STEPS TO JOIN THE SHARED WORKSPACE 

 

1. Visit the Workspace Directory


In a web browser, visit Slack Workspaces and sign-in if prompted. When you visit this site, you will see two sections: “Your Workspaces” and “Browse 1 workspace”. 

 


2. Access the Shared Workspace 

In the Workspace Directory, click the “View Details” button: 

 

 

 

3. Join the Shared Workspace 


Click the “Join and Launch Slack” button. 

 

 

 

Note: The web version of Slack may open – close Slack in the browser and return to the Slack desktop app. 

 

4. View your channels 

 

Upon opening the Slack desktop app, you'll find all channels from both of your workspaces displayed, including multiple #general channels: 

 

 

 

If you wish to only view channels in a certain workspace, select the workspace viewer menu at the top left of the Slack desktop app: 

 

 

 

From there, you can select a workspace to view: 

 

 

 

Note that your DMs remain unchanged. DMs are not affected by workspace membership. 

 

5. Creating Channels 

When you create a channel in Slack and you are a member of more than one workspace, you will now be presented with an option to choose which workspace the channel will be in: 

 

 

 

 

Steps to leave the Shared Workspace (Optional) 

 

Staff may leave the Shared workspace and rejoin at any time. If rejoined, channel memberships persist. 

 

1. Navigate to the Workspace Directory 


In a web browser, visit Slack Workspaces and sign-in if prompted. You will see both workspaces available to launch in Slack: 

 

2. Click anywhere in the Shared Workspace tile to open the Workspace Info pane: 

 

 

 

3. Click the “Leave this workspace” link at the bottom of the pane: 

 

 

 

The Slack desktop app will reload. 

 

 

 

The Shared Workspace tile in the workspace directory will now be in the “Browse 1 workspace” area. 

 


WORKING WITH CONTRACTORS 

 

  • On November 8th, 2024, Contractors may see their Slack Apps refresh to reflect the enhancements that are happening to Internet Society's Slack Org.

  • Channels with contractors in them will receive notifications that a Slack admin has added the channel to the Shared workspace.
     
  • Channels that receive these notifications will remain multi-workspace channels.

  • Contractors will only be in the Shared Workspace. Channel message history will be retained after the transition.

 

  • Staff members that work with contractors must provide the IT department a list with each private channel their contractor is a member of by November 8th, 2024.  Failing to do so, will result in the contractor losing membership to that channel and history for that contractor will be lost. Please open a ticket at ithelp@isoc.org with the channel list to confirm memberships with our records. 

  • After November 8th, 2024, all channels with contractors must be created in the Shared Workspace.  

 

 

If you have any problems or questions, please submit a ticket to ithelp@isoc.org.