Microsoft Teams would increase the group call participant limit to 250 from the current level of 100 on the video conferencing platform. And, the company might make this update announcement in mid-May. Guidance to this effect was found in the company's roadmap section for Microsoft Teams, where it was mentioned that development is underway to increase the number of participants to 250, which would increase the platform compared to its close competitors. Zoom and Google Meet. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently announced that the company's video conferencing platform now has more than 75 million users. Petri.com first saw this decision to increase the limit of participants in Microsoft Teams. This additional capacity would be a welcome development for large companies that have been blocked by the limited number of video conferencing platforms. Of course, this development would not affect the free plans in Microsoft Teams, since only 20 people can make a call. < p lang="en" dir="ltr">IKEA introduces custom backgrounds for #Microsoft #Teams to make your video meetings even more engaging. I must love your wit! Https: //t.co/bi0JB97He63 May 2020 For paying subscribers, this move would be welcome as it adds to the existing benefits of being able to schedule meetings, record them, make phone calls and even have the ability to make a call from audio conference. Microsoft Teams also offers 1TB of storage per user, which equals 1GB for free plans per user, and an additional 10GB of shared storage. The increased demand for the Microsoft Teams application has allowed the company to exceed market expectations in quarterly results. Nadella said that high demand for devices with new features, such as expanded live captioning support for Android and iOS users and availability for desktop users, has led to more adoption. Microsoft Teams also offers the ability to view shared content during a meeting through a phone call over the cellular network. Of course, since Microsoft had already put controls in place to limit notifications and distractions, the numbers added in the new implementation wouldn't affect call quality. Users would have observed that once more than 20 people are in communication, features like Outlook auto-replies and team status messages, keystroke indicator, etc.