expires?#