Meta is shutting down its Workplace platform next year, but Microsoft is planning to keep the dream of Facebook at work very much alive. Multiple sources at Microsoft tell me the company has started testing a fully integrated Facebook-like feed inside Microsoft Teams recently.
Teams users will be able to post to the feed, known as a Storyline, or reply to colleaguesâ posts much like you would on Facebook. Microsoft is pitching this as a way for colleagues to share announcements, news, or progress on a project. It could also be used to congratulate colleagues on work goals or key milestones. I’d expect, in many cases, this will also be used to share the type of content youâd typically find on LinkedIn.
Microsoft isnât using LinkedIn to power this new feature, though. Storyline in Teams is built on top of Viva Engage, the Yammer replacement that Microsoft launched a few years ago. Viva Engage was already available inside Teams, but it was hidden away in a separate tab. Microsoft is now taking the Storyline feature of Viva Engage and integrating it deeply into the main interface of Teams.
The main button in Microsoft Teams that you use to send a new DM or create a new channe …