Microsoft Loop is been growing in popularity with 365 users it is an application that is launched
in public preview and it is directly trying to compete with the growth of a Wiki application
many of us know notion today we're going to go over 10 key features and tips that Microsoft Loop
has inside of it that if you're looking at it to activate it for you and your team then you might
want to consider as key features these will pick up on small elements of features but definitely
ones that differentiate it from other applications that are on the market in the wiki space right now
so welcome my name is Francesca galessio I have an obsession with productivity applications we
cover lots of them and we've recently released something called tool finder which will help you
find the perfect productivity application so you can find that Linked In description below
there'll be more depth on Microsoft Loop there if you're looking to get a better overview of
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and it's nowhere near from really done yet in terms of its fully public availability in terms
of it not being in preview so let's start with the first one and that is jumpstart now this is
a really interesting content suggestion feature so when you do set up a new workspace in Loop
what it will do is it will take all of your Microsoft 365 account search all of the files
in there all of the graph data and essentially pull together recommendations on what to put in
your Microsoft Loop workspace what's nice about this is if you type in a keyword it will use the
AI to essentially find related ones scanning those documents and making sure they're relevant to the
the creative workspace that you want to build this is really helpful because you can bring
in things that already been done and really save a lot of time setting up your Loop workspace and
pages so you actually have to enable jumpstart inside of the experimental settings with that so
it leaves I see on my account and it's definitely something that will help to enhance it if you're
already a 365 user the second feature is comments emojis one of the nice thing is you can actually
comment in line with an emoji there's not too many in terms of actual availability I think there's
heart thumbs up and a smiley face but it's a great way to see stuff in line and reactions
as people type away I really like this feature and comments also come in line which means you
can see them and respond to them in a much better fashion so that's one of the features that I do
like in Loop number three is a feature that is in the top left hand corner it's ideas you'll
see recent and ideas recent essentially everything you're currently working on the most recent thing
but ideas is where you can create private areas of thoughts and processes and maybe mock-ups that
you're not quite ready to share inside of your workspace yet but you can quickly drag it down
and naturally make it as part of the workspace but what's really nice is it's just a holding
Bay for ideas that you can collaborate on with other people that aren't officially part of the
workspace yet number four is show and hide in tables this is a feature that will allow you
to make some of your tables look less intense for example if you've got a table that's maybe
10 columns 12 columns 14 columns you can really reduce that down by showing and hiding particular
columns inside of a table this will save you a good amount of time number five is the ability
to create a basic task list now to be honest this is very basic it will give you an assignee and a
due date but it's pre-built and available through the slash command so you can type in task list and
it will instantly be able to populate and it's a great way to save a bit of time getting rolling on
a task list and naturally you can convert that into a Microsoft Loop component number six is
the share locations of your components if you've created a loop component which is essentially a
transferable little component that you can share between teams and it's basically in real time I'm
sure Steve will show some demonstrations on the screen but essentially you can find where it's
been shared and in the location that is currently so if you can see it being edited in email this
is a great way to keep a trail of it not version history but a good way to see where it's currently
being stored and utilized inside of your team and you can also jump to that area if you are part and
have that access shared in components number seven is status in-line comments so for example if you
wanted to add a label for something relevant in a page at the top of it for example in progress
or even a label like what tag this relates to you can actually add that at the top by pressing slash
command label this appears in line and you can actually change it from here changing the colors
details and naturally the tag itself but this is a really nice ability for being able to get
glance over information about what's on the loop page itself next up is the voting column in tables
this is a small Edition but the column type can be added voting and you can actually start voting
kicking off inside of a table here it's a nice little plug-in and a pre-built one that Microsoft
have created for tables number nine is the ability to add any pager on into another workspace from
quickly adding to workspace this is a neat feature it'll save you time if you want to duplicate it or
add it to another relevant area and number 10 is at mentioning files now you're probably wondering
okay at mentioning is helpful to add Thai people you can actually add files from your 365 account
this is particularly helpful because this isn't something that requires an API it actually is
built in so it connects to what Microsoft products you already have and actually you can bring it in
a lot faster and also find everything if you're already using 365. so Microsoft Loop is currently
in its early days and it is something that is as you can imagine in public preview but not
really anywhere near notion if you're looking for a full overview of what Microsoft loop is and how
it works we have a full tutorial and we will soon be coming out with a Microsoft Loop versus notion
video which I think you'll find pretty helpful so before we go we have a brand new site called tool
finder you can find the perfect productivity tool there and discover which one is perfect for you
and your team I'm excited so do check that out in the link in description but if you want any more
tips and tricks on Microsoft Loop feel free to subscribe to us we have plenty more in the works
so thank you very much folks and I look forward to seeing you in a future video cheerio [Music]
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