Published Jan 7, 2025
Microsoft Teams will soon allow adding a Loop workspace tab to standard channels for real-time collaboration. Rollout starts late March 2025 and completes late April 2025. Users can create, manage, and share content within Teams. Admins should review configurations and notify users. For more details, visit the provided Microsoft Learn links.
Updated March 3, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Add a Loop workspace tab to standard channels enabling your team to brainstorm, co-create, collect, and organize content—together in real time. Everyone in the Team will have access to the Loop workspace, even as Team membership changes, and the workspace will adhere to the governance, lifecycle, and compliance standards set by the Microsoft 365 group backing the team. This message applies to Teams on Windows desktop, Teams on Mac desktop, and Teams on the web.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 472022.
When this will happen:
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late March 2025 (previously late February) and expect to complete in early April 2025 (previously early March).
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early April 2025 (previously early March) and expect to complete in late April 2025 (previously late March).
How this will affect your organization:
After this rollout, all users with the Loop app enabled on Teams will receive this experience by default.
To get started, users can select the plus sign (+) at the top of the Teams channel and select Loop from the list.
With this rollout, we will support these features:
What you need to do to prepare:
This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation.
If you want to block the Loop app in Teams, this will remove the Loop tab applications in channels and the Loop personal app in Teams. To learn more: Overview of Loop workspaces storage and permissions | Microsoft Learn
If you want to keep the Loop application in Teams but disable to ability for users to create Loop workspaces, follow these instructions:
Learn more