TL;DR
Microsoft Teams will soon allow you to add a Loop workspace tab to a standard channel. Due February 2025.
Details
Microsoft says that adding a Loop workspace tab to a standard channel in Teams will enable your team to “brainstorm, co-create, collect, and organise content—together in real time”.
Key points:
- Everyone in the Team will have access to the Loop workspace.
- The Loop workspace will adhere to the membership, governance, lifecycle, sensitivity label, and compliance standards set by the team’s Microsoft 365 group.
- To get started, users can select the Add a tab + symbol (or the new Open Apps icon if you have been updated) at the top of the Teams channel and select Loop from the list.
- Add pages, files, and links to the Loop workspace, collaborate with others, and share pages as components in Teams chats and channels.
- Complete Loop workspace workflows in Teams.
- You can recreate the Loop workspace tab in the channel, in case it is removed by mistake.
- Deleting the Team will delete the attached Loop workspace. The workspace will be restored if the Microsoft 365 group is restored.
- If the user adding the Loop app to a channel does not have the appropriate license or permission to create a workspace, the user will be blocked from adding the app.
This update applies to Teams on Windows/Mac desktop and web.
Availability
Due February 2025.
Source, related links, and references
MC973493.
365 Roadmap ID 472022.
Image(s): Microsoft.
Overview of Loop workspaces storage and permissions | Microsoft Learn.
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17th January 2025 and kept up to date.
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