Slack announced new updates at its Frontiers conference, including new integrations with office email and calendar systems.
messages to email is available now, and the ability to reply via email to Slack will roll out down the line.
Later this year, that feature will be expanded to include smart event suggestions, such that Slack will prompt users to create a calendar event if it detects that they're talking about an upcoming conference or meeting. In addition, users will be able to automate common tasks, like the process for onboarding new employees.Slack also says that it'll revamp its search function to make it easier to find what you're looking for across multiple messages and files. It's also bringing new features that will allow business users to invite outside people into their Slack chat rooms, so that external customers and partners can communicate more easily with your team.
Pflaum is almost certainly referring to Microsoft Teams — Microsoft's own competitor to Slack, which comes bundled with some versions of the Microsoft Office 365 productivity suite, and which carries deep integrations with Microsoft products like Outlook, Word, and Sharepoint.Slack started with the mission to cut down on office email
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