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Is Microsoft Loop A Notion Alternative?

Microsoft is trying to replace your second brain, but is it worthwhile?

Drew Morrison
3 min readDec 4, 2023

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When I saw Microsoft Loop finally get launched, I was a little excited. Finally, a Notion-like workspace that you can use that will integrate with OneDrive.

In most professional jobs, you’re probably using a Microsoft Suite that uses, OneNote, Excel, Outlook, etc.

One of the things that I loath about OneNote is the lack of ability to organize the notes.

I’ve tried every tactic out there. I’ve created sections upon sections, subpages upon subpages but OneNote always seems to make it difficult to organize your notes after you stack up a bunch of them.

Initial Thoughts

If you’re a Notion user, when you open Microsoft Loop, you immediately recognize a few things.

You can use the backslash ( / ) to start your formatting prompt, you can write in Markdown is an option and create workspaces that Notion is known for.

However, there are a few features that are missing:

  • You cannot create toggle lists like in Notion
  • You cannot create a page within a page.
  • There is no databasing option (the only similar…

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Drew Morrison

🏃🏻‍♂️Training for the next hardest race. Writing about the lessons that I've learned.