However, you can embed components inside other components or have multiple components on a single page, all of which are editable in real time. Microsoft refers to components as “ atomic units of productivity” because a component serves a single purpose. Microsoft 365 users might have used Loop Components in the past with Teams or Outlook to share something like a table, paragraph, or checklist with collaborators. One thing I noticed that isn’t supported is that you can’t drag an email from OWA and drop it into a Loop page. You can also use the command to insert links to files and people on a page. You can paste text, links, and images into a page, and you can create Loop components in a page. Other examples of canvases inside Microsoft 365 include whiteboards and the board view in the OWA calendar (aka Project Moca). For instance, this review is a page in a Loop workspace. Workspaces are divided into Pages, “ flexible canvases” where the members of a workspace organize components and collect items like files and links that are pertinent to the topic of a page. A limited release of a preview of Copilot in Loop is available to North American users (English only).įigure 1: An invitation to join a Loop App workspace For instance, the imminent arrival of the Teams 2.1 client and the new integration framework in Microsoft 365 Copilot both represent new technical challenges for the Loop app to overcome. The delay in releasing the Loop app is probably due to the complexity of creating a new full-blown app that works across Microsoft 365, especially when the landscape changes all the time. Prior to the preview of the Loop app, Microsoft released Loop components for use with apps like Teams chat, Outlook (OWA, the Monarch client, and Outlook for Windows), and Word Online. Loop is built on top of Microsoft’s Fluid Framework (available as an open source project). Microsoft hasn’t set out any special licensing requirements for the Loop app, so at this point I assume that the app will be widely available through Microsoft 365 and Office 365 plans when it is generally available. Before using the app with Microsoft 365, a tenant must take steps to make the Loop app available for users. With that in mind, it was interesting to see how the Loop app worked with a Microsoft 365 account. ![]() I’ve written previously about how Loop might run into difficulties due to engrained user habits. Loop is a browser app (I used Edge for testing and to write this article with the Loop app) with limited availability at present for the iOS and Android mobile clients. ![]() Go to and sign in to create Loop workspaces, pages, and components. Originally announced in November 2021 and much anticipated since, the preview version of the Loop app is now available to anyone with a Microsoft 365 or Microsoft Services account. Loop App Works for Internal Collaboration, But Big Gaps Remain Elsewhere
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