Updated 9th June 2021 with latest release and timeline information
Microsoft Viva was first announced in February 2021. Now we have a bit more detail about it. Here is a quick breakdown of what we know so far.
Microsoft Viva is a brand name for a family of products or modules. Microsoft positions Viva as an Employee Experience Platform (EXP). Employee Experience Platform is described as bringing together tools for employee communications, wellbeing, learning and knowledge discovery into one solution.
Viva is comprised of 4 modules, each can be used/purchases independently. Some are extra cost/licences, some are included in Office 365/M365 plans. It’s unclear if there will also be a “family SKU” for all of Viva.
Viva Connections centres around an improved, now brandable, SharePoint Home app within Teams. It will surface Yammer communities interaction and leverage Stream for video.
Viva Connections delivers a unified, personalized feed in which employees can explore news and contribute to the conversation.
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Microsoft Viva Insights gives individuals, managers, and leaders personalized and actionable insights. Viva Insights will, over time, bring the power of Microsoft Workplace Analytics and Microsoft MyAnalytics together under the Microsoft Viva brand.
Viva Insights includes:
*Note, Microsoft Workplace Analytics purchase required for these components.
Viva Insights uses data from:
To have access to the Viva Insights app, you will need an Exchange Online license.
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While working in Microsoft 365 apps, you’ll see topics highlighted when they appear in pages, messages, and content.
These highlights reveal topic cards. Topic cards provide knowledge in context without searching or changing apps. Cards summarize the topic with alternate names, definitions, experts, and recommended resources.
Microsoft Viva Topics uses artificial intelligence (AI) to collect information around specific topics and generate pages about them.
Viva Topics has the ability to integrate knowledge Microsoft 365 and from a variety of third-party services such as ServiceNow and Salesforce
Topic pages provide a comprehensive view of related information, including:
When Microsoft Viva discovers topics, they appear as suggestions in the topic center. In the future, the topic center can be accessed from Microsoft Teams or SharePoint.
You’ll be able to add the topics web part to any pages in SharePoint or Microsoft Teams, so you can build knowledge into your existing employee experiences, such as intranet sites.
Suggested content and topics are governed by privacy controls, security and the Microsoft Graph. Users can only see the content where they already have access.
In the future, Viva Topics will integrate information from outside the Microsoft 365 cloud using our Graph-based content connectors—available from both Microsoft and our partners—which integrate knowledge from more than 130 data sources, including Salesforce, ServiceNow, MediaWiki, file shares, and Microsoft Azure services.
Connectors also include a robust set of APIs to facilitate the development of your own connectors.
Viva Topics will also offer Viva learning suggestions within the topic center, along with other knowledge resources.
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Viva Learning app for Microsoft Teams. Discover, share, assign, and learn from content libraries across the organization—including LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Learn, third-party content providers, and an organization’s own custom content.
It will index videos but also Microsoft Word documents and Microsoft PowerPoint decks.
Viva Learning has integrated with content providers Skillsoft, Coursera, Pluralsight, and edX.
Learning management system providers Cornerstone OnDemand, Saba, and SAP SuccessFactors have announced their intention to integrate with Viva Learning.
Viva Learning also shows all the learning assignments a manager has made, when they are due, and individuals’ reported completion status.
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A Microsoft MVP and Microsoft Certified Master, Tom Arbuthnot is Founder and Principal at Empowering.Cloud as well as a Solutions Director at Pure IP.
Tom stays up to date with industry developments and shares news and his opinions on his Tomtalks.blog, UC Today Microsoft Teams Podcast and email list. He is a regular speaker at events around the world.
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