New Personal Well-Being Insights Coming to Insights app in Teams
Microsoft announced some new Insights features coming to Teams earlier this year and at their Ignite conference last week. They recently offered a little more detail and rollout plans for their personal wellbeing features. Users will be able to enhance their mental wellbeing during the workday by including breathing breaks, sending praise to users and colleagues, pausing and reflecting during the workday, as well as utilizing an innovative ‘virtual commute’ to close out their day.
- Timeline: These features will start to roll out in early April 2021 and be complete by the end of June.
- Requirements: Users will need a provisioned Exchange mailbox to access these features in the Insights Teams app.
- Roll-out: Beginning today (March 8, 2021), unless an admin has disabled the app via policy, the Insights Teams app will be pre-installed for users and available along the left navigation bar in the Teams interface.
The Insights app in Teams is bringing a new Home page with relevant suggestions and workflows that will focus on the wellbeing of your users. These include:
- Virtual commute – “users can schedule a virtual commute to help them wrap up their tasks from today, prepare for tomorrow’s activities, and mindfully disconnect from work.”
- Praise – “users can schedule reminders to send praise to their top collaborators and build a habit of sharing gratitude.”
- Reflect – “users can schedule reminders to check in with themselves emotionally and save and reference their personal reflection history.”