manage calendars across teams. With Slack Connect, the company says organizations can “work faster with vendors, strengthen client relationships, provide top-tier enterprise support and manage supply chains.”

There are obviously some security concerns with cross-organization communications like this, but Slack assures that all of it’s existing enterprise-grade security features and compliance standards extend to Slack Connect. It does, of course, recommend that you only connect to trusted parties in order to reduce spam and phishing attempts. 

More than just a chat app, Slack has for a long time positioned itself as a replacement to email, especially with features like calendar management and Office 365 integration. Now, with Slack Connect, it aims to take that one step further.