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Enclessa vs Microsoft Teams

Compare Enclessa with Microsoft Teams for EU hosting, messaging, encryption and administration. Teams integrates with Microsoft 365 and Office. Enclessa provides encrypted direct messages, published architecture and organisation exports as a hosted service.

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Enclessa

Microsoft Teams

What is published for review

Architecture, data model, OpenAPI surface and encryption design

Product documentation and a trust centre

Where they overlap

Two products that share a middle

Only Enclessa

  • Encrypted direct messages, MLS
  • Published architecture
  • Boards, time and HR included

Both

  • Teams and channels
  • Video calls
  • Export tooling

Only Microsoft Teams

  • Word, Excel and SharePoint
  • Telephony
  • A third-party app store

Choose Enclessa when

Confidentiality and European hosting matter more to you than Office integration

Choose Microsoft Teams when

Your working day runs on Word, Excel and SharePoint, or on Teams telephony

Side by side

Enclessa and Microsoft Teams, point by point

Enclessa compared with Microsoft Teams
DimensionEnclessaMicrosoft Teams
What is published for reviewArchitecture, data model, OpenAPI surface and encryption designProduct documentation and a trust centre
End-to-end encryption of messagesDirect and group direct messages, MLS per RFC 9420, always onDocumented as opt-in for one-to-one calls, and for meetings with Teams Premium; chat and channel messages are encrypted in transit and at rest, not end to end
Who operates itHosted in the EU by us; a dedicated deployment on Enterprise, also run by usOperated by Microsoft, with regional data-boundary commitments
Office suiteNone. Files are stored and displayed, not co-authoredDeep Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint integration
Application ecosystemFirst-party modules only; no third-party code runsAn established third-party app store
TelephonyNot offered — no PSTN, queues or attendantsFull telephone system available as an add-on
Included modulesTask boards, GitHub sync, time tracking and HR recordsAvailable through separate Microsoft products and third-party apps
LeavingFull organisation export; documented data model and OpenAPIExport tooling exists; the surrounding ecosystem is the switching cost

Statements about other products come from their own public documentation and describe the position as last checked on 18 August 2026. Vendors change what they offer; check the current documentation before making a decision on the strength of this page.

In fairness

Where Microsoft Teams is the better choice

  • You live in OfficeIf your day is Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint, Teams sits inside it. Enclessa does not edit documents.
  • You need a phone systemPSTN calling, call queues and auto attendants are out of scope for Enclessa.
  • You depend on a specific third-party appEnclessa runs no third-party code. If a vendor’s Teams app is load-bearing, that is a hard requirement it does not meet.
  • You already pay for itTeams is bundled with Microsoft 365. If you hold those licences anyway, Enclessa has to earn its price on its own.

FAQ

Enclessa vs Microsoft Teams: questions

  • Yes, for messaging, video calls and the work around them, when confidentiality and European hosting matter more than Office integration. It does not replace the Office suite or Teams telephony.

  • Microsoft documents it for one-to-one calls, as a setting an administrator enables; chat and channel messages are encrypted in transit and at rest, not end to end. In Enclessa, direct messages are end-to-end encrypted with MLS by default and cannot be switched off.

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