The Microsoft Whiteboard Collaborative App arrives on Windows 10, iOS and the Web

Microsoft today launches its collaborative application Whiteboard on Windows 10, and promising versions for iOS and the web soon. The app has been previewing for Windows 10 in the last seven months, and it is now widely available on PCs alongside a new version for Web and iOS devices. The whiteboard allows users to take notes on a virtual whiteboard that can be shared and modified with other people in real time on all devices.

Anyone can access the application, but to collaborate with several people, at least subscription. The whiteboard supports inking on Windows 10, which allows you to use styli like the Surface Pen for collaborative inking, geometry recognition, table conversion, and more. automatic shading of tables. Whiteboard users used the application to write process flows, create collaborative tables, and brainstorm.

While an iOS app is starting soon, the Whiteboard team is also working on an Android version for the future. It's unclear exactly when it will be available, but the Whiteboard web version will work on Android mobile devices in the meantime. Microsoft has not limited its Whiteboard application to a particular browser, and all major browsers are supported.

There is no technical limit to the number of people who can collaborate on Whiteboard, but Microsoft strangely limits web and iOS versions to an Office. 365 commercial account right now. Whiteboard participants do not need to use a stylus to draw or annotate, keyboard entries and touch screens are also supported so that all modern devices can use the application . Microsoft also plans to integrate Whiteboard into its Microsoft Teams discussion app, and bring the application to its Surface Hub device.

Whiteboard is based on the acquisition of Microsoft Intentional Software last year, and the manufacturer has been working on the integration of this software into Microsoft products. Intentional Software was founded by Charles Simonyi, former Chief Software Architect at Microsoft. Simonyi left Microsoft in 2002 after helping to create Office applications like Excel and Word.