Microsoft Ignite Blog: Microsoft Fluid Framework preview
Published Nov 04 2019 06:43 AM 84.8K Views
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1. Future of collaboration in Microsoft 365

The workplace environment is rapidly changing and requires teams and individuals to collaborate faster and more efficiently than ever before. At Microsoft, we are transforming workplace collaboration by taking a comprehensive approach across Microsoft 365 - an approach grounded in new ways of working. This builds on

  • Microsoft Teams as a hub for teamwork where people can collaborate with each other using chat, meetings and calling. They can create and edit documents and manage projects and business processes right within Teams.
  • Microsoft Fluid Framework, a new technology and set of experiences that we will make collaboration seamless across the canvases by breaking down the barriers between apps.

 

2. Introducing Microsoft’s Fluid Framework Technology Preview

At Build 2019, we announced Fluid Framework, a new technology and set of experiences that will make collaboration seamless by breaking down the barriers between apps. It offers three key capabilities. First, experiences powered by the Fluid Framework will support multi-person coauthoring on web and document content at industry-leading speed and scale. Second, it provides a componentized document model that allows authors to deconstruct content into collaborative building blocks, use them across applications, and combine them in a new, more flexible kind of document. Third, the Fluid Framework makes room for intelligent agents to work alongside humans to translate text, fetch content, suggest edits, perform compliance checks, and more. 

Today, we are announcing a public preview of the Fluid Framework end-user experience and a private preview for developers.  Over time, we expect these capabilities to light up in experiences across Microsoft 365, including within chat in Teams, mail in Outlook, portals in SharePoint, notes in OneNote, and documents in Office.

 

 

We’re putting the finishing touches on the preview that will be available to Microsoft 365 customers in the next few weeks. Stay tuned to the Microsoft 365 Tech Community blog for updates.

 

3. Scope and availability of preview

During the Fluid Framework public preview, users with a work or school account can try out the experience at https://aka.ms/FluidPublicPreview . Availability is in English (US) and worldwide environments only. For additional information on the Fluid Framework preview, IT Admins can check their message center for additional information.
30 Comments
Brass Contributor

Future of work, nice way you open Microsoft.

Copper Contributor

Would the framework be open-sourced? :thinking_face:

Brass Contributor

I am curious to see how/if this works with OneNote.

Brass Contributor
 
Thanks for your interest in Microsoft Fluid Framework. We are putting the finishing touches on the preview and it will begin rolling out in the next few weeks..................... Another hype/waiting game..
Copper Contributor

Half done like most of MS Zoo apps like yammer, booking, kazia, flow what else? 

All this "tools" are for  barber shop, not for any serious process.

What is really needed - is interactive table like Smartsheet or Airtable. 

Excell online does not work for more then 5 users. 

Why not just copy from competotors? 

Brass Contributor

@Ivan_Deryabin I run a Microsoft Office 365 tenant with 80k licensed users. The tools you mention like Yammer, Flow, SharePoint, Teams, the Power Platform etc are some of the cornerstone applications that bring our users together to collaborate be productive and in the the case of the Power Platform empowers our citizen devs to build creative applications. 

I'm extremely excited about the Fluid Framework and all the goodness it will bring to the users in my enterprise.

Brass Contributor

I agree with Merill the tools that MS is bringing together is impressive.  Of course, there is a long list of feature requests which we all are looking forward to, but at the same time, MS innovation is outpacing my organization's ability to adapt, integrate, and fully leverage many of these opportunities.

Copper Contributor

I've been keeping my eye out for the availability of the public preview for a few weeks now :( 

Brass Contributor

Looks like this is rolling out, but is not enabled yet. I'm getting the following error message "The Fluid Framework Preview is not yet enabled in your tenant." Is there something we need to do to enable it?

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Steel Contributor

@chrisbuesold I noticed this too but I haven't had any luck enabling it in my own tenant.  I'm hoping this means that the preview is going to be released very soon.

