{"id":484945,"date":"2023-03-23T16:11:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T14:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=484945"},"modified":"2023-03-23T16:35:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T14:35:50","slug":"microsoft-launches-first-public-preview-of-collaborative-work-app-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/484945-microsoft-launches-first-public-preview-of-collaborative-work-app-loop.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft launches first public preview of collaborative work app Loop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft has launched the first public preview of its collaborative work app \u2014 Loop<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

First showcased in 2021, Loop allows for moving and syncing project components across Microsoft 365 apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.<\/p>\n

The software giant has dubbed Loop a “transformative co-creation experience” that brings together teams, content, and tasks across users’ tools and devices.<\/p>\n

It seeks to eliminate the frustration of having to jump between various apps to complete tasks through three key parts \u2014 workspaces, pages, and components.<\/p>\n

A workspace allows users to organise everything required for a project in one place and share this with other members.<\/p>\n

Usefully, it supports dragging and dropping components from the desktop or folders to sort them under certain projects.<\/p>\n

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Loop pages are sub-categories within the workspace which Microsoft described as “flexible canvasses” that allow workspace members to leave comments, react, and build on ideas.<\/p>\n

Users can also get notifications for any communication on the page, task assignments, or events.<\/p>\n

Finally, Loop components are portable pieces of content \u2014 like lists, tables, or paragraphs \u2014 that can be shared with users outside of the workspace.<\/p>\n

These are synced and updated across the apps where they were shared.<\/p>\n

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Loop is available for all Microsoft 365 Personal and Business users on the web, while the latter can also start using the mobile app.<\/p>\n

Microsoft said that support for the mobile app for Personal users was “coming soon”.<\/p>\n

Microsoft’s recently-announced AI-powered Copilot assistant is also supported in Loop.<\/p>\n

However, it is currently limited to private testers, but it should be rolling out to more general users in the coming months.<\/p>\n

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Now read: Microsoft 365 gets Copilot \u2014 AI-powered automation for Office apps<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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