Workplace (Formerly Facebook at Work) Officially Launches Worldwide

Facebook announced the global availability of Workplace--long-awaited, long-tested and formerly known as Facebook at Work--at an event in London Monday.

Facebook announced the global availability of Workplace–long-awaited, long-tested and formerly known as Facebook at Work–at an event in London Monday.

Workplace brings traditional Facebook features such as News Feed, groups, messaging, Facebook Live livestreaming, Reactions, search and Trending to company networks that are kept separate from Facebook users’ personal profiles.

There are also features exclusive to Workplace, including a dashboard with analytics and integration with single sign-on, as well as with identity providers that allow organizations to integrate the service with their existing information-technology systems.

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The social network also announced the introduction of a feature it has been testing since at least August, multi-company groups, allowing employees from separate organizations to collaborate “in a safe and secure way,” and it said these Workplace-exclusive features “will be rolling out to all customers in the coming weeks.”

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And Facebook released pricing details for Workplace, saying that after a three-month free trial period, the per-user cost is $3 for organizations with up...

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