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Embrace the Power of Slack Lists
Track and manage projects, facilitate goal planning, collect feedback, triage requests, and more in this handy new feature.
Safeguard Your Workplace Collaboration in Slack
Slack offers a wide variety of integrations and apps that connect the platform to third-party services. While some of these can enhance your Slack experience and make collaboration more efficient, it’s essential to exercise caution to protect your workspace and data.
Slack's Data Privacy
Slack has updated its privacy principles to outline how it protects customer data while integrating machine learning and generative AI experiences.
New Features to Help You Get (Even More) Excited About Slack’s Redesign
Slack’s redesign comes with useful new features so you can easily tweak your settings to filter, sort, and organize your workspaces, channels, and DMs.
Slack’s Big Redesign Arrives in December
Slack is rolling out one of its most significant design transformations to date, and the update will be released to the Stanford Slack grid on Dec. 19. Here's what to expect.
Find What You'll Need Again (Again and Again) in New Slack Canvases
Say hello to canvases, a new feature that gives you a permanent home for important information you don't want to lose in threads. Each channel and direct message comes with its own canvas, and you can spin up standalone canvases for whatever you're working on.
Last Call For Slack Workspace Migrations
Going forward, workspaces can no longer be migrated into the Slack grid. The final migration is scheduled for Dec. 15, 2022.
If You’re on These Versions, Update to Continue Using Slack
Slack updates its system requirements twice a year. Learn which apps, browsers, and operating systems will soon no longer be supported starting September 2022.
New Visual Experience Boosts Collaboration in Slack Huddles
Slack has enhanced the Huddles experience to offer video, multi-user screen sharing, and more — all exclusively within the Slack app.
Channel Creators Gain New Powers to Ease Admin Tasks
A new role in Slack gives channel creators certain powers previously afforded only to administrators. Learn how this feature can help you manage your channels more efficiently.