Workplace is an online collaborative software tool developed by

Meta Platforms Meta Platforms, Inc., (file no. 3835815) trade name, doing business as Meta and formerly named Facebook, Inc., and TheFacebook, Inc., is an American multinational technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, California. The company owns Facebo ...

. It facilitates online group work, instant messaging, video conferencing, and news sharing.

History

Workplace was first announced on January 14, 2015. It launched in beta as Facebook at Work before officially launching in October 2016. In 2018, Safety Check for Workplace was launched. Free accounts were discontinued in February 2021.

Workplace and Facebook

While Workplace accounts are set up and run separately from Facebook accounts, Workplace uses much of the underlying technology that powers Facebook.

Data Centers

Workplace data is stored across 12 Facebook-owned and operated data centers.

AI

Workplace benefits from Facebook's AI research. Workplace uses

machine learning Machine learning (ML) is a field of inquiry devoted to understanding and building methods that 'learn', that is, methods that leverage data to improve performance on some set of tasks. It is seen as a part of artificial intelligence. Machine ...

to sort the most relevant information in the news feed and make intelligent recommendations while 'downranking' less valuable information.

Safety Check for Workplace

In October 2018, Workplace announced the launch of Safety Check. Originally developed by Facebook engineers after the

2011 Japanese tsunami Eleven or 11 may refer to: *11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12 * one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn *'' ...

, Safety Check for Workplace allows organizations to identify employees who may be affected by a crisis and send and monitor responses. Safety Check has been used by

Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines, Inc., typically referred to as Delta, is one of the major airlines of the United States and a legacy carrier. One of the List of airlines by foundation date, world's oldest airlines in operation, Delta is headquartered in Atla ...

(during Hurricane Florence and the Hokkaido earthquake).

Reception

Workplace has an aggregated rating of 4 stars from 1,379 reviews on G2, and an aggregated rating of 4 stars from 103 reviews on Gartner PeerInsights. Users have praised Workplace a tool for internal communication and collaboration, but critics have noted that it lacks some project management functionality.

Customers and Features

Workplace is used by over 30,000 organizations. As of May 2021, there are 7 million paying users, but the total number of users, both paid and unpaid, hasn't been disclosed.

Integrations

Integrations are available with popular

SaaS Software as a service (SaaS ) is a software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted. SaaS is also known as "on-demand software" and Web-based/Web-hosted software. SaaS is cons ...

tools like Jira, Sharepoint, ServiceNow,

Adobe Sign Adobe Acrobat Sign (formerly EchoSign, eSign & Adobe Sign) is a cloud-based e-signature service that allows the user to send, sign, track, and manage signature processes using a browser or mobile device. It is part of the Adobe Document Cloud su ...

, SurveyMonkey, Google Drive,

Zoom Zoom may refer to: Technology Computing * Zoom (software), videoconferencing application * Page zooming, the ability to magnify or shrink a portion of a page on a computer display * Zooming user interface, a graphical interface allowing for image ...

and Dropbox.

Workplace for Good

Workplace for Good was launched in June 2018 to provide a free version of Workplace for registered non-profits and staff of educational institutions.

References

External links

* {{Meta Platforms Business software Collaborative software Groupware Meta Platforms applications Products introduced in 2018