 

I hope it doesn't look as strange as the current preview page does.  I don't understand why all of the icons and text appear super tiny on a regular 1920x1080 resolution lol

Copper Contributor

In the Office 365 admin portal message center it says, that the Fluid Framework "preview experience is accessible in English (US) environments only."

 

Does that mean

a) it is only available in English language, but for all tenants, even outside the U.S., or

b) it is availyble only for tenants located in the U.S.?

 

I am getting the same message as @chrisbuesold when I try to access the preview right now.

 

 

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Bronze Contributor
It seems somewhat like the app Notion which is quite good. Here is an article about Fluid, most of the articles repeat the same information... https://www.pcmag.com/news/368360/what-is-microsofts-fluid-framework
Steel Contributor

Just got to try it in my own tenant finally. While it's fairly limited in features, the experience is very smooth so far.

 

Looking forward to seeing FE evolve over the coming months!

Copper Contributor

Hello everybody, Great!!!!  I wonder when is it going to be available in  Guayaquil, Ecuador, South America?

Brass Contributor

I just tried the preview today. It is an interesting concept, but could be useful. The biggest thing I see missing after the little bit I have used it, is the ability to insert hyperlinks.

Brass Contributor

When will the developer preview be available?

Copper Contributor

Is there an SDK to allow other web apps to become a Fluid component?

That is, not to  Use a Fluid app, but to Be a Fluid app?

 

Copper Contributor

Can't wait for this to roll out so I can use in Teams.

Copper Contributor

Any update to when the source code will be available on Github, as has been suggested will happen in several articles I read about Fluid?

Iron Contributor

Hi

 

Is there any official information on which browsers and versions are supported by the fluid framework? I talking specifically by IE11 ( pls don't ask 🤨).

 

Copper Contributor

@Daniel Westerdale    Here is the information : https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/get-started-with-fluid-framework-preview-d05278db-b82b-4d...

 

Which browsers does the Fluid preview support?

  • We recommend that you use the most up-to-date browser that's compatible with your operating system. The following browsers are supported:

    • The new Microsoft Edge (latest version)

    • Safari (latest version, Mac only)

    • Chrome (latest version)

    • Firefox (latest version)

Iron Contributor

@Alfonso800  , thanks the  question about IE support is pertinent to an  updated SharePoint Framework Kanban board web part .  I think the fluid UI support has now been dropped.   

 

Perhaps, more pressing is that one of the ReactUI samples won't even build due to a TypeScript issue , be good to get this resolved by the team.

Copper Contributor

I wanted to build this inside office 365 refusing to move to Notion. Awesome to jump in this space as I have looked forever for this platform. I am fired up to offer insight to create the most agile user platform that will impact how office docs will be used in the future. Great job to the whole team. 

Copper Contributor

Seconding what @dagams posted. The press releases from May mentioned "In the next few weeks" and I'm wondering if we can get an update.

Copper Contributor

This has great potential based on a demo I saw today in the Collaboratorium! I want the ability to copy it into Outlook and Teams per the demo!

Copper Contributor

so good, top Fluid!!! Team TIMC

Microsoft

@chrisbuesold 

 

Access this link and you have the preview option hyperlinked. You can activate it from there 

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/get-started-with-fluid-preview-d05278db-b82b-4d1f-8523-cf...

Try it!

Modern workplaces require teams and individuals to collaborate faster and more efficiently than ever before. With instantaneous coauthoring, in-line mentions, and customizable components such as action item tables and checklists, Fluid empowers teams to collaborate in a way that feels live and connected, no matter where you are.

preview is available and we’re excited for you to give it a try and tell us what you think!

Copper Contributor

Why available for work email id and school email ids? :\ 
this makes me sad now

Copper Contributor

We are a "Microsoft Team Organization" and we would like to use Fluid Document inside Teams Channels. Is it possible?

Copper Contributor

We've been using a Fluid document for a while without a problem, but over the last few days when we try to open it we were getting a "Component not available" message. I spoke to Office 365 support but they didn't know where to direct queries and pointed me at this blog. Today it has started working again.

Is there a place to direct issues to?

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