The changes will allow users to share content from
Workplace's newsfeed and from its groups into Microsoft's Teams platform. Soon,
it said, users will be able to livestream video from Teams into Workplace
groups.
Remote-working tools have become key fixtures for companies
during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"You have to meet employees where they directly are,
wherever they're doing their work, whatever platforms they're most using,"
said Ujjwal Singh, head of Workplace, in an interview. He said the integration
was largely aimed at customers of both products.
Workplace, which the Silicon Valley company uses as its
internal messaging board, was launched outside of the company five years ago.
Former Meta employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen recently leaked internal
presentations and discussions shared on the service.
The software is also used by companies including Walmart and
Deliveroo. Meta says it has 7 million paid subscribers on Workplace.
Microsoft and Facebook, which recently changed its name to
Meta to signal its refocus on the metaverse, are also both building out virtual
reality solutions for remote working.
Microsoft last week announced it would bring its virtual
platform Mesh into Microsoft Teams next year. Meta recently launched a beta
test of Horizon Workrooms, a remote work app for users of its VR headsets.
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