Slack unifies your entire team's communications, making your workflow, well, flow a lot better.
founded by Stewart Butterfield
Slack was launched in August 2013. In January 2015, Slack announced the acquisition of Screenhero.
In March 2015, Slack announced that it had been hacked over the course of four days in February 2015, and that some number of users’ data was compromised. That data included email addresses, usernames, hashed passwords, and, in some cases, phone numbers and Skype IDs that users had associated with their accounts. In response, Slack added two-factor authentication to their service.
The channels are super flexible and allow for public or private communication strings focused on project specific or role specific chat
Every new Slack workspace starts with a #general channel. It’s unlike all other Slack channels because no one can leave it — that's what makes it so useful! It's a great place to share important messages; as workspaces grow larger, many opt to use the #general channel only for important announcements. You don’t even need to invite anyone to #general: they’ll be added automatically when they join the workspace.
Tip: If you have an urgent message to share with the entire team, mention @everyone in #general. Ask people to react to your message so you know who’s seen it. 👀
Everyone can see everything posted in #general, so we recommend discouraging unnecessary messages. There are a few options to help reinforce this
They’re used for conversations open to all members. Anything posted to a public channel is browsable and searchable by all members, except for Guests of your Slack workspace.
They’re for confidential discussions. You have to be invited to a private channel in order to see and search for its contents. A private channel has a lock icon next to its name.
A shared channel (beta) is a bridge connecting your workspace with another company’s Slack workspace. It’s a secure place to communicate and collaborate with external contacts.
Next to the Slack message box, click the plus sign button. Select Code or text snippet. Enter a title (optional) and select a file type from the menu. ... When you're finished, click Create Snippet.
- Drag and drop the file to the Slack window. Magic! ✨
- Copy and paste images directly into the message box.
- Upload a file by clicking the plus icon next to the message box.
- Tap the message input box.
- Tap the file with clip icon to upload a file or the image gallery icon to upload a photo. You can choose a photo from your phone or take a new one.
- You can give the attachment a title and add a comment if you’d like.
- Tap the check mark in the top right to send.
- Tap the file with clip icon in the input bar to bring up your available files.
- To upload a file, tap the ic_photo_library_black_24dp_2x.png files icon, or tap the image gallery icon to upload a photo. You can choose a photo from your device or take a new one by tapping the camera icon.
- Tap the attachment to give it a title if you'd like, and add a comment from the input bar.
- Tap the paper plane icon in the input bar.
- Tap the plus icon next to the message box.
- Choose from your most recent photos, or from your Photos, OneDrive, or Phone.
The size limit for uploading a file is 1GB
- Encourage open discussion without distracting others.
- Organize conversations and preserve meaningful context.
- Focus your time and attention on the task at hand.
- Hover over the message you'd like to reply to directly.
- Click the reply icon. Or, click on any message with replies to view the thread in the details pane.
- Compose your message.
- Click Send.
- Tap the message you’d like to reply to directly.
- Add a reply of your own to start or join the thread. Tap Send.
- Tap the message you’d like to reply to directly.
- Add a reply of your own to start or join the thread.
- Tap the paper plane icon to send.
- Tap the message you’d like to reply to directly.
- Select the Start a thread button that appears at the bottom of the thread.
- Tap the paper plane icon to send.
You can add an app or integration to Slack either through the Slack App Directory or by clicking on an individual app's "Add to Slack" button. To add via the App Directory: open Slack and click your team name at the top left-hand corner, and choose "Apps & integrations.
Slack integrates is used for Pipe in performance data, support tickets, budget approvals, code reviews, sales leads, bug reports, press mentions… it all flows into the stream of conversation so everyone can see it — or act on it — inside Slack.
- Click your workspace name in the top left to open the menu.
- Select Sign in to another workspace.
- Enter the Slack URL for an existing workspace and click Continue, or Create a new workspace.
- Enter your email address and password to sign in.
- Swipe right or tap the workspace icon to open the channel list.
- Tap the Workspaces Menu.
- Tap Add workspace to sign in to another team.
- Tap the email you’d like to use. You'll see a list of workspaces with accounts linked to that email, as well as any other workspaces you’re able to join.
- If you don’t see the email you want to use, tap Confirm another email address and enter your email address.
- On the same mobile device, check your email and click Confirm Email Address to return to the Slack app.
- Swipe right or tap the workspace icon to open the channel list.
- Tap the Workspaces Menu.
- Tap Add workspace to sign in to another team.
- Tap the email you’d like to use. You'll see a list of workspaces with accounts linked to that email, as 5. well as any other workspaces you’re able to join.
- If you don’t see the email you want to use, tap Confirm another email address and enter your email address. On the same mobile device, check your email and click Confirm Email Address to return to the Slack app.
- Tap the Menu icon in the top right to open the channel list.
- Tap the plus icon at the bottom left to sign in to another workspace
To switch workspace, simply tap the channel list icon at top left, then a workspace icon in the left-hand menu.
- Open a direct message.
- Click the phone icon at the top right.
- Your call will start right away, and the member you're calling will receive a pop-up notification. If you use Slack on your Mac, Windows, or Linux desktop, click the camera icon to start a video call.
- Tap the channel or direct message name to open the channel or conversation info.
- Tap Start a call.
- Tap the channel or direct message name to open the channel or conversation info.
- Tap Start a call.
- Open the channel or direct message you'd like to star.
- Click the star icon below the channel name. The star will turn yellow to indicate that it's a starred channel
Your Starred Items can be used as a simple to-do list: items appear in the order you star them, and you can unstar to remove a task from your list.
- Always Turn-on slack notification and keep checking slack.
- Large file should not be shared on slack. It should share on Drop-box and URL of file is shared on slack
- Large Text file should be in Snippet.
- When you share code on slack then it should be in Snippet and well formatted.
- If you have an urgent message to share with the entire team. It should be shared in General.
- Project Specific message should be share in project specific channel in slack.
- In channel you use threads for encourage open discussion without distracting others.
- To switch workspace, simply tap the channel list icon at top left, then a workspace icon in the left-hand menu.
- We should not save any ID/password or any important information on slack because we can't able to see history of slack messaging for more then 1 month(Depending upon data we shared)