Kaizala, the messaging app from Microsoft Garage, comes to Office 365

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Published onJune 13, 2017

published onJune 13, 2017

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A Microsoft Garage project, Kaizala is a secure chat and messaging app that enables Windows, Android, and iOS users to send instant messages and with Kaizala Actions, share files or send out polls and surveys.

As an Office 365 user, I just discovered that the independent app is now integrated with Office 365. Kaizala has only been available in India, and so is the new Kaizala Management Portal –manage.kaiza.la– that providesmanagement, reporting and extensibility capabilities for Kaizala.

Kaizalawas launched in 2016, and instead of competing with WhatsApp or Skype, the chat-based productivity app was focused on helping teams and businesses collaborate using the seamless instant messaging experience most users are comfortable with already. However, it found success and a lot of buzz withGoverment of Andhra Pradesh employing the same for Citizen Connect, enabling citizens to directly reach the state’s Chief Minister. From my sources, I learn that Microsoft is actively pitching the platform to several government institutions for similar deployments – and the Office 365 integration could not have come at a better time.

On the portal, your organization can quickly onboard thousands or millions of users to Kaizala, including employees, partners, vendors, or customers, with just phone numbers. You can create Kaizala groups and add users, and also view out-of-the-box reports for Kaizala Actions such as Jobs and Surveys. Developers can use the portal to either create a new or customize a Kaizala Action and also add a new Connector to integrate their internal or external systems with Kaizala.

If you’re in India, sign in with your Office 365 account and add your phone number to Kaizala. Once the phone number is authenticated, you’ll be able to manage Kaizala with the management portal.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

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