Microsoft Loop Explained

Microsoft Loop
Developer:Microsoft
Genre:Collaboration software

Microsoft Loop is an online collaborative workspace that offers a variety of features to help users gather, organize, and build notes, ideas, and projects. It comes with templates for meetings, project planning, and personal tasks, and offers integration with other Microsoft and third-party tools and services.[1] Loop was officially announced on 2 November 2021 as an addition to Microsoft 365 suite of apps.[2]

According to The Verge, Loop provides "blocks of collaborative text or content that can live independently and be copied, pasted, and shared freely."[3]

Microsoft Loop supports a maximum of 50 users editing a workspace at the same time.[4]

Similar to Notion, it includes workspaces and pages where users can import and organize tasks, projects, and documents. However, it also uses shareable components that allow content from Loop to be turned into a real-time block of content that can be pasted into Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Word on the web, Whiteboard. It also features the ability to use Microsoft's AI Copilot.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Warren. Tom. 2021-11-02. Microsoft Loop is a new Office app for the hybrid work era. 2021-11-02. The Verge.
  2. Web site: Novet. Jordan. 2021-11-02. Microsoft launches Loop, an Office app for helping workers stay on top of projects. 2021-11-02. CNBC.
  3. News: Warren . Tom . Microsoft’s new Copilot will change Office documents forever . 23 March 2023 . The Verge . 17 March 2023.
  4. Web site: Loop is Microsoft's futuristic anti-Notion to try now!. it. March 23, 2023.
  5. Web site: 2023-03-22 . Reinventing collaboration with AI in Microsoft Loop . 2023-03-27 . TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM . en.