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Microsoft Teams |
Zoom |
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Maximum no. of participants in a meeting |
300 |
300 |
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Limit in meeting duration |
No |
No |
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Change of display name |
Staff: display name is synchronized with the sender name of HKU email account Students: display name is student’s full name registered under SIS |
Users can add their preferred name under their Zoom accounts or enter any name if they join a meeting without login |
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Change/add profile picture |
Staff: cannot change because staff members are using on-premise Exchange and the version does not support this feature Students: can change the profile picture by clicking on it and selecting "Change Picture" |
Yes, users can add a profile picture of their own |
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Lock a meeting (disallow people from entering into a meeting after a meeting is locked) |
No, only meeting lobby is available to control people from entering into a meeting |
Yes |
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Maximum no. of participants to display on screen |
9 participants |
25 participants and up to 49 participants (subject to the resolution of the display) |
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Meeting ID and password |
No |
Yes |
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Private chat |
Yes, if the participant belongs to the same organization |
Yes, participant can choose anyone to chat with privately unless this option is disabled by the host |
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Recording |
Cloud recording and saved on MS Stream |
Cloud recording or local recording |
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Recording right |
Anyone within the same organization in Teams (note: staff and students are belonging to 2 different organizations under MS Teams) |
By default only the meeting host can record and the host can assign the recording right to other participants |
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Screen sharing using iOS/Android devices |
Can share using iOS and Android devices (click here for details) |
Can share using iOS and Android devices |
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Virtual background |
Yes, it refers to “background effects”. Blur background is also available. Use of customized picture is also supported |
Yes and users can use their own pictures to create a virtual background. |
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Polling |
No, recommend to create polling using MS Forms and share the link to participants on MS Teams |
Yes |
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Attendance report |
Yes, click here for the steps |
Yes |
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Breakout room |
No |
Yes |
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Raise hand & request to unmute |
Yes |
Yes |
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Annotate on shared screen |
No |
Yes |
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Whiteboard |
Yes |
Yes |
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Confine participants by email domain |
No |
Yes |