New Delhi: In a much-useful move, Microsoft has announced that Microsoft Teams will be integrated with LinkedIn in a way that users will be able to see their colleagues profiles on LinkedIn in a one-on-one chat. The tech giant had added this feature to its road map last week and it will be available for general users in March. Using this feature, users will be able to get to know more about their colleagues through the course of their onboarding or even while working on a special project.
"The feature is expected to roll out in March 2022 and will be generally available to all global users across Microsoft Teams web and desktop versions," the company said in a statement.
The tech giant has been working closely towards a deeper integration between Teams and its other products of late, including better integration between Teams and Windows 11 by displaying Teams contacts directly on the Windows taskbar for Teams personal users. Earlier this month, Microsoft had announced that Teams users can communicate beyond their organisation by allowing them to start a chat with any Teams users, including free personal Teams accounts.
With the new capability, one can now invite any Teams user to chat by entering the full email address or phone number to reach and start a 1:1 or group chat with anyone with a Microsoft personal account, no tenant switching required. According to Microsoft, allowing connections to personal Teams accounts should help commercial Teams account owners connect to SMBs, many of which use Teams personal accounts for business.
Microsoft recently announced that it has added 20 million more users to its video collaboration tool Teams to surpass 270 million monthly active users, as Omicron-triggered Covid wave spread across the globe.