If you are an IT admin or manager exploring ways to migrate Slack to Teams, you are in the right place! There are some challenges involved in moving from Slack to Microsoft Teams. CloudFuze helps companies around the world migrate from Slack to Teams quickly and securely.
Read this guide to learn how to migrate data from Slack to Microsoft Teams, and get started now!
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1. Introduction
CloudFuze’s Slack to Teams migration tool is designed to automate the entire chat migration process, getting rid of rudimentary methods and ultimately saving time and money.
With CloudFuze by your side, you don’t just migrate Slack channels but also direct messages (DMs), conversations, Workspaces, users, files, emojis, timestamps, and more.
CloudFuze is one of the very few comprehensive Slack to Microsoft Teams migration solutions on the market.
In this article, we shared more details about Slack to Teams migration and how to achieve it using CloudFuze.
Please contact our migration team for a demo or price quote.
If you don’t have time to read this article, you can check this video that shows CloudFuze Slack to Teams migration platform in action.
2. Slack to Microsoft Teams Migration Trends
Ever since Microsoft introduced Teams, a lot of companies around the world began using it. However, the companies that were already using Slack continued using it. The popularity of cloud productivity and collaboration suites like Microsoft Teams, Slack, Cisco Webex, Google Workspace, etc. have witnessed a multi-fold increase, primarily due to the changes in the work ecosystem brought on by the pandemic.
The table shows the quick comparison between Slack and Microsoft Teams for quick reference.
| Slack | Microsoft Teams |
|---|---|
| User types are owner, admin, full-member, single-channel guest, and multi-channel guest. | User types are owner, admin, and guest user. |
| Non-Slack users can access Slack with a link. | Teams can’t be accessed with an account. |
| External users can communicate with existing Slack users using Slack Connect | External users need to use a guest account. Guest accounts have limited features. |
| Multiple groups cannot be created you cannot give a group name | In Microsoft Teams, any user can create any number of groups and name it. |
Now, in 2023, many companies are looking to position Microsoft Teams as their company’s primary communication platform and therefore making the transition from Slack to Teams. Since Teams does not cost additional money and comes as a part of the Microsoft 365 subscription, businesses of all sizes are taking advantage of it.
Migrating from Slack to Teams used to be a challenge a couple of years ago, but now, with CloudFuze around, you don’t leave a single conversation behind.
3. Slack Vs Microsoft Teams
Both Slack and Microsoft Teams are beneficial for day-to-day business collaborations. However, Teams offers several additional benefits that add real value to business growth. For example, the call recording feature and built-in calendar in Microsoft Teams helps team members document their daily meetings while staying on top of their calendar schedules.
Additionally, the seamless integration of Microsoft Teams with the industry-standard Microsoft Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Exchange) helps companies switching from Slack to Teams improve user productivity.
4. Major Migration Challenges
Switching from Slack to Teams is not an easy task to carry out for businesses.. Finding a Slack to Teams migration tool that transfers every single piece of data, i.e., direct messages, public and private channel conversations including users, chat, emojis, timestamps, and @mentions, is the biggest challenge for IT Admins today to switch their business collaboration platform from Slack to Teams.
If your Slack data is too huge to import into Microsoft Teams, the chances are more of losing the data. So, you’ll need to use alternative solutions. Also, Microsoft Teams doesn’t support importing direct messages. Besides, several other Slack features, such as users, files, emojis, timestamps, etc., can’t be transferred using manual methods. So, to migrate Slack to Teams completely and flawlessly, businesses surely need a migration service.
CloudFuze Slack to Teams migration tool transfers all the existing data on your Slack workspace to Teams securely and swiftly. Its new direct messages migration feature lets team admins effortlessly migrate Slack direct messages to Teams, making the Slack to Teams migration challenges easier.
If you wonder how CloudFuze migrates Slack direct messages, see how you can move direct messages from Slack to Teams without deleting them from Slack.
5. CloudFuze’s Slack to Teams Migration Tool
CloudFuze is a cloud data migration engine that transfers files between 40 leading cloud storage services. In addition to that, the platform also supports chats migration. It is one of the very few tools available in the market that help companies to migrate from Slack to Microsoft Teams.
Being a Microsoft Migration Partner, CloudFuze helped many companies to migrate from Slack to Microsoft Teams effortlessly with all the data.
The information below discusses switching from Slack to Teams on a deeper level. We also included a few steps that show how to migrate from Slack to Teams with CloudFuze.
For more details on how to migrate your business data from Slack to Teams or to start the migration, contact CloudFuze’s migration experts.
6. Our Platform Features
CloudFuze helps companies making the transition from Slack to Teams migrate Slack channels while ensuring accurate conversion to relevant Teams. The platform can migrate both public and private Slack channels to Microsoft Teams.
