Slack at U-M (U-M Slack) is a collaboration tool that enhances workgroup communications. It provides a searchable platform for individuals and groups to chat in real time, share content, and keep conversations organized and accessible from anywhere, anytime.
U-M Slack accounts are available to all active faculty, staff, students, and Type-1 sponsored affiliates on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses and Michigan Medicine. (For more information on what happens to your U-M Slack account when you leave the university, refer to Slack: Accounts for People Who Leave U-M.)
Refer to the Features & Benefits page for more information on everything included with U-M Slack.
Sensitive Data with Slack
U-M Slack can be used for certain kinds of sensitive data, as detailed in the Sensitive Data Guide. Approved sensitive data may only be shared in private channels or via direct messages, not in public channels. You and the university community have a shared responsibility to use Slack appropriately with sensitive university data and take the necessary precautions.