Microsoft Loop Review
Microsoft Loop allows you to create pages, workspaces and components. Loop components help to connect in real-time between apps inside the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.
What is Microsoft Loop?
Microsoft Loop is a flexible workspace app for teams that use Microsoft 365 to collaborate and work together on projects in real-time. Main features include pages and components.
Microsoft Loop has been designed for the hybrid working world, you can co-create with your team seamlessly within Microsoft Loop and stay up to date with each other.

Inside Loop, there is a feature called "Loop Components" that brings to life things you create like tables, boards, text, and more allowing them to be pasted into other Microsoft 365 apps for real-time use.
Think about your next Microsoft Teams meeting and using a Loop component to take meeting notes that can be collaborated in real-time on in both Loop and Teams, but also other apps like OneNote and more.
Microsoft Loop Features
There are lots of features in the works for Microsoft Loop including more after their Public Preview, here's an overview of what they have right now:
- Integration with Microsoft Teams and Office apps
- Ability to create modular, reusable components called "Loops"
- Collaborate in real-time with others on Loops
- Loops can be embedded in other documents and apps
- Automatic updates to Loops across all instances where they are embedded
- Built-in task management features to keep track of progress and deadlines
- Support for both online and offline use
- Seamless transition between devices with automatic syncing
- Available on desktop and mobile platforms, including iOS and Android.
Our verdict on Microsoft Loop
For teams within Microsoft 365, Microsoft Loop is a nice add-on experience.
Microsoft Loop is best suited for people needed to work in a hybrid fashion across their team. This could be a marketing and sales team, a larger team working on multiple projects, or even a small business wanting to keep everyone in the ‘loop’.
Microsoft Loop does need activating by the team administration so you won't get access right away. We recommend exploring this Microsoft Loop setup guide to get started.
Microsoft Loop Alternatives
What is Microsoft Loop comparable to? We've picked out a handful of the best Microsoft Loop alternatives that we think should be considered.
- Notion - The most popular Microsoft Loop alternative thanks to their popularity with individuals and build your own workspace set-ups with advanced databases.
- Coda - Good alternative to Notion and Microsoft Loop with a Google Docs feel.
- Airtable - with powerful integrations, Airtable offers a popular way to build your own workspace with a long-standing credible past.