Microsoft Teams, the chat-based collaboration platform that’s been available to Office 365 Business and Enterprise users since mid-2017, recently rolled out four games designed to help keep things fun in remote work teams.

Dubbed Games Explorer, the games are available in the Microsoft Teams app on iOS and Android as well as on the web version of Microsoft Teams. The team collaboration apps comes with four new games designed to engage and motivate remote workers while improving their productivity through distraction and exercise.

The four new games are:

Players can choose from four new games: Snipperclips, The Jackbox Party Pack 4, Super Mario Maker 2, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Snipperclips is a game where players are tasked with cutting the other player into shapes by making them fall into designated areas on the screen.

The Jackbox Party Pack 4 offers five party games that are played in a group setting. These games include Tee K.O., Guesspionage, Quiplash 2, and Drawful 2. Super Mario Maker 2 lets gamers design their own levels for the original Super Mario Bros., or even remix stages from later games like Super Mario 3D World or Super Mario Odyssey.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons focuses on exploration and building up your own town of animals; it’s set to release in 2020. Microsoft also announced plans to bring these games, as well as Beam and Minecraft to mobile devices next year.

How to get started with the new games

Microsoft is constantly looking for ways to make remote work more fun. Recently, the company announced Microsoft Teams will now have four games that can be accessed with a click of a button. It's as easy as clicking on the Games tab in your Microsoft team, selecting the game you want to play, and starting up some competition.

If you're looking for something quick and competitive, try Tic Tac Toe. This game is played by two people who take turns drawing an X or an O in any unoccupied space on a 3x3 grid. The goal of the game is to get three of one's own symbols in a row before their opponent does. It's also important to remember that if there are no open spaces, players should draw their symbol in the last open spot! With this game it won't be hard to turn getting things done into getting things fun.

In addition to Tic Tac Toe, Microsoft Teams has Monopoly Deal, Hearts and Solitaire. Hearts is a card-game that has been around since 1867! Like Monopoly Deal, it can be played with friends remotely from anywhere using Microsoft Teams! Whether they're across town or across the world, they'll both enjoy it as much as playing against someone sitting right next to them.

Playing Solitaire has never been easier than it is when it's online via Microsoft Team. What better way to spend those long hours at work than playing this classic? Tic Tac Toe is another game found under the Games Tab that requires strategic thinking to win. Players take turns drawing Xs and Os until someone gets three in a row - left, middle and right.

Players have 9 total squares to do this on, so if none are available left or down then players must connect horizontally in the third row instead. All games mentioned are available 24/7 which makes these great choices for after hours entertainment while working remotely!

What other features does Microsoft Teams have?

Microsoft teams is a great platform for remote work. With it you can have group chats, share documents and files, and have video meetings. Microsoft teams also has four new games that keep things fun during remote work.

The first game is Word Bounce where you try to bounce the words off the walls of the game board and make them spell a word before time runs out. The second game is Food Fight where you drop food on your opponents and then use weapons like forks or knives to knock their food away from them.

The third game is 3D Frogger which has the same objective as regular frogger but in 3D so it gives a more challenging experience. In this game, instead of just hopping across cars and staying away from logs and turtles, there are buildings to jump over, green slime that slows you down, piles of money bags to avoid getting hit by and trains coming towards you!

The fourth game is Ping Pong. It's a table tennis simulator with realistic physics! There are no rules in this game: hit the ball back at your opponent using any technique you want. Make sure not to miss the table or get smacked by your opponent though because it will take points off!

Microsoft teams continues to be one of the best platforms for virtual teamwork because they give employees many tools necessary for team communication.

Tips for staying productive while working remotely

If you're like me, you're either not good at working remotely or your job requires you to do so. Microsoft Teams has four new games that help make the remote work experience a little more fun.

Here are some tips for staying productive while working remotely: 

- Go over your to-do list with a colleague and divide the tasks up among yourselves.

- Keep a task list on hand during meetings and update it as needed with items that come up in the meeting.

- Don't be afraid to admit that you need help or advice from someone who knows more about a certain topic than you do!

- Make sure there's enough food in your house before starting remote work for the day because it can get hard to leave at lunchtime and go out for food.

But don't have too much food! Too much will spoil if you don't finish it. If possible, make use of meal delivery services when cooking for yourself. There are many online ordering sites that will deliver groceries and meals to your home (I highly recommend Amazon Prime Now).