Microsoft Loop and OneNote are both powerful tools for organising your work and collaborating, but with different strengths. Which one suits whom, and when is a move worth it?
Microsoft OneNote
- Notes and organisation: OneNote is excellent for creating and managing notes in a structured environment with notebooks, sections and pages.
- Integration: The tool is well integrated into the Microsoft 365 suite and lets you import content from Office applications such as Word, Excel and Outlook.
- Flexibility: It supports handwritten notes, drawings and audio recordings for a wide range of content types.
Microsoft Loop
- Co-creation and collaboration: Loop was built specifically for modern teamwork and allows content to be edited in real time.
- Dynamic components: It offers components you can use in Teams, Outlook and OneNote, and they always stay in sync.
- Flexibility and customisation: It supports flexible workspaces, templates and various content types such as tables and checklists.
Why move to Microsoft Loop?
- Real-time collaboration: Several people can work on the same content at the same time.
- Dynamic and synchronised content: Components stay up to date and consistent automatically across every application.
- Flexibility and customisation: The environment is easy to adapt to what your team needs.
- Integration into Microsoft 365: Seamless connections make it easy to exchange information between applications.
Five examples of Loop integrations in other M365 applications
- Agenda in Teams meetings: Dynamic agendas that update in real time, for well structured meetings.
- Task management in Planner: Direct integration for seamless task and project management.
- Email integration in Outlook: Loop components can be embedded in emails and Teams chats.
- File sharing in SharePoint: Central storage and collaboration on documents.
- Integration with Microsoft Whiteboard: Interactive content for brainstorming and creative collaboration.
Conclusion
Loop offers many familiar OneNote features plus extra benefits for modern collaboration and co-creation. That makes it a real chance to improve the way you work and how efficient your team is.
