Google Workspace administrators received welcome news on May 28, 2026. External interoperability between Google Chat and Microsoft Teams became generally available. The connection runs through NextPlane’s OpenHub platform. Organizations can now exchange messages, files and even start calls with partners and suppliers who live in the rival system. This marks a significant expansion from earlier internal-focused capabilities. Companies operate in mixed environments more than ever. Employees juggle Google Chat for internal projects. They switch to Teams when suppliers demand it. The friction eats time. It fragments conversations. And it raises risks around missed context or duplicated efforts. From Internal Links to External Reach The August 2025 announcement first positioned NextPlane OpenHub as the endorsed solution for Google Chat and Teams messaging. Google Workspace Updates blog detailed real-time cross-platform exchange. Users stayed in their preferred app. No forced platform switches.…