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Published June 22, 2021
Author: Ash Khan

So, what are fluid components? In this scenario fluid components are intended to help “hybrid” remote teams with synchronous and asynchronous work.  

As part of Microsoft’s continuous push to transform how people interact with documents, the firm will expand the usage of its Fluid components to a wider variety of productivity and collaboration products, including Outlook, OneNote, and Whiteboard. 

Fluid components, dubbed “atomic units of productivity” by Microsoft when they first debuted two years ago, are tiny applications like tables, charts, and lists that can be put into other Microsoft 365 products and updated in real-time by numerous users. 

Although it has been sluggish to roll out the capabilities, Microsoft said in May that the components will be included to the Teams chat function. Fluid components will be added to Microsoft Teams meetings, as well as the Outlook, OneNote, and Whiteboard applications, as part of the plans announced last week. The ultimate objective is to improve user meetings. 

The emphasis is on the establishment of meeting-related “components,” such as a common agenda, with discussion points automatically uploaded to a dedicated OneNote page and made available via Outlook email and calendars. During a meeting, notes and tasks issued in Teams may be synchronized back to OneNote for all attendees to see. 

Fluid components in Outlook, OneNote, and Whiteboard will be available in a private preview this autumn, with wider availability expected “early next year,” according to a Microsoft spokeswoman. Only Microsoft 365 business users will be able to use the functionality. Fluid components of Teams’ conversation are presently in private preview, with a full release planned for August. 

Fluid components in Microsoft’s collaboration and productivity tools represent a trend away from separate files and toward a more flexible and collaborative approach to documents in Microsoft 365. 

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