Microsoft Teams now has threaded conversations
The Microsoft Teams threads integration debuts in the channels section of the app, where it works a little differently to how Slack handles threaded conversations. 'You can follow the threads that matter most to you, and when an important update or decision is made, you can send it back to the main conversation, so everyone stays aligned without requiring them to sift through every reply,' explains Noga Ronen, senior product marketing manager for Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft will allow Teams users to either create posts or threads in a single channel, so it doesn't seem like threads will be as easy to create as Slack allows. Teams channel owners will have to select a layout of either posts or threads, depending on how a channel is used.
Microsoft has also created a followed threads view for Teams where all the threaded conversations you care about can be found. It's easy to unfollow noisy threads from here, too. 'By default, you'll only follow threads you've started, replied to, been mentioned in, or explicitly chosen to follow,' says Ronen.
Alongside the public preview of threaded conversations, Microsoft Teams is also finally getting the ability to react to messages with multiple emoji reactions. 'Multiple emojis per message is now in public preview,' says Ronen. Slash commands in Teams are also getting some improvements, with the ability to search for GIFs with the /gif command.
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