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title: Collaboration services
description: Collaboration services provides a way to communicate and collaborate in real-time. You can directly use a collaboration tool from task records and as a channel within communication plans.
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product: Collaboration Services
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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# Collaboration services

Collaboration services provides a way to communicate and collaborate in real-time. You can directly use a collaboration tool from task records and as a channel within communication plans.

## Compatibility

Compatible with all the releases starting with the Madrid release.

## Key features

-   Slack
    -   Create dynamic slack channels for tasks and import back.
    -   Slash commands to get incident details directly from slack and perform basic operations on incident.
    -   Initiate chat with slack users/channels directly from incidents.
    -   Archive the slack channel when the task is closed.
-   ServiceNow for Microsoft Teams
    -   Initiate a chat using Microsoft Teams directly from tasks.
    -   Import message history into a task record from Microsoft Teams, manually or automated.
    -   Send individual notification and collaboration on Major Incident and Incident Communication Plan using Slack or Microsoft Teams.
    -   For information about ServiceNow for Microsoft Teams integrations, see [ServiceNow for Microsoft Teams](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/employee-service-management/c_ServiceNowForMSTeams.md).
-   ServiceNow for Zoom
    -   Initiate a chat using Zoom Team Chat directly from tasks.
    -   Import message history into a task record from Zoom Team Chat.
    -   For information about ServiceNow for Zoom integrations, see [ServiceNow for Zoom](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/employee-service-management/sn_zoomIntegration.md).
    -   Access ServiceNow Employee Center in the Zoom application. For information about ServiceNow Employee Center in Zoom, see [Make Employee Center capabilities available in Zoom](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/employee-service-management/zoom-ec-create-app.md).