Meta, formerly Facebook, said on Wednesday that it is integrating its social application Workplace with Microsoft’s collaboration application Teams so that users can better share information between the two platforms.
These changes will allow users to share content from Workplace’s news sources and its groups to Microsoft’s Teams platform. It said that soon, users will be able to broadcast live video from Teams to Workplace groups. During the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work tools have become a company’s key equipment.
Ujjwal Singh, the head of Workplace, said in an interview: “You have to meet with employees where they are, where they work, and on the platforms they use most often.” He said that this integration is mainly aimed at customers of two products.
The Silicon Valley company’s Workplace, which used it as an internal message board, was launched outside the company five years ago. Former Meta employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen recently leaked internal demonstrations and discussions about the service. The software is also used by companies such as Wal-Mart and Deliveroo. Meta says it has 7 million paid subscribers on Workplace.
Microsoft and Facebook recently changed their names to Meta to show their renewed focus on the meta world, and they are also building virtual reality solutions for remote work. Microsoft announced last week that it will introduce its virtual platform Mesh to Microsoft Teams next year. Meta recently launched a beta test of Horizon Workrooms, a remote work application for VR headset users.
News Source: Gadgets360
