A few months ago Slack launched a beta feature
called Shared Channels, which let two organizations share a common channel. So
for example a startup could have a channel that it shared with its PR firm or
lawyers.
But sometimes discussions between two
companies are too sensitive for the entire company to see, so today slack is
rolling out Private Shared Channels. Also still in beta, the feature will let
two companies create a shared channel that is hidden and invite only.
This feature is great for two companies that
need to discuss sensitive subjects, like, I don’t know, maybe like a merger or
investment.
Employees not invited to the private shared
channel won’t know it exists, and content from the channel won’t show up in
search results. Private shared channels can be private for either both or
just one of the companies in the channel. So for example a merger discussion
could be hidden and private for both companies, or a channel with a startup’s
law firm could be open to all of the startup’s employees but private for just a
few people in the law firm.
Check out the chart below to understand how private shared
channels works.
Slack is also rolling
out a new channel management section where administrators can view all of the external workspaces their workspace is connected
to, see how many—and which—channels are shared with each workspace, and create
new shared channels.
Right now shared channels are only available
in beta for paid accounts, but the startup says that over a third of their
paying customers have joined the beta.
And, before the feature launched
two-thirds of paying customers were using guest accounts to allow users from
other organizations temporary access into their company, showing how strong the
demand was for a feature to let two companies collaborate.
Slack still isn’t saying when these features
will leave beta, but they’re available now for all paying accounts.
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