MC270177 – Updated October 28, 2021: Microsoft has updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Co-authoring content in Teams just got easier. Now you can send a chat message containing a live component that can be edited inline—in real time—by everyone in the chat.
Key points
How this will affect your organization:
Fluid components in Teams chat allow end users to send a message with a table, action items, or a list that can be co-authored and edited by everyone in line and in the future will be shareable across Office applications like Outlook. Users will be able to quickly align across teams, and get work done efficiently by copy and pasting components across Teams chats.
With Fluid components users can ideate, create, and decide together, while holding fewer meetings and minimizing the need for long chat threads.
Steps on Desktop:
Steps on Mobile:
To co-edit a live component with other chat members:
What you need to do to prepare:
You might want to notify your users about this new capability and update your training and documentation as appropriate.
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