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External Federation: 5 Expectations vs 5 Realities

If you think back to the definition of external federation in the first post in this series, you’ll recall that external federation is the process or technology required for team collaboration apps to communicate with each other across domain. The reality is that you are already collaborating across different apps and with other teams. So, ...

External federation problems

External Federation: 7 Problems And How You Can Fix Them

If you’re reading this post as the fourth in our external federation series, you might be thinking that federation is the absolute solution to your team collaboration nightmares. And you’re right. If your day could be made easier by not having to leave your favorite app like Slack, Microsoft Teams, or Webex, federation between your ...

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External Federation: Where Will It Be 1 Year From Now?

By now, you’ve learned the differences between the expectations and realities of external federation. In this post, we’ll take a look at what the state of external federation will be in a year’s time. Table of Contents: History of External Federation The Current State of External Federation Where will External Federation be 1 Year From ...

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External Federation: An Introduction

In this post, we introduce the principle of external federation in the world of team collaboration apps. From its beginnings in the team collaboration world within Microsoft Lync to the latest innovations linking your company to external vendors, suppliers, contractors, and customers, we cover what external federation is, how it’s evolved, disappeared, and is thriving ...