Loop development has seemingly stopped
Our team adopted Loop since many of us prefer the personal knowledge management system style of Notion or Obsidian to other classic note-taking and sharing software. However, many core features are still not present that have been Day 1 features of these other tools, and a quick check of the Loop Roadmap leads me to believe that most features will be security/governance focused. That's disappointing if true, because right now Loop is clearly inspired by those tools, but incredibly far behind in a way that makes it hard to justify their continued use. For example: Cannot embed documents inside Loop-- in Notion you can just drag and drop a PDF to upload, and the /embed command lets you put an interactive document inside the page Cannot select multiple pages to re-arrange structure No Copilot to perform page cleanup-- Notion lets you use AI to fix formatting, and it works very well. No command palette-- this is a must for operating in a knowledge management system No Mac app No mind map a la Obsidian I could continue to produce these examples, but I am hoping to find out that once some core governance features are completed, Microsoft will be focusing some development efforts on improving this platform-- we hope it is not abandonware a few years into it's launch.
Upload a file/folder into a Loop page
Good morning, I have been reffered to this forum by a MS administrator in the Community forum. My question is the following: I have read in some replies posted a year ago that it is possible to upload files in a page in a workspace in Loop. In theory, there is a button to do it, and you can also drag and drop. But right now I don't see how to do it, if that button were there I don't see it. Is it possible now what I explained? How can I do it? I know I can add a link to my onedrive/sharepoint files, but it would be great if I just could have direct access to them insode the workspace. Thank you very much.Microsoft Loop to Support External Access
The Loop app is a powerful collaborative platform that has been handicapped up to now with a restriction on its External Sharing capabilities. That restriction is being lifted in a two-phase process starting in April 2024. Tenants without sensitivity labels will get the capability first followed by those that use sensitivity labels. https://office365itpros.com/2024/03/15/loop-app-external-sharing/
Searching with Loop components - What is the plan?
Q1: OneNote has a capable search that includes OCR and handwriting, but the search capabilities with Loop are limited, especially when using components throughout the 365 ecosystems. What are the blockers and what is the intent for search within Loop and components?How to Retrieve Loop Workspaces Data with PowerShell
A previous attempt to write a script to report all Loop workspaces in a tenant was flawed because it only retrieved the first 200 workspaces. I hadn’t realized that the Get-SPOContainer cmdlet supported an odd form of pagination to retrieve workspace data. In any case, I figured out how to page top find all available workspaces and updated the script. It’s just another example of oddness in the SharePoint Online PowerShell module. https://office365itpros.com/2024/04/08/loop-workspaces-report-ps/Reporting the Storage Used by Loop Workspaces
When Microsoft put the Loop app into preview, they didn’t impose any restrictions in terms of licensing or workspace storage. MC678308 announces that Loop workspace storage will count against the tenant SharePoint Online storage quota. This article explains how to use the Get-SPOContainer cmdlet to fetch information about Loop workspaces and the storage they consume. https://office365itpros.com/2023/11/08/loop-workspace-storage/Microsoft Adds Code Blocks to Loop App
A recent update for the Loop app allows users to create and collaborate on code blocks. The editor is very simple and doesn’t check syntax, but it could be a way for people (within a tenant) to collaborate and sketch out potential code solutions to problems. You can create Loop components from code blocks and use those components with Teams chat and Outlook messages, if you remember to stay within your tenant. https://office365itpros.com/2023/09/05/loop-app-code/
