[Interoperability Issue]: MS Team and Google Meet

[redlobster111]

Hello,

I would like to inquire - if there are any plans moving forward to allow interoperability between MS Team and Google Meet? Take for example, one organization is running on Google Platform - therefore using Google Meet (platform) for their virtual conference calls. While another team organization is using MS platform, and therefore need to use MS Team for their virtual conference calls. 

Would there be a case - where both parties using their own individuals platform provider (MS Team, Google Meet) comes together to have a virtual calls together on their own platform. Thanks 

[icrew]

Are you talking about interoperability of meeting room hardware? Meet already works with a bunch of other vendors’ hardware—see https://support.google.com/a/answer/9039847 for all the details. 

If you’re talking about joining from the computer, I’m not sure I understand. Even though my org uses Meet and Zoom, I can easily join a Teams-based meeting using the Teams web client or the free Teams app from Microsoft. And the same is true for Meet—you don’t need to be a Google customer to participate in a Meet meeting. But maybe I’m misunderstanding?

Cheers,

Ian

[redlobster111]

Hello Ian, 

Sorry for the very late response and replies - as it's been a long whiles since I return back to this portal. But I think you misunderstood me.  Allow me to clarify my earlier question.

E.g.: Scenario #1

Company A - uses Google Workspace Platform

Company B - uses Microsoft 365 Platform

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when individuals from company A and company B make use of their respective office platform (Google Workspace and Microsoft 365), are they able communicate with each other using their respective platform? 

Illustration: 

Company A (Indivdual) sign into Google Workspace Account +

Company B (Individual) sign into MS 365 Account -> communicate virtually (virtual call, presentation and etc.) using the same meeting ID address.

Let me know if you requires further clarification. Thanks

[icrew]

To have a video call, participants from both companies will need to be joining the meeting using the same videoconferencing platform (Meet, Teams, Zoom, WebEx, whatever.)

But that’s entirely possible, either by admitting un-signed-in users as guests to the meeting, or having all participants set up an account with the chosen conferencing platform. For example, see the “existing email address” section of https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/27441?hl=en; or https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0061316; or https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/free

I hope that helps,

Ian

[jspiniak]

I think the question is about Google meet hardware supporting MS Teams. It already supports Zoom and Webex, but for some reason not Teams.

Here is the request on the MS teams side https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/87402146-6ce0-ee11-a73d-6045bdbdc092 . 

Upvote to motivate both companies to work together 😉 

[Dulcinealo]

iCrew – Many corporate locations are opting for a “Google Meet Room” due to its appealing $250-a-year license, which is more affordable compared to the $500-a-year licenses for Teams and Zoom. A typical Google Meet room setup includes a touchscreen interface, Google Meet-approved hardware for audio, and AI-powered cameras. It’s simple—walk into the room, press a button, and either start an instant meeting or join one as a “room.” MS Teams, RingCentral, Cisco WebEx, and Zoom all offer similar features, and their pricing is relatively comparable.

However, the key difference is interoperability. Other platforms offer broader vendor support, which is where Google Meet lags. The link you shared only provides instructions for integrating Cisco WebEx and Zoom, but not MS Teams—which I find odd, considering you can take an MS Teams Room and make it interoperable with Google Meet. It’s surprising that Google Meet doesn’t offer the same interoperability with MS Teams.

If Google needs to increase the price to improve functionality, I say go for it. People are willing to invest in a room where they can push a button, have it just work, and utilize intelligent solutions, possibly with the option to enter a meeting ID and get things running seamlessly.

[ratancs]

It was announced on Google Cloud Next 2023
Interoperability between Google Chat, Microsoft Teams and Slack— powered by Mio 
This solution is generally available for all Google Workspace customers. 

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2023/08/google-chat-slack-interoperability-mio.html
https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/04/google-chat-interoperability-mio-generally-available...

[redlobster111]

Hi @ratancs:

Thank you for the information. I really appreciate your effort.

Actually in some of the "less" technological advanced organisation - I don't think that they are using slack - e.g manufacturing firm are not using slack. I believe only technology firm such as FANNG and Consulting is using slack.

In my earlier post - I am looking for interoperability between MS Team and Google Meet - as the clients and the vendor could be using two very different platform (Email, VC and Cloud-Based System). One of the challenges that I've encountered - can someone on MS Team communicate directly using a common meeting link/pin with the other party on Google Meet without one party being the organiser of the meeting?

The functionality of the screen sharing, document sharing should also be interoperable across the different platform...Hope that helps to clarify.

[icrew]

Three thoughts:

1) Interoperability between Teams and Meet and Zoom doesn’t currently exist. But there are proposals to mandate that—see https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/8/24119268/wyden-secure-interoperable-goverment-collaboration-techno... from a couple of months ago.

2) Even people without Google or MS accounts can be admitted as guests to a Meet or Teams meeting by the host. 

3) You might want to post this to the Feature Ideas section here. Doing so will allow it to be upvoted by others and possibly considered as a future feature enhancement.

If you do not already have access, you need to request it first. See https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/custom/page/page-id/Workspace-Feature-Ideas-FAQ for how to do that.

Once you have access, go to https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/Feature-Ideas/gh-p/workspace-ideas-group . There, you can upvote and comment on any similar idea, or post a new idea.

If you are submitting a feature idea, be sure to explain the problem that you're trying to solve with the feature idea, not just the idea itself. For example, saying "when my users are trying to do 'A', they often get confused by the fact that the buttons to do 'X' and to do 'Y' look quite similar to each other, which leads to this unintended consequence" is far more likely to get fixed than a feature idea that just says "change the color of the button 'Y'".

Hope that helps,

Ian