Besides, the tool can also migrate groups. Groups and group messages will be migrated to the chat section of Microsoft Teams. One-to-one messages between users will also be migrated.
CloudFuze also supports timestamp migration for public and private channel history. It also migrates chats, emojis, and @ mentions.
Users in Slack are mapped to relevant user accounts in Microsoft Teams and their direct messages and files are migrated.
Migration Features:
- One-time migration
- Public channels migration
- Private channels migration
- Admin groups migration
- Admin one-to-one chats migration
- User groups migration
- User one-to-one chats migration
Platform Features:
- RESTful API platform
- Cloud-native architecture
- OAuth-based Slack/Microsoft 365 accounts authentication US-based SOC 1 and SOC 2 certified data centers
- SaaS servers (ideal for small migrations), dedicated instances (for large migrations), and deployable in a customer’s cloud or data center (ideal for enterprises, universities, and government agencies)
7. Security
CloudFuze’s Slack to Teams Migration platform is highly secure and trusted by some of the biggest enterprises in the world and government agencies in the United States.
CloudFuze migrates Slack content such as Workspaces, channels, users, direct messages, etc. via API calls. Your data is secure and no one including CloudFuze employees will not have access to your data.
Read more about CloudFuze security.
8. Benefits for Companies and IT Admins
Without a tool like CloudFuze, the maximum you can migrate from Slack to Teams channels. CloudFuze enables IT admins to migrate everything except apps from Slack to Microsoft Teams.
The following are the benefits companies and IT admins can have when using CloudFuze for migration.
- Migrate almost everything in your company’s Slack account to Microsoft Teams
- Accelerate Microsoft Teams adaption
- Save costs that otherwise would be spent on Slack subscription
- Save your and your IT team’s time and allow them to focus on priorities, not migration
- End-to-end data security and protection
9. CloudFuze vs. Competitor Migration Tools
| Features | CloudFuze | Competitors |
|---|---|---|
| Direct Messages (DM) Migration | Yes | No |
| Emojis Migration | Yes | No |
| Files Migration | Yes | No |
| Migrate Workspace as Team | Yes | No |
| Migrate Channels as Team | Yes | Yes |
| Conversations Migration | Yes | No |
| Migrate Admins as owners | Yes | Yes |
| Migrate Members as Members | Yes | Yes |
| Migration of users in private channels | Yes | No |
| Delta sync for channels | Yes | No |
| Migrating all the emoji’s, files, mentions(of a user) in chats from Slack to MS Teams | Yes | No |
| Preserving the original timestamps of Direct Messages(DMs) from Slack to MS Teams post-migration | Yes | No |
| Preserving the original timestamps of files from Slack to MS Teams post-migration | Yes | No |
| Preserving timestamps for channel conversations | Yes | No |
| Pinned messages migration in DMs conversations | Yes | No |
| Delta migration for DMs | Yes | No |
| Code Block migration | Yes | No |
| Text Formats migration (Bold, Italic, Strikethrough, numbered list, bullet list) | Yes | No |
10. What Will Be Migrated
CloudFuze migrates Slack public and private channels as Teams in Microsoft Teams. One-to-one messages and group messages in Slack will be migrated as chats in Microsoft Teams.
CloudFuze migrates Slack channels and converts them into relevant Teams. The platform can migrate both public and private Slack channels to Microsoft Teams.
Besides, the tool can also migrate groups. Groups and group messages will be migrated to the chat section of Microsoft Teams. One-to-one messages between users will also be migrated.
CloudFuze also supports timestamp migration for public and private channel history. It also migrates chats, emojis, and @ mentions.
Users in Slack are mapped to relevant user accounts in Microsoft Teams, and their direct messages and files are migrated.
11. How to Migrate from Slack to Microsoft Teams
These steps show how IT teams can use CloudFuze to migrate Slack to Teams along with channels, direct messages, users, files, and other features. The following are the prerequisites for the migration.
- Slack admin login credentials
- Microsoft 365 (Office 365) admin login credentials
- A CloudFuze account
Don’t hesitate to get in touch with our migration team for a quote or to request a trial.
1. Log in to CloudFuze
Go to webapp.cloudfuze.com and create a CloudFuze account. CloudFuze offers a limited 30-day trial account for users who want to test the service.
IT administrators can reach out to our migration team for a live demo or quote.
2. Add Your Slack Account to Cloudfuze
Locate the Slack logo in the business clouds list and click on it. A popup will appear where you need to enter Slack account details.
3. Enter Slack Login Credentials
Enter your company’s Slack login details and click on the Sign-in button.
4. Provide Access to CloudFuze
Click on the Allow button to provide access to CloudFuze.
5. Add Microsoft Teams to CloudFuze
Click on the Microsoft Teams logo that you can see in the business clouds list.
6. Authorize Microsoft Teams
Click on the Accept button to complete the authorization process.
