Microsoft's collaboration strategy for the past few years has primarily revolved around Teams. I have found Microsoft Teams great for remote calls and screen sharing, but I have struggled to use it as a collaboration tool with co-workers.
This week, Microsoft is rebranding its Fluid Framework as "Loop" and will be debuting a new standalone productivity app called Microsoft Loop. Loop builds on its Fluid Framework as a way to provide fast coauthoring and compound documents that include elements synced in near-real-time. In addition, it provides a canvas with portable components that can sync across apps. However, the significant thing is that Microsoft will build the Loop components into other Microsoft apps like Outlook, Teams, OneNote, and Whiteboard.
For example, if I have an Excel spreadsheet where I want others to contribute, I could have this spreadsheet appear in our Microsoft Teams chat or an email, and the spreadsheet will stay up to date with all the contributions from others. I would no longer need to make sure I have shared the latest version of the spreadsheet.
Even though Loop promotes access to information across various Microsoft Office applications, Microsoft will provide a dedicated Loop application where people can quickly get to their Loop content.
I look forward to having a closer look when it arrives.
This week, Microsoft is rebranding its Fluid Framework as "Loop" and will be debuting a new standalone productivity app called Microsoft Loop. Loop builds on its Fluid Framework as a way to provide fast coauthoring and compound documents that include elements synced in near-real-time. In addition, it provides a canvas with portable components that can sync across apps. However, the significant thing is that Microsoft will build the Loop components into other Microsoft apps like Outlook, Teams, OneNote, and Whiteboard.
For example, if I have an Excel spreadsheet where I want others to contribute, I could have this spreadsheet appear in our Microsoft Teams chat or an email, and the spreadsheet will stay up to date with all the contributions from others. I would no longer need to make sure I have shared the latest version of the spreadsheet.
Even though Loop promotes access to information across various Microsoft Office applications, Microsoft will provide a dedicated Loop application where people can quickly get to their Loop content.
I look forward to having a closer look when it arrives.