Microsoft Introduces LinkedIn Integration Tools for Outlook
Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of professional networking
platform LinkedIn just last year may have been an expensive one, but it also
made sense; the two companies offer services which complement each other
greatly, and so it came as no real surprise when Satya Nadella addressed the
audience at Ignite back in September to preview newly-developed integration
features which would soon allow commercial Office 365 subscribers to view
LinkedIn profile information within Microsoft’s existing apps and services.
Now these integration features have begun to roll out, with Outlook.com being the
first of Microsoft’s products to get the treatment. The integration with
LinkedIn allows users to view rich insights, profile pictures, work history,
and more, right from within their personal inbox. All you need to do is select
an email contact’s name within your inbox and a detailed contact card will
appear, complete with links to the user’s LinkedIn profile. This card itself
functions as a miniaturised version of their online profile, allowing you to
interact and connect with fellow professionals much like you would on LinkedIn’s
own platform, all without leaving Outlook.
This isn’t the first time that LinkedIn have attempted to
incorporate their platforms into those of email providers; back in 2012, prior
to their own acquisition by Microsoft, the company bought out a smaller company
called Rapportive which made a Gmail plugin which did just that, integrating
some of LinkedIn’s features into the Gmail web app.
Although there is no official word as yet on the exact date
that these integration features will be incorporated into Microsoft’s other
apps and services, the company did state back in September that following the
release on Outlook.com, the features would soon follow on SharePoint and
OneDrive for Business. They will be available on Outlook for Windows,
Outlook for iOS, and other Office products in the coming
months.
The integration of LinkedIn with Outlook is just one of a
number of updates announced by Microsoft this month; further detail on these
updates can be found here.
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