The most significant change to Microsoft Office documents in decades is the introduction of Microsoft Loop, a meeting place for working in Office.
The new branding for Microsoft’s Fluid work, which is made up of small chunks of collaborative Office content that may live independently and be copied, pasted, and shared with others, is “Microsoft Loop.”
Microsoft Loop is similar to Fluid in that it includes three primary components: loop components, loop pages, and loop workspaces.
Live pieces of content are Loop components, which can exist in different applications and be updated in real-time.
It might be a list saved in a Teams channel that can also be edited on a Loop page, or notes copied into Outlook and modified in real time via email.
The components in the following chart can also be found in the main Microsoft Loop hub, which is called shared Loop workspaces by Microsoft.
It looks a lot like a project board, with a list of all Loop components and Loop pages as well as who is currently working on them.
Consider it a contemporary File Explorer, where everything is always up and active. People can post and collaborate on Loop components through individual canvases called Loop pages.
It’s like a whiteboard that is updated with the latest technologies. It’s more powerful than a whiteboard because you can include and share components that have been made by other users outside of Loop.
It is possible to personalize the components of a Loop page in real time from other programs, and it’s not essential that everyone be connected to the whole site.
The integration of synthetic components into a single, unified system is known as a Loop. Microsoft has been working towards this goal for the past few years, and it’s evident that the company has been tweaking how Loop works to resemble pandemic existence.
A Microsoft Loop hub resembles a more effective method to keep track of and arrange these components, as well as a clear response to the new hybrid work era in which many companies are adapting.
Microsoft’s Loop components so far have been fantastic, but we’ll need to try them for ourselves to see if they truly provide the seamless experience that Microsoft claims.
With many ideas comparable to those of Loop, Notion has been pushing Microsoft’s conventional Office methodology to the limit. Microsoft’s counter appears to be a more powerful version of Notion.
Microsoft has been talking about Loop (Fluid) for almost 18 months, yet it hasn’t made its way into Office applications.
This month, Microsoft Loop components will be integrated into Teams, Outlook, and OneNote. The main Microsoft Loop app will be released at a later date.
“In the near future, we’ll provide more information about the Microsoft Loop app’s availability,” says Wangui McKelvey, general manager of Microsoft 365.