The tech-enabled rise of remote and flexible working practices has transformed how colleagues communicate and collaborate with each other. Whether a team workshop or just an informal chat with a coffee, many of these interactions now take place over platforms such as Microsoft Teams.
Financial Times journalism has long been a source of professional talking points, because of its reliability and global coverage. FT Professional identified that the shift to remote working and the use of new collaboration tools provided exciting opportunities to help subscribers get more value from the FT by better integrating timely, relevant articles into their daily workflow.
Our first iteration of the FT app for Microsoft Teams focused on making subscribers’ FT.com topic preferences visible within Teams, enabling greater discoverability of articles related to an individual's main areas of interest. We’ve now introduced new features to help Teams users also see the day’s biggest news stories according to the FT, as well as facilitating how articles are shared across the platform.
Read on to learn more about the latest additions to the app.
NEW: View top stories and tailored article recommendations
Stay informed with the latest breaking news, while also receiving tailored article recommendations curated specifically for your interests.
Use simple commands in the Chat tab to see the latest top stories from FT.com as well as recommended articles. The MyFT Digest tab, where users can view the latest articles for the topics they follow on FT.com, also now displays your tailored list of recommended stories.
Go to the Chat tab in the FT app
Some suggested prompts will appear in the message box
Choose a prompt and send it to see the top stories on FT.com or your recommended reads
NEW: Easily share relevant articles to chats
Share articles and insights with colleagues in a way that’s both easy, as well as engaging for your recipients.
The message extension feature allows you to send your recently read stories or newly published articles to chat groups and encourage more knowledge sharing between teams.
Select the 3 dots icon at the bottom of your chat followed by the FT app
See your recent reads or top stories
Choose a story and send it into your chat
Not yet using the FT app for Teams? Here’s how to download it
The FT app is free to download from the Microsoft Teams store, and once you log in with your existing FT.com details, you’ll see any topics you already follow appearing in the MyFT Digest tab.
Some organisations restrict or block 3rd party app downloads in their instance of Microsoft Teams, which may prevent you from using the FT app. If you want to download the app but experience any issues, it may be worth first reaching out to one of your Teams administrators to clarify your organisation’s policy.
Equally, the FT customer success team are experienced in working with IT contacts to help install and roll out the app at an organisation level. Do feel free to contact the team, who can offer advice and help your admins through the app’s installation process step-by-step.
Learn more about FT Professional
FT Professional equips users with specialist knowledge and tailored insights from the Financial Times to help them make the best strategic and commercial decisions in an unpredictable global environment. Our customers get more from FT journalism through additional resources, curated news and action-oriented tools.
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