Microsoft has announced an in-mail chat app from its Garage incubator for iPhone users called ‘Send,’ formerly codenamed ‘Flow’.
Send is available for iPhone in the US & Canada from the iTunes store. The app currently is available to those with Outlook & Office 365 business/school email accounts.
Microsoft’s Outlook for iOS app is a rebranded version of the Acompli email application Microsoft 
bought at the end of last year. Send is meant to be a complement to Outlook, not a replacement.
Making the launch announcement on its blog, Microsoft said: While tools like text messaging and IM are great for short messages, you often don’t have your co-worker’s cell phone number or an IM app on your work phone. And we’ve heard loud and clear from people at work, they want all their communications available in Outlook—even if they send them from other apps. This is where Send comes in! Send gives you the simple, quick text message-like experience while allowing you to reach all co-workers and have all of your communications in Outlook for reference later.
Send lets you quickly and easily send any co-worker a message without a subject line or formal email constructs.
Some examples of Send messages include:
Straight to the point: “Let’s chat in 10”
Super urgent: “Don’t send the presentation yet”
Simple back-and-forth conversations: “Are you in the Office today?” “No”
Send is peppy & swift form of communication. With Send, there are no signatures, subject lines or salutations required. The design principle for the app was to make conversations fast & fluid.
Send connects to Office 365 business & school email accounts to surface your frequent & recent contacts. The people who are important to you are put right at your fingertips—just tap on a contact to start a conversation. Or even better, simply swipe & choose a Quick Reply to dash out a one-line reply.
Send doesn’t show all your emails, just the ones started in the app, keeping you in control. All Send messages comply with your organization’s email compliance policies, say Microsoft; they are treated like any other work email.
The connection with Office 365 means your conversations are synced with Outlook, letting you continue the conversation from anywhere.
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