Update : Whiteboard is now available for personal (Microsoft) accounts & there are also a ton of other features which you can check out in the “What’s new” section!!
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Microsoft Whiteboard is a digital application that allows individuals and teams to collaborate and brainstorm visually in real time. It provides an intelligent canvas where users can freely create and ideate using touch, type, and pen inputs. The application is cloud-based, ensuring that all work is saved and accessible from any location or device.
The interface of Microsoft Whiteboard is designed to be user-friendly and intuitive. The touch-first design allows for a natural and fluid experience, freeing ideas from the constraints of a keyboard. The intelligent inking technology also helps to transform doodles into professional-looking shapes and lines that can be easily manipulated and combined with other objects.
One of the key features of Microsoft Whiteboard is its ability to facilitate collaboration among team members, regardless of their location. The application allows for real-time editing and viewing of the canvas, making it easy for everyone to stay on the same page. This eliminates the need for taking photos of physical whiteboards or marking them with "Do Not Erase" signs.
The application also offers a variety of tools and features to enhance the brainstorming and ideation process. Users can choose from over 40 customizable templates to get started quickly, and can also use reactions to provide lightweight feedback. The facilitation features, such as copy/paste and object alignment, make it easy to organize and manipulate content on the canvas.
In addition, Microsoft Whiteboard offers a range of inking features to add a creative touch to the visual collaboration process. Users can draw arrows and use different ink effects, such as rainbow and galaxy, to express their ideas in a unique way. The application also has a modern and streamlined look and feel, with a creation gallery that makes it easy to find and use different objects and features.
Overall, Microsoft Whiteboard is a powerful and versatile tool for individuals and teams to collaborate and brainstorm visually. Its cloud-based nature and range of features make it a valuable asset for any project or use case.
Microsoft Whiteboard provides a freeform intelligent canvas where individuals & teams alike can ideate, create, and collaborate visually via the cloud. Designed for touch, type & pen, it lets you write or draw as smoothly as you would with ink, you can even type in text, add sticky notes or notes grid to express your ideas & use reactions to visually communicate your thoughts. It enhances teamwork by allowing all team members to edit the canvas in real time, no matter where they are. Get started quickly by inserting a pre-built template or draw your own flowchart using our expansive shapes library. No matter what your use case, we have the right set of tools for you and all your work stays safe in the cloud, ready to be picked back up from another location or device.
-- Create freely, work naturally –
Microsoft Whiteboard provides an infinite canvas where imagination has room to grow: draw, type, add a sticky note or a notes grid, move them around – it’s all possible. The touch-first, interface frees your ideas from the keyboard, and the intelligent inking technology transforms your doodles into great-looking shapes and lines that can be copied, pasted and combined with other objects.
--Collaborate in real time, wherever you are—
Microsoft Whiteboard brings every member of a team together working from their own devices across the globe. On the Whiteboard canvas, you can also see what your teammates are doing in real time and start collaborating on the same area. It’s about getting everyone on the same page – or board.
--Save automatically, resume seamlessly –
Forget having to take photos of your whiteboards, or marking them with “Do Not Erase.” With Microsoft Whiteboard, your brainstorming sessions are saved automatically to the Microsoft cloud, so you can pick up where you left off, whenever – and wherever – inspiration strikes next.
What’s new:
• Users can now log in using their personal (Microsoft) accounts which has been a strong customer ask since we launched the Android Preview App
• Modern look and feel:
1. Streamlined user experience - an unobtrusive app UI maximizes your canvas space.
2. Creation gallery - a highly discoverable, simple way of finding and using objects and features in the application.
• Interactive content features:
3. 40+ customizable templates – get started quickly and collaborate, brainstorm, and ideate with brand new templates.
4. Reactions - provide lightweight, contextual feedback with a set of fun reactions.
• Facilitation features:
5. Copy/paste – copy and paste content and text within the same whiteboard.
6. Object alignment – use alignment lines and object snapping to precisely organize content spatially.
7. Format background – personalize your whiteboard by changing the background color and pattern .
• Inking features:
8. Ink arrows – smoothly draw single and double-sided arrows using ink to better facilitate diagramming.
9. Ink effect pens – express yourself in a creative way using rainbow and galaxy ink.
Dichiarazione di accessibilità: https://www.microsoft.com/it-it/accessibility/declarations