Microsoft Viva

Microsoft announced yesterday that its Yammer mobile apps for iOS and Android have now been rebranded as Viva Engage. The new app should make it easier for employees to connect with coworkers, find and share content and engage in communities. Viva Engage is an evolution of the Yammer Communities app in Microsoft Teams that launched…

Microsoft has released a new home experience that should make it easier for desktop users to get started with Viva Connections. The latest Viva Connections update has started rolling out to targeted release customers, which surfaces important tasks and personalized content as well as provides easier access to other Viva apps. “On desktop, Connections introduces…

Cloud Conversations is a regular podcast that we’ll be featuring here on Petri. It’s about everything connected to cloud computing, including technologies like Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM), Microsoft Defender, Windows, Intune, and much more! Cloud Conversations – Ana Inés Urrutia on Viva Explorers, Travel and Flying planes Ana Inés Urrutia is a Dynamics 365 Human…

Microsoft has announced the integration of new apps and services in its Viva employee experience platform. The company is launching today a new app called Viva Pulse that enables team leads and managers to get regular employee feedback directly within Microsoft Teams. “Viva Pulse uses smart templates and research-backed questions to help managers pinpoint what’s…

Microsoft announced this morning Viva Sales, a new Viva application designed to meet the specific needs of sellers. Viva Sales integrates with Microsoft Teams and other Microsoft 365 apps to automate the data entry process into any CRM system for the sales team. Viva Sales aims to address some major challenges commonly faced by sales…

Microsoft announced this morning Viva Goals, a new Teams module that helps employees keep track of their progress on key business goals. Viva Goals is the result of Microsoft’s acquisition of Ally.io back in October 2021, a Seattle-based start-up specializing in an approach called objectives and key results (OKR). OKR is a performance management tool…

Cloud Conversations is a weekly podcast that we’ll be featuring here on Petri. It’s about everything connected to cloud computing, including technologies like Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM), Microsoft Defender, Windows, Intune, and much more! Cloud Conversations – Zoe Wilson on Viva, Career & Community Journeys Zoe Wilson is Microsoft MVP for Office Apps & Services,…

Viva Topics is one of the four modules of Microsoft Viva, the company’s new employee experience platform that launched on Microsoft Teams last year. The app works as a knowledge management system that leverages organization content on SharePoint Online. In any business, knowledge is king. Without it, your employees could not provide a service to…

From a technology perspective, Microsoft’s announcement of Viva, their new employee experience platform (EXP) for Microsoft 365, contained a mixture of the good, not-so-good, and puzzling. I don’t plan to cover Microsoft positioning and launch messaging (see Brad’s article). Instead, I want to probe at the technology. To start, Viva is a great example of…