Chat & messaging

The conversation starts here.The context stays with it.

Channels, threads and direct messages bring your team together. Find an earlier decision, see who has read an update and turn a conversation into the next piece of work.

Chat & messaging

Give every project a place.

  • Public and private channels
  • Direct and group messages
  • Pinned channels and notifications
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Channels
announcements
product-design3
engineering12
leadership
finance-20261
random
1 guest in this workspace
finance-2026Private
Permissions
Private channel
Only invited members can find and join
Only admins can post
Others can react and reply in threads
Guest access
Guests see only this channel — nothing else
8 members · 1 guest
Invite
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01 / Channels

Give every project a place.

Keep discussions beside the tasks, files and meetings they belong to. Organize public and private channels, with access matched to the people involved.

  • Public and private channels
  • Direct and group messages
  • Pinned channels and notifications
Channels
announcements
product-design3
engineering12
leadership
finance-20261
random
1 guest in this workspace
finance-2026Private
Permissions
Private channel
Only invited members can find and join
Only admins can post
Others can react and reply in threads
Guest access
Guests see only this channel — nothing else
8 members · 1 guest
Invite
Product preview · illustrative content

02 / Threads

Follow the discussion. Keep your focus.

Reply in a thread without taking over the channel. Follow a discussion, keep track of unread replies and resolve it when the work is done.

  • Follow and resolve threads
  • Rich text, reactions and attachments
  • Create tasks from messages
Thread#product-design
FollowingResolve
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Sarah Conner10:30

Can we lock the spacing scale before Friday's release? I'd rather not ship two systems.

3 replies2new
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Mike Chen10:41

Agreed. The 4px base grid covers every current layout.

A
Ayşe Demir10:52

I'll update the tokens today and post the diff here.

S
Sarah Conner10:55

Perfect — resolving once the diff lands. 🎯

Reply in thread…
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03 / Find & follow

Pick up exactly where you left off.

Search the conversation and move through message history from the same navigation. Read receipts beside message times show who has caught up; inline translation helps multilingual teams stay in the conversation.

  • Search and history navigation
  • Per-person read receipts
  • Per-channel translation
global-team@2
Auto-translate: EN
Y
Yuki Tanaka09:12

The Osaka rollout finished last night — all 4 stores are live on the new POS.

Translated from JapaneseShow original
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Deniz Kaya09:15

@Sarah can you confirm the invoices synced for the EU stores too?

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Sarah Conner09:18

Confirmed — EU batch synced at 08:40, receipts attached.

Sending… queued in offline outbox
You're offline — messages will send automatically when you reconnect.
Message #global-team…
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Chat & messaging

More of what your day needs.

01

Mentions that reach the right people

Bring someone into a conversation with an @mention.

02

Presence at a glance

See online, away and offline states before reaching out.

03

A place for files

Share attachments beside the discussion that explains them.

04

Send when connected

The outbox retains pending messages while the connection is unavailable.

A closer look.

Can channels have different access rules?

Yes. Public and private channels let you organize access around a team or project. Guest access is scoped to the channel they are invited to.

Is chat separate from tasks and files?

They share the channel context. You can create a task from a message and keep related tools in the same workspace.

Chat & messaging

See it with your team in mind.

Let’s walk through the way your team could work in Polybase.