Microsoft Loop

[andy_b]

Enabled it - still can't work out what I do with it and why I need it (makes me feel old ).

[Mako]

We've just started using Loop to reorganise and restructure our internal documentation.

 

It seems to be Microsoft's answer to Confluence which we currently use but we're trying to bring things in-house.

 

You create Loop sites with pages etc. You can convert portions of each page, for example a bulletpoint list or table, into a Loop Component, which you can then paste into Teams or into an e-mail. The Loop Component is actually embedded, rather than copied/pasted, meaning if you send someone a Looped table in an e-mail, then later update it, if they go back to their e-mail in the future, any changes you make will be live and updated, if that makes sense.

 

Good use-cases would be for user guidance or documentation. It's currently quite simple in features compared to Confluence but can see its value if Microsoft develop it further, the one feature I want right now is the ability to embed Loop Components into SharePoint pages. So far it's limited to Teams, Outlook and Word.

 

Do you have a need for it, or are you just exploring new things?

[andy_b]

Do you have a need for it, or are you just exploring new things?

 

Exploring new things

[Mako]

Have a go at creating a page with a paragraph or list, then convert that to a Loop Component. It should allow you to generate a Component link, which you can then paste into teams.

 

It will pull the entire list or paragraph from Loop, and if you start making changes in Loop, you can see the data in Teams change in real-time.

 

It can be handy where you want to send a user a particular piece of guidance, but if you changed it in the future their 'copy' wouldn't be outdated.

[psydii]

I had been hoping you could embed actual existing office documents or components into other documents that also works on the web (i.e a modern web2.0 version of OLE), but it seems they've created a new document container/format and app that replicates some existing 365/Office document functionality, but with the added ability to be embedded in other web-based 365 documents.