7. Verify Whether Slacks and Teams Are Added
Click on the Clouds tab and go to the Manage Clouds tab. If successfully added, both Microsoft Teams and Slack accounts will be displayed there.
8. Click on the Slack Migration Tab
Click on the Slack migration tab in the navigational menu on the left and click on it.
9. Select Source and Destination
Since it is a Slack to Microsoft Teams migration, we need to select Slack as a source and Microsoft Teams as the target/destination. Pay attention to what you are choosing as a source and destination. The wrong choice will end up migrating Team’s content (if any) to Slack.
10. Select Users to Migrate
CloudFuze’s Slack to Microsoft Teams migration solution maps users automatically based on their email aliases. IT admins can still migrate users’ chats, channels, and workspaces to Teams irrespective of the auto-map list.
11. Select Workspaces
CloudFuze pulls and displays the list of all workspaces in your Slack account. Click on the Channels tab next to Users to view all of them.
Check the Private Workspaces.
Now, click on the Private option to view all the Private workspaces in your Slack account.
12. Slack to Microsoft Teams Migration Is in Process
Go to Reports and check for the status of the migration. During the chat migration process, the status will be displayed as In Progress.
13. Migration Has Been Completed Successfully
Once the migration is completed, the status will be changed to Processed from In Progress.
14. Select Direct Messages
CloudFuze maps users automatically and migrate Slack direct messages to Teams with all the features. 
15. Messages Are Being Migrated
By clicking on the Next button, direct messages will migrate from Slack to Teams.
16. All the Direct Messages Have Been Migrated
When all the DMs are migrated, CloudFuze displays the status as Processed. Users can log into their Microsoft Teams accounts to validate whether all messages are properly migrated.
12. Slack to Teams Migration FAQs
1. How Much Does It Cost to Migrate from Slack to Teams?
The pricing to migrate Slack to Teams depends on several factors including the number of users in the Slack account, size of files to be migrated, custom features, etc.
2. What is the speed of migration?
The speed to migrate Slack to Teams depends on the number of users, the size of the data, and the number of messages that need to be migrated. The migration takes a few hours to a few days depending upon the users.
3. Does CloudFuze migrate direct messages?
Yes, CloudFuze can migrate Slack direct messages to Teams. It’s one feature that separates CloudFuze from other providers on the market.
4. Does CloudFuze migrate timestamps?
Yes, CloudFuze migrates timestamps of public/private channels and direct messages between users. Timestamps for groups can also be migrated.
5. Does CloudFuze migrate Slack files?
CloudFuze transfers all Slack files to Microsoft Teams when switching from Slack to Teams. The files from Slack will be migrated over to SharePoint. Remember, all Microsoft Teams files are stored in SharePoint.
6. How secure is it to migrate from Slack to Teams using CloudFuze?
CloudFuze is highly secured and has been trusted by many of the biggest companies across the globe to migrate Slack to Teams. Read more about CloudFuze security.
7. What Slack features does CloudFuze migrate?
CloudFuze migrates all the Slack features including Slack channels (public and private), files, direct messages, group messages, emojis, replies, @mentions, and timestamps.
8. How to Check the number of users in a Slack account?
Log in to your Slack account. Please keep in mind that you must log in as admin to retrieve the user’s info.
Go to Settings & Administration and click on the Workspace Settings option.
From the Administration menu, click on the Manage Members tab. All the user’s information will be displayed there.
9. How to check file data metrics in a Slack account?
Slack primarily shows the data of the number of messages sent and the number of files. It doesn’t show the data size in GBs or TBs.
To check the metrics, click on the Tools option from the main menu and click on Analytics.
Click on the Messages Sent or Files Uploaded tabs two check concerned analytics.
10. How to contact CloudFuze?
You can chat with our migration team by clicking on the chat button on the bottom right corner of this page. Alternatively, you can send us an email.
11. Can you migrate data from Slack to Teams?
Yes, CloudFuze can migrate data from Slack to Teams. In addition to migrating Slack channels and direct messages, our tool can also transfer files from Slack to Microsoft Teams.
12. How to migrate direct messages from Slack to Teams?
Currently, there is no manual option or free slack to Teams migration tool that can migrate direct messages from Slack to Teams. CloudFuze is the only complete solution in the world that can migrate a lot of Slack features to Microsoft Teams
13. How secure is CloudFuze’s Slack to Teams migration platform?
CloudFuze is highly secure. The platform has been used by some of the world’s biggest enterprises and government agencies. Find out more about CloudFuze security.
14. What level of support does CloudFuze provide?
Each business migration at CloudFuze gets a dedicated migration team with a migration manager. CloudFuze is highly known in the industry for its managed migrations.
15. What are the prerequisites for Slack to Teams migration?
In order to migrate from Slack to Teams, you must be Slack admin or have Slack admin login credentials. You must also have admin access to the Microsoft 365 account.
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