Loop Pages in Teams channels simplify team collaboration

Microsoft is rolling out Loop Pages in Teams channels. Team members can create and organize Loop Pages as channel tabs to simplify collaboration, content sharing, and lightweight documentation across desktop, web, and mobile.

Timeline

The rollout should be completed in October 2025.

How this affects your users

Microsoft replaced channel wikis with a OneNote Notebook in June 2023. Now, a Loop Page is being added to every Teams channel, next to the Notes tab. This complements the existing OneNote channel notebook.

Loop page in a standard channel
Loop page in a standard channel

The key addition:
Loop channel pages are also available in Private and Shared channels. This fills the gap for notes, as the (OneNote) Notes tab is limited to Standard channels. With Loop pages, users now have an alternative to the Notes page across all channel types. I expect that this new Loop page will replace the Notes tab in the future.

Team members can add multiple Loop pages to a channel. A first page is always prepared and created once used. Users can also add existing Loop pages from another Team or location, though the classic permission issues may apply.

Loop page in a shared channel
Loop page in a shared channel

There is one limitation: Users cannot add Loop pages stored in Personal Workspaces, such as Copilot Pages, even if shared with the organization. The page must reside in a non-personal location.

Loop pages stored in Personal Workspaces are not supported
Loop pages stored in Personal Workspaces are not supported

I am often cautious about Loop development and storage, but Loop pages in Teams channels are a solid integration. Storage issues are unlikely, and by default all Team members can access the pages.

Some informative points based on my tests:

  • Loop pages in Teams channels are treated as Loop components; the cloud policy restricting Loop page creation does not apply.
  • This feature depends on the policy that controls Loop components in Teams. If you disable this policy, users will be unable to create Loop components in Teams chats or channel conversations. I don’t recommend disabling it if users already rely on Loop components in Teams.

    It’s the setting IsLoopEnabled (formerly IsFluidEnabled) in the SharePoint tenant. Changing IsLoopEnabled also updates the legacy IsFluidEnabled setting.
IsLoopEnabled controls whether Loop channel pages are available
IsLoopEnabled controls whether Loop channel pages are available
  • If IsLoopEnabled is disabled, existing Loop page tabs are hidden. Users cannot add new pages, but existing pages remain stored in SharePoint.
  • Loop pages are stored in the channel folder of the SharePoint site. All Team members, or Private/Shared channel members, have edit permissions and can collaborate in real-time. As with any SharePoint file, Loop pages can be shared with non-members (including guest accounts, if configured).
Loop channel pages are stored in the SharePoint channel folder
Loop channel pages are stored in the SharePoint channel folder
  • Loop pages support Sensitivity Labels from Microsoft Purview.
  • Users can also access channel Loop pages from Loop on the web, the Loop Windows app, or the Loop mobile app. Practically, it’s a Loop page added to a Teams channel and stored in SharePoint.
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Tobias Asböck

Tobias is a Senior System Engineer with around ten years of professional experience with Microsoft 365 products such as SharePoint Online, SharePoint Premium, OneDrive for Business, Teams Collaboration, Entra ID, Information Protection, Universal Print, and Microsoft 365 Licensing. He also has 15+ years of experience planning, administering, and operating SharePoint Server environments. Tobias is a PowerShell Scripter with certifications for Microsoft 365 products. In his spare time, Tobias is busy with updates in the Microsoft 365 world or on the road with his road bike and other sports activities. If you have additional questions, please contact me via LinkedIn or [email protected].

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