An image of the Microsoft Loop app on a desktop device.

As organizations continue to evolve in these dynamic times, they need modern tools that can embrace ambiguity and enable people to work where and how they want to in order to be effective. Microsoft Loop is the perfect solution for your teams to think, plan, and create together, like never before, even when they’re not in the same place. It’s a transformative co-creation experience that brings together teams, content and tasks across your tools and devices. It is a new app that combines a powerful and flexible canvas with portable components that stay in sync and move freely across Microsoft 365 apps. Learn more here.

We are excited to announce that Microsoft Loop is now in Public Preview! The Loop app is opt-in during our Public Preview, so as an IT Admin, you need to follow the steps below for your users to experience it, otherwise it is disabled. Once enabled, you and the people in your organization can try it today at: https://loop.microsoft.com/

Why enable it for your organization?

You can empower your organization and join the modern workplace movement by enabling Loop. Loop lets your team collaborate seamlessly, even when working remotely and in hybrid environments. With Loop, you can create and share Loop components-portable pieces of content that sync across all the places they have been shared including, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Word for the web, Whiteboard, and the Loop app. These components are always up to date, regardless of where they’re shared, and your team can edit them inline from those applications. The Loop app itself enables your teams to collect everything they need for a project in one place, enabling them to think, plan and create together.

Learn more about the end-user value of the Loop app here in our announcement blog.

How do I enable Loop app for my organization?

All the information you need is in our Loop admin settings documentation. This Microsoft Learn article offers a screen-by-screen version of the same guidance.

Overview of steps

1. Create a security group that will contain all the users in your organization who you want to grant access to the Loop app during Public Preview.
2. Create a Cloud Policy, scoped to the security group you created above, to enable the Loop app.
3. Wait an hour or so for the setting to propagate and log in to Loop!
4. Ensure your firewall rules allow all the appropriate services.

Creating a Security Group

There are two ways to create the group. You can create a dynamic security group, which can be populated with user accounts via queries, or you can create a static security group, which is populated manually by you, the IT admin.

Dynamic Security Group

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/external-identities/use-dynamic-groups

What are dynamic groups?

A dynamic group is a dynamic configuration of security group membership for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) available in the Azure portal. Administrators can set rules to populate groups that are created in Azure AD based on user attributes, such as user type, department, or country/region. Members can be automatically added to or removed from a security group based on their attributes. These groups can provide access to applications or cloud resources (SharePoint sites, documents) and to assign licenses to members. Learn more about dedicated groups in Azure Active Directory.