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Microsoft Loop 101 and AMA

Sep 25, 2024

In this engaging discussion, product makers Patrick Gan, Manon Knoertzer, Derek Liddell, and Dan Costenaro dive into the world of Microsoft Loop. They demystify its features, including Copilot pages and governance, while addressing audience questions on functionality and integrations with Teams and Planner. The team emphasizes the role of user feedback in shaping future updates, explores innovative tools like mermaid diagrams, and debunks common myths surrounding Loop. Listeners will also get insights on upcoming events and webinars to enhance their Loop experience!

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Quick takeaways

Microsoft Loop centralizes workspaces, components, and pages, facilitating organized collaboration across various projects within Microsoft 365.

Loop components are dynamic and portable, maintaining sync across Microsoft applications to enhance content flexibility and collaboration.

The introduction of AI-powered co-pilot pages in Loop promises to improve content creation and project management efficiency.

Governance and permissions in Loop are essential for user access control, allowing secure navigation and collaboration within shared workspaces.

Deep dives

Understanding Microsoft Loop

Microsoft Loop serves as a centralized hub for managing your Loop workspaces, components, and pages across various projects. It allows users to stay organized by locating all collaborative efforts and resources in one place. Loop components are portable assets that remain in sync, ensuring content is updated anywhere they are shared, whether in chat, email, or documents. This setup promotes flexibility and ease of collaboration while customizing the workspace according to project requirements.

Intro

2min

Unpacking Microsoft Loop: Features and Functionality

15min

Exploring Microsoft Loop's Capabilities

15min

Navigating Microsoft Loop and CoPilot Insights

8min

Enhancing Microsoft Loop's Date Handling

4min

Introducing the AI-Powered 'Warm Start' Feature for Teams Meetings

3min

Navigating Microsoft Loop: Features and User Feedback

12min

Enhanced Features for Microsoft 365 Workspaces

14min

Enhancements in Microsoft Loop: Mermaid Diagrams and Co-Pilot Integration

4min

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Exploring Template Customization and Task Integration in Loop

2min

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Debunking Myths About Microsoft Loop

14min

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Upcoming Microsoft Events and Webinars

8min

Time to get Loop'y. This episode is your Microsoft Loop 101 audio course. It's a mix of foundational insights and a full 80-minutes of Q&A from an AMA four Loop product makers: Patrick Gan, Manon Knoertzer, Derek Liddell, and Dan Costenaro. They take and answer a ton of audience questions during a recent ask Microsoft anything, AMA. They covered topics across governance, permissions inheritance, AI, integrations with Planner and Teams, and how pages are stored. We also included information about the new Copilot Pages, powered by Microsoft Loop, plus a slew of upcoming events and webinars.

Read this episode's corresponding blog post.

08:05 Full Microsoft Loop AMA audio (from 9/12/2024)

01:34:05 Upcoming events and webinars

Microsoft Loop | LinkedIn | Twitter | Try Loop | Loop adoption hub

SharePoint | Facebook | @SharePoint | SharePoint Community Blog | Feedback

Mark Kashman |@mkashman [co-host]

"Copilot pages for IT Admins - Sep 2024 update" by Dan Costenaro

Full Microsoft Loop AMA + Q&A on demand (video): https://aka.ms/LoopAMA

Try Microsoft Loop: https://loop.cloud.microsoft

Loop on the Microsoft 365 public roadmap

Loop adoption center

Get started with Loop ('how to' content on support.microsoft.com)

Loop governance capabilities (Microsoft Learn)

All Loop blog posts on the Microsoft 365 tech community

Ron Pessner’s blog "Microsoft Loop | Live, Five-Part Learning Series" (has the full, playable versions of each part in the series + info about presenters and what's covered in each)

Loop on LinkedIn: "Microsoft Loop Community" public group

Loop on X: @MicrosoftLoop

Full 5-Part Loop Learning playlist on the "Microsoft Community Learning" YouTube channel: (now on demand)

Microsoft Docs - The home for Microsoft documentation for end users, developers, and IT professionals.

Microsoft Tech Community Home

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Upcoming events:

September 26, 9am PT "Microsoft Loop IT governance and management controls"

October 2nd at 9am PT "The development spectrum of Microsoft 365 and Power Platform" with SMEs

April Dunnam, Vesa Juvonen, and Chris Kent.

Oct 8th at 10am PT | Microsoft OneDrive: AI Innovations for a New Era of Work and Home

Oct. 14-18 | ESPC - SharePoint week (online)