Dropbox’s new team feature makes it a better tool for the workplace

“A lot of the teams and businesses that start using the team functionality will upgrade to Business and that’s the recommended solution we have for businesses that mature through our product and continue to grow in that direction”, he said. Any new member added to the team will have immediate access to these files, the company noted. Group members added to the team folder will have access to all the files within that folder. The feature, available today, is designed for the more than 60 percent of users who primarily employ Dropbox for work. In short, keeping everyone in a team and sub-team on the same page with access to only the files that apply to them.

Dropbox’s new team feature also enables users to create groups within work teams, and to add new members to those groups at any time.

According to the blog post, the feature will be rolled out to both Dropbox Basic and Dropbox Pro users over the coming week.

Dropbox has introduced a new function for basic and pro users alike, blurring the border lines between its consumer and business-oriented cloud platforms.

The file-sharing firm aims to make it easier for professionals to find colleagues and share with them, create a central hub for business files and separate out people’s personal and work accounts. Plus, everyone can create separate accounts for work and personal files, and both will be available from the desktop, mobile devices, and on the Web. That inherently means communication and other forms of online collaboration Dropbox’s founders did not include in the service when it launched in 2007, but are now interested in tapping into. The company, which also has a paid Pro option with up to 1 TB of storage, began offering an online file-sharing service for teams in 2011, which eventually evolved into Dropbox for Business in 2013.

Announcing the new Teams features, Dropbox said that the feature will essentially facilitate people in using their personal Dropbox accounts at workplace.