Microsoft Bans Employees from Using Slack, Has AWS and Google Docs

PC giant Microsoft has informed its staff not to use popular chat app and competitor Slack, adding it to a list of “prohibited and discouraged technology” comprised of software and services that it does not want employees using outside of specific circumstances, Geekwire reported on Friday. Geekwire wrote that while the list does cite the competitive rivalry between Microsoft and the other tools’ developers, the “prohibited” section specifically consists of software and services that could pose an IT security or intellectual property management risk. Slack has moved to compete by building better native Office 365 support into its products, though Microsoft has also introduced a free version of Teams designed for small businesses that may grow into future Office 365 enterprise customers.

Source: gizmodo.com