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gmartin_3434
Tin Contributor
Sep 08, 2026

Viva Engage Notifications

We would like to understand whether Viva Engage supports any of the following capabilities:

  1. Automatically enabling email notifications for new members when they join a community.
  2. Configuring community members to receive notifications by default and requiring them to opt out rather than opt in.
  3. Applying a tenant-wide or community-level policy that enables email notifications for all members of selected communities.
  4. Configuring notification settings through Microsoft 365 admin settings, Viva Engage admin settings, PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, or any other administrative mechanism.
  5. Identifying whether this functionality is on the Microsoft roadmap if it is not currently available.

Our company is currently test piloting Viva Engage with a few different departments, but they are noticing that member engagement is not very high.  We are looking for ways to get members more engaged in the product.  

Thanks,

Greg

best practices
microsoft teams
Yammer

1 Reply

  • Jamony's avatar
    Jamony
    MCT
    Sep 13, 2026

    For ordinary community email notifications, Microsoft documents user-controlled preferences, not an administrator-enforced default. Its notification FAQ explicitly says administrators cannot set default email settings for the network. I could not verify a supported Microsoft Graph, PowerShell, or admin-center method that silently subscribes every new community member or forces an opt-out model. For your departmental pilot, include notification setup in onboarding: users open their Engage notification settings and select the communities whose new activity they want emailed. Test this with a new member before rolling it out. Keep that separate from announcements: community administrators can use announcements for important updates, including essential email delivery beyond normal preferences where that option is available. That does not enable ongoing emails for every conversation. Use announcements selectively and measure participation in the pilot. I cannot confirm a roadmap date for centrally managed subscriptions; submit that requirement through Microsoft's product feedback channel.