Slack, meanwhile, hasn't given an updated number for its daily active users since October 2019, when it had 12 million daily active users. Microsoft Teams had 115 million daily active users as of October, up from the 75 million it announced in April and its 44 million from mid-March. Analysts say the addition of Slack - itself the chief competitor to Microsoft Teams - will give Salesforce a way to similarly connect all of its various apps and services by way of a collaboration tool, making it more competitive. The deal could help Salesforce compete with its longtime rival Microsoft, which has benefited from an explosion in use of its Microsoft Teams app amid the pandemic. It was valued at roughly $25 billion when markets closed on Tuesday. Before reports of the deal talks, Slack had a market cap of about $17 billion. Slack's stock was down over 3% on the news, while Salesforce shares went were also down about 3%. Slack shareholders will get $26.79 in cash and 0.0776 shares of Salesforce common stock for each Slack share. The deal is a combination of cash and stock, a detail that CNBC first reported on Monday. It is Salesforce's largest acquisition ever and represents a more aggressive foray into office communication technology for the cloud giant at a time when remote work has made collaboration tools more essential. Salesforce is buying the workplace messaging app Slack for $27.7 billion, Salesforce announced on Tuesday. Current integration options using the Slack for Salesforce App aren’t impactful, but it’s clear that Salesforce is committed to reimagining its platform.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

The talent and knowledge within the company will be a valuable asset for Salesforce as they push further to combine the two platforms into one. What is clear is that Troops was one of the founding companies for Slack to Salesforce integration technology.

Will Troops be rebranded to “Sales Cloud for Slack”? Or will Troops technology form the foundation for all Slack apps? These apps are intended to cater for common Slack to Salesforce integration use cases. Salesforce also announced three new apps:

The New Salesforce Platform for Slack: Flow, Apex SDK & More

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