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Microsoft’s Collaborative Apps — the Web Is the Engine

Collaborative applications” was one of the new buzzwords to come out of Microsoft Build, the company’s recent annual developer conference. The web platform is a key part of Microsoft’s vision for collaborative applications, particularly for the newer Teams functionality.

Part of the unique thing that Microsoft is doing,” said Bill Gates in 1996, regarding its approach to the internet, “[…

Although JavaScript isn’t mentioned in the diagram that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella showed during his keynote (see below), it’s what developers will be using to build these “collaborative apps” in Teams. As Jeff Teper, head of Microsoft 365 collaboration, told The Verge, “if you can build web apps, you can build extensions into Teams chats, channels, and meetings.”