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We’re excited to announce the release of Zulip Server 10.0, containing hundreds of new features and bug fixes! Zulip is an open-source team chat application designed for seamless remote and hybrid work. With conversations organized by topic, Zulip is ideal for both live and asynchronous communication. Zulip’s 100% open-source software is available as a cloud service or a self-hosted solution, and is used by thousands of organizations around the world.

Zulip is an open-source team chat application designed for remote and hybrid work. With conversations organized by topic, Zulip is ideal for both live and asynchronous communication. Over the past few months, we’ve rolled out an incredibly flexible system for managing permissions in Zulip: Permissions can now be granted to any combination of roles, groups, and individual users. This applies to permissions for managing channels, groups, and the organization as a whole.

Zulip organized team chat has a new, incredibly flexible system for permissions management! With it, you can: This permissions system is now available in Zulip Cloud and to self-hosted organizations that upgrade to Zulip Server 10.0 (released today!). In this post, I’ll walk you through how to start using the new functionality to make it easier to manage your organization.

Kudos to The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) which has produced an excellent report into the use of consumer messaging apps within the Australian government. Based on a survey of 22 government agencies, it is one of the few quantitative research papers addressing the issue.

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