Microsoft Teams will now let you use more workplace apps directly in meetings

Microsoft is introducing the ability to integrate popular workplace apps like Asana into meetings on its Teams collaboration platform. Teams meetings were previously limited to chats and channel communications, but now users can integrate 20 new apps into their meetings. For instance, you can discuss and modify a project built in Asana with others directly within a Teams meeting. The new apps for meetings join the more than 700 already available in the Teams App Store, Microsoft said. The company is also making its Power Platform -- which provides low-code tools to build and deploy apps, chatbots, and workflows -- available right within Teams. The Power Apps app for Teams is a maker studio where users can manage app data and connections, and build and modify app interfaces.