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I and many others think that Microsoft Loop is the future of document creation and collaboration. Here's why:

Here's a scenario we can all imagine: you're in MS Teams, and you have a team chat going on. You want to work in a table so you can capture area sales data (for example). How do you do this?

Currently you can create an Excel worksheet and save that in the Files tab of Teams. But that means leaving the chat or swapping to Excel which breaks up the flow of the chat. Loop components allow you to insert a table (and bulleted list, checklist, numbered list, paragraph and task list) directly into the chat. The great thing about this is that everyone in the chat can edit the table without having to share it separately.

In late 2020, Microsoft released SharePoint Syntex. A Microsoft 365 content service, SharePoint Syntex adds Artificial Intelligence content service capabilities to SharePoint document libraries, creating content understanding models that automatically classify the many and various documents in those libraries. Essentially SharePoint Syntex enables businesses to efficiently use the information stored in its documents.

Right now, anything that optimizes your organization’s ability to make the most of its hard-earned collective intelligence and to improve productivity, is going to be attracting greater attention.

(Ha. Who would have thought that SharePoint document libraries would become a sexy tech topic – again?)

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In early 2021 Microsoft launched Microsoft Viva as an employee experience platform designed specifically to help businesses manage the changes brought about by hybrid working.  

For many people, Microsoft Viva’s appearance in our daily working lives has become quite familiar, but there are still the finer points of the full Microsoft Viva offering that could do with a closer look. In this blog, I’m focusing on Viva Topics and I chatted to ClearPeople Director & Co-Founder Gabriel Karawani to provide an overview – and a review – of Viva Topics. 

In this blog:

• How Microsoft Viva Topics is related to Microsoft Viva
• Microsoft Viva Topics explained
• How does Microsoft Viva Topics compare to other knowledge tools?
• Viva Topics reviewed
• How do Atlas and Microsoft Viva Topics work together?
• Microsoft Viva Topics pros and cons
• Summary: what Microsoft Viva Topics does
• How can I set up or trial Microsoft Viva Topics?
• Microsoft Viva Topics: the roadmap
  
• Microsoft Viva Topics pricing

Microsoft Loop is the new application punted to change how people collaborate with their colleagues and perform daily tasks.  

Last updated 10/10/2022

When Microsoft announced at MS Ignite in November 2021 that Microsoft Teams Shared Channels would be made generally available in 2022, I realised it was a good time for us to shine the light on Atlas Extranet. 

In this fast-paced world, Atlas Extranet is a feature ClearPeople developed and launched in Q1 of 2021. It’s a bit like Cinderella, working reliably in the background, waiting for the grand ball. 

In this blog:

• What is Microsoft Teams Shared Channels? And why is it relevant to Atlas Extranet?
• How MS Teams Shared Channels transforms cross-organisational collaboration
• Availability of Microsoft Teams Shared Channels
• How to set up Microsoft Teams Shared Channels
• How to set up Atlas Extranet
• How Atlas Extranet differs from Microsoft Teams Shared Channels
• Can Microsoft Teams Shared Channels and Atlas Extranet work together?
• Microsoft Teams Shared Channels and Atlas Extranet pricing
• Microsoft Teams Shared Channels resources

The current rate of Microsoft Teams adoption is monumental. This trend has been excelling for the last few years. Statistics show staggering rises, for example between 2019 and Q2 2021 the number of Microsoft Teams users jumped from 20 million to 145 million.

ClearPeople is the first Microsoft partner to globally achieve this new Microsoft Advanced Specialization. This is an incredible achievement that we are all proud of.

The aim of an employee experience platform is to help employees bring about balance to their working lives. The modern working life is becoming increasingly digitalised. This has many benefits including more flexibility and convenience within the working day.

Everyday we spend a number of hours diving in Microsoft Teams. There are a lot of actions that we can perform from there; opening documents, attending meetings, chat with different members of the team, and much more.