Microsoft explains how LinkedIn will integrate with Office and other products

linkedinIn announcing its $ 26.2 billion purchase of LinkedIn today, Microsoft laid out several scenarios for how the companies’ products might work together.

  • LinkedIn profiles, containing a person’s resume, skills and endorsements and recommendations from colleagues, will be visible not just in LinkedIn but also in Microsoft’s Outlook, Skype and Office, Microsoft said in a presentation.
  • LinkedIn’s news feed, part of each member’s home page, will be able to provide articles about projects the member is pursuing. Then, through Office, it will be able to suggest experts reachable through LinkeIn to assist with the task, according to an email to employees from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. The feed will incorporate the member’s calendar too.
  • Cortana, Microsoft’s digital assistant, will “know” your LinkedIn professional network, for example informing you that you went to the same school as someone you’re meeting with later that day.
  • Users of Microsoft’s Dynamics CRM will be able to connect to LinkedIn Sales Navigator, which uses LinkedIn’s member network to help salespeople build relationships.
  • Corporate leaders will be better able to track who spends time with and collaborates with whom, providing insight into their workers’ productivity.
  • LinkedIn Learning will be integrated with Office, recommending and providing learning in the workplace. LinkedIn bought leading online-learning site Lynda.com in April 2015 for $ 1.5 billion.

The acquisition is the largest in Microsoft’s history, although the company says it will allow LinkedIn to continue operating independently, as its own brand. Also read LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner’s memo explaining the deal, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s memo to the troops.

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