Is there a roadmap for Loop features available?

Question

Loop looks interesting, especially the live-updated content sharing across channels.

I just tried it out for knowledge management, however the feature set is lacking to the point where it's not worth investing any more time just yet.

It's missing elementary features for knowledge mangement and documentation - e.g.

• hyperlinks to other pages.
• draft+publish lifecycle.
• document attachments/in-line preview
• theming, styling and user-defined templates
• code-blocks and in-line styles (e.g. "term" highlighting)
• tabsets and other non-paragraph based blocks.
• etc etc etc.

There is evidently work to be done before this gets out of beta, and answers to other questions have indicated the existence of a roadmap.

Is it possible to make public enough detail of the roadmap and the planned feature-set so that IT departments can plan around it?

Answer 1

Hi Andy,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

Yes, there is a roadmap for Loop features available. Microsoft is continuously working on improving Loop and adding new features to it. However, the details of the roadmap and the planned feature-set are not publicly available at this time. Microsoft typically announces new features and updates through official channels such as the Microsoft 365 Insider blog and the Microsoft 365 Roadmap.

Update History for Office Beta Channel - Office release notes | Microsoft Learn || Microsoft 365 Insider Blog

I recommend keeping an eye on these channels for any updates on Loop's feature set. If you have any recommendations about the current Loop service, please feel free to send your feedback as well -

Thank you for showing interest in using Microsoft services!

Sincerely,

Leonardo_Y

Answer 2

> Yes, there is a roadmap for Loop features available.

Great! Where is it?

> However, the details of the roadmap and the planned feature-set are not publicly available at this time

What? Are you trying to confuse me?

Those blogs and update histories are not well designed, patchy at best, and fundamentally not very useful. E.g. where is the release note about the dreadful Teams preview channel display order reversal being backed out and put behind an option. How can I communicate things like this to my org when I don't even know myself.

I have so many recommendations for loop. I have no idea if it's even worth my time suggesting things as I really can't fathom the product direction. @Jacob Cohen is this going to be another partially finished and then never updated toy like all the other sharepoint/teams based MS365 offerings?

I just want a (proper) wiki so that even non tech staff can share information easily and securely. A product backlog+kanban so I can get rid of the Atlassian bills. I want forms + flow + task-view in outlook/teams so I can automate boring admin workflows for my company (and vcs on that so that I can manage change).

Answer 3

Loop looks interesting, especially the live-updated content sharing across channels.

I just tried it out for knowledge management, however the feature set is lacking to the point where it's not worth investing any more time just yet.

It's missing elementary features for knowledge mangement and documentation - e.g.

• hyperlinks to other pages.
• draft+publish lifecycle.
• document attachments/in-line preview
• theming, styling and user-defined templates
• code-blocks and in-line styles (e.g. "term" highlighting)
• tabsets and other non-paragraph based blocks.
• etc etc etc.

There is evidently work to be done before this gets out of beta, and answers to other questions have indicated the existence of a roadmap.

Is it possible to make public enough detail of the roadmap and the planned feature-set so that IT departments can plan around it?

I think a lot of the things you're looking for are in SharePoint. Loop isn't trying to replace anything, it wants to sit alongside other established Microsoft products in their ecosystem and act as a bridge between them. I've been doing my own evaluation, and the product Loop most closely resembles is Atlassian Confluence. There's even a Jira connector to bring in Jira issues for 2-way sync. But it's not even a complete replacement for Confluence: Loop isn't a document management / content management platform. It's not even a super great replacement for OneNote.

My own (unofficial) comparison - may be inaccurate.

But, where Loop shines is its simplicity. Not everyone needs a do-everything solution. I imagine it's more for brainstorming, meetings, ad hoc collaboration, and fun stuff. Just like Planner is a scaled down alternative to Project Online.

There are some features shown in the announcement video that don't appear to be live yet, e.g. dragging documents into the treeview navigation, bringing in content based on keyword search, copilot, etc. I'm very curious as well about Loop's roadmap.

Answer 4

Thanks, a confluence equivalent is indeed what I'm looking for

• something that doesn't require the adminstration overhead and skillset of sharepoint, but of course with content management!

Answer 5

I think Loop is competing against Notion app. It looks very similar at least.