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Microsoft Teams Buries Communication Features Under Expanding Hub Layers

Teams has progressively deprioritized core communication features in favor of a broader productivity hub, making basic actions like finding the Teams view or shared files confusing. Inconsistent terminology between desktop and mobile apps compounds the navigation problems.

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