Slack Technologies, Inc.

Salesforce, Inc.

Neha Sharma

Michael Demmer

Sri Vasamsetti

Ilan Frank

Shanan Delp

Steven Gordon

Management of hosted channel membership of a communication platform is described. A request can be received from a first client of a first user, associated with a first organization, of the group-based communication platform, wherein the request is to associate a second user, associated with a second organization, with a communication channel of the first organization. An invitation to join the communication channel can be sent to a second client of the second user. In response to receiving an indication of an acceptance of the invitation, the second user can be associated with the communication channel. A request can be received from the second client to associate other user(s) associated with the second organization with the communication channel and the other user(s) can be associated with the communication channel based at least in part on permission(s) associated with the communication channel.

Management of hosted channel membership in a communication platform

Verification of entities associated with a communication platform are described. An instruction to create a communication channel on a communication platform is received. The communication channel can be associated with an organization that is registered with the communication platform. Data associated with an entity (e.g., the organization and/or a user associated therewith) can be analyzed to determine whether to verify the entity. Based at least partly on a determination that the entity is verified, an indicator can be presented in association with the entity on a user interface associated with the communication platform and a first set of permissions can be associated with the entity. The first set of permissions can be different than a second set of permissions associated with unverified entities. Use of the communication channel and/or the communication platform by the entity can be controlled based at least partly on the first set of permissions.

Verified entities associated with a communication platform

Techniques for enabling a client device associated with an organization to render a custom emoji that is associated with a different organization. In some examples, a first user associated with a first organization can compose a message to a second user associated with a second organization, the message including a custom emoji specific to the first organization. A server computing device can receive the message and determine a resource identifier associated with the custom emoji of the first organization. The resource identifier can provide a location in a database at which the custom emoji is stored. The server computing device formats the message to include the resource identifier and sends the message to the second user. A computing device associated with the second user receives the message and accesses the custom emoji based in part on the resource identifier. The computing device then renders the message with the custom emoji for display to the second user.

Rendering custom emojis in cross-organization communications

Hosted communication channels associated with a communication platform are described. In an example, a user can utilize communication services available via a communication platform. In some examples, a first organization can invite a second organization to join a communication channel. The two organizations can be different such that they are associated with different organization identifiers and are associated with different permissions. In some examples, content associated with each organization can be private, such that other organizations cannot access content that is owned or otherwise managed by each organization. However, content posted to shared communication channels can be accessed, viewed, interacted with, or the like by any member of the shared communication channels. To address privacy and/or security concerns, some organizations or users of the communication platform may desire to control how end users that join a shared communication channel interact with the shared communication channel.

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Neha Sharma