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A question about licensing for the topics function in Viva Engage/Yammer
Approximately at the beginning of April of 2023 Microsoft announced in the message center that the topics in Yammer will be moved to Viva Topics. Microsoft also mentioned that there would be no chang...
Unfortunately, you do need to have a license even to be able to see the Topics. I can see the frustration though with the impact to hashtags and definitely think it needs addressing for these scenarios.
kevmcdonk : thx for the reply and Your support.
this is just not right from the Microsoft side. Now we would be forced to cough up thousands of dollars a month just to have the same functionality as before and as those still have who don't use Viva Topics.Well, only thing left for us seems to not use topics in Yammer any more until Microsoft has corrected this error.
Some good news for you Roman_Handl - a fellow Viva Explorer noticed that there is a change coming to have a lightweight Topics license for use in Viva Engage. According to the roadmap, this should be rolling out shortly so worth you or your admins keeping an eye on the updates.
kevmcdonk : thx for the update. Good news for those without Viva Topics licenses, for those with them nothing changes. Viva Engage admins will need Viva Topics licenses to curate the topics.
Quote from here
"After purchasing Viva Topics licenses or getting a free trial, the lightweight management no longer works. When visiting the lightweight management page, we will prompt you to complete Viva Topics setup in your M365 Admin Center to enable premium features.
Once Viva Topics setup is completed, we will automatically redirect users to the premium management page in Topics Center from the lightweight management page."
