Workspace by Facebook.What exactly is Workspace ?

What is Workspace by Facebook?

Workplace is a dedicated and secure space for companies connect, communicate and collaborate. Organizations of all sizes can use familiar Facebook features such as News Feed, groups, messages and events to get things done.

This tools is tailored to meet the daily needs of employees and employers. The main aim of Workspace by facebook is to enhance collaborative participation of employees in companies.

Workspace by Facebook is a separate account that is associated with your company. Rather than having friends as your audience, you create and join groups with your coworkers to be a part of relevant conversations.

Workspace  is a completely different product from Facebook and does not need your personal account  details to sign on.  Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook said in an announcement on Facebook earlier that

At Facebook, we’ve always had an open and transparent culture. We believe helping people share what matters to them and seeing what matters to the people they care about is important and that is as true at work as it is anywhere else. People do their best work when they have more knowledge of what’s going on at their company, and people work together better when they understand their colleagues.

Businesses  can now sign on to Workspace  now. Workspace has essential features like the Messenger, to share feedback about what teams working on in Groups, discussion, progress reports on projects, and participate in discussions happening across the company in a version of News Feed.

Cost

The pricing model is based on a monthly fee per active user. Please see the details atworkplace.fb.com/pricing.

Enterprise features such as single sign-on (SSO), secure identity management, enterprise support and analytics are included in Workplace. The company retains ownership of the data their employees post into Workplace, and have mechanisms to export that information and manage its community in ways that are not available in the consumer version of Facebook.

Features of Workspace 

• Companies find that they can eliminate or drastically reduce their need for internal collaboration tools such as their intranet, telephony systems, video conferencing and distribution lists.

• Many companies find Workplace helps them do more than just simplify communications  it inspires all levels of the company to embrace digital and mobile.

• In addition, Workplace is easy to use because it’s based on familiar Facebook features like News Feed, Groups and Messages. There’s no training required.

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