![]() ![]() Rebranded as LinkedIn Learning, this product has risen to become the market leader for corporate learning content. Microsoft’s commanding position in productivity software did not transfer into the learning tech market in this case.Ī far larger and more successful move into HR tech came in June 2016 with the acquisition of LinkedIn, which had its own considerable business in talent management, recruitment and analytics solutions and had acquired the video-based training library about a year earlier. ![]() Despite the obvious benefits of using a free tool vs Articulate, the market leader, Office Mix didn’t make a dent in its market share and stayed in beta. In 2015 - shortly after the current CEO Satya Nadella began his famous transformation of the business from a ‘know it all’ culture into a ‘learn it all’ culture - Microsoft attempted a territory grab from Articulate with the ill-fated Office Mix, a free plugin that turned PowerPoint into a SCORM-compatible elearning authoring tool. Looking beyond Microsoft’s product training, it’s useful to recap a bit of the recent history. ![]() They have some thinking to do about the name. This creates a bit of nomenclature overlap with any other learning offering, hence the awkward non-name of the ‘new learning app for Teams’. 1) Microsoft and learning tech - a recent historyįirstly, let’s remember that like any big software company, Microsoft has a large product training and certification offer which is already known as ‘Microsoft Learn’. But it won’t be enough to enable the aspects of an advanced learning culture that drive real capability change as a standalone package. It’s followed the natural progression to provide an LMS structure that will underpin the informal learning already going on in Teams, supported by content from Microsoft Learn and LinkedIn Learning. TL DR: Microsoft has made a big move but not a particularly bold one. Filtered smart LXP and the Microsoft Teams learning app. ![]()
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