Facebook is making Workplace Advanced free to emergency services and governments
Emergency services and governments can use Workplace Advanced for free for one year
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In an effort to help emergency services and governments deal with the ongoing coronavirus outbreak,Facebookhas announced that it will offer the premium version of its workplace chat service,Workplace Advanced, to them for free for 12 months.
Facebook’s Workplace competes with other workplace chat apps such asSlackandMicrosoft Teamsand has both free and paid tiers available.
Through the app, customers get access to their own internal version of Facebook which includes video calling, groups, file sharing, instant messaging and even aNews Feedto keep up with what’s going on at their organization.
Workplace Advanced offer
Facebook Workplace is already being used by a number of public organizations including the Government of Singapore, the London Fire Brigade and Ambulance Victoria.
Any agencies or government organizations that are interested in taking advantage of the company’s offer have until June 30th tosign up for Workplace Advanced.
They will get access to the service for one year for free and then after that, they’ll have the option to switch to either the free or paid version of Workplace. Anyone can use the free version of the service but the paid version comes with more features such as admin controls.
In addition to providing Workplace Advanced for free to emergency services and governments, Facebook has also offeredfree ad space to the WHOon its social network to help keep its users more informed about the coronavirus.
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