A Microsoft Teams and Outlook alternative in one app
YunZheng Workspace puts your YunZheng account in one window on your computer and your phone: your mailbox with new-mail notifications, meetings with your camera and microphone, your phone extension and the rest of your apps. Free for personal use, built on Orbit.
At a glance
| Item | YunZheng Workspace | Microsoft Teams and Outlook |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | One app for Mail, Meet, Voice and your other YunZheng apps, built on Orbit | Two apps: Teams for chat and meetings, Outlook for mail and calendar |
| On a computer | macOS and Windows, with Mail, Meet and Voice in one window | The new Outlook for Windows, for Outlook.com, work or school, Gmail, Yahoo! and iCloud accounts; Teams as a separate app |
| On a phone | Android now; iPhone through TestFlight, coming | Not stated on the page linked below |
| Free option | Free for personal use; meetings with no time limit and up to 50 people | Microsoft Teams (free): meetings of up to 60 minutes and up to 100 people |
Microsoft Teams and Outlook details are from Microsoft Teams and Outlook's page 1 and Microsoft Teams and Outlook's page 2 as of 2026-09; terms change, so check there for the current ones.
Where Teams and Outlook is strong
The new Outlook for Windows works with Outlook.com, work or school, Gmail, Yahoo! and iCloud accounts, and Teams offers a free plan for meetings of up to 100 people.
YunZheng Workspace suits people who want mail, meetings without a time limit and their phone in one app, free for personal use.
What YunZheng Workspace includes
One sign-in
Sign in once in your browser. Mail, Meet, Voice and your other apps open already signed in, and stay that way.
Your whole mailbox inside the app, and a notification on the computer when new mail arrives in the Inbox.
Meet
Start a meeting, or join one with its code or link, and talk with your camera and microphone without leaving the app.
Voice
Calls, voicemail and your numbers, one click from your mail.
Your other apps
LAB Video, Live and the Orbit console one click away; your organisations and invitations under All apps.
In the background
Keep it running in the menu bar or the notification area when the window is closed, and open it at login.
Keyboard shortcuts
Move between Home, Mail, Meet, Voice and Apps without the mouse.
Light or dark, English or Chinese
Follows your system's appearance; switch the language in Settings.
Updates
Checks for new versions by itself, with a stable and a beta channel to choose from.
Start in a minute
- Download YunZheng Workspace for your computer or Android phone.
- Open it and choose Sign in with YunZheng. Sign-in finishes in your browser, and the app updates by itself. No account yet? Create one on the sign-in page.
- Start from Home: a new meeting, your unread mail, or your phone.
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