Cornell Information Technologies (CIT) is transitioning its Slack workspaces to Microsoft Teams on January 23, 2026. Previously announced in October, the move helps streamline communication across the organization and supports the university’s broader cost-savings goals reflected in Resilient…

As part of a cost-saving initiative and a broader effort to streamline communication across our organization, CIT will transition from Slack to Microsoft Teams by January 23, 2026.This change aligns with the modernization theme, “as common as possible, as different as absolutely necessary,” and…

Slack is a collaboration tool providing real-time online chat that allows media sharing, alerts, and discussion on any number of topics. There are many Slack channels (essentially online chat rooms). Anyone can join public channels; for private channels, anyone currently in the channel can invite…