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How to stop post content in Viva Engage to sending emails to the whole company

StefenB — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:29:33 GMT

Loving having a New Viva engage community but trying to figure out a way to determine who gets new posts to the community . Currently it sends out to everyone which then looks like spam. I want to keep engagement but cannot have it sending the email to the whole company as we create new communities.

Can someone help?

Stefen

Some users not able to add personal dashboard card

cwaersten__910 — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:04:48 GMT

We are getting feedback that some users are not able to add the personal quick links card in the dashboard. I have gone through it with one of the users where they click the customize button, add the card, add a link and save it. But when they go back to the dashboard it is no longer there. We have tried it in the dashboard in teams and in the browser, we have tried to do a hard refresh but it is gone. Also when they go to customize the dashboard again it is gone and they can try to add it again (still not working).

This happens for some users, while other users have no problems adding the card.

Any suggestions how to fix this?

Theme reverting to default blue

JakeDear — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:48:06 GMT

Hi. We have recently (in the past week) noticed an issue with our branding in the Connections app within MS Teams desktop and web, where our custom theme keeps reverting to a default blue colour. Refreshing the page does not fix the issue. Our chosen theme only reappears when a user navigates to another tab (e.g. Activity, Chat, Calendar) and then returns to the Connections tab.

The colour theme works as expected when accessing Connections outside of Teams (e.g. via SharePoint).

Has anyone else experienced similar issues, or know a potential cause/fix?

Thanks.

Connections icons

MarkSHU — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 07:46:54 GMT

Hi, it is possible to get a download of the official 192 x 192 and 32 x 32 Connections icons, including the transparent outline icon.

Thanks,

Mark

users can't rearrange cards

tylerdobie — Wed, 07 May 2025 16:44:52 GMT

my understanding is that end-users are supposed to be able to drag the cards around and hide them, and I have the option enabled... but the option doesn't seem to be available to the users.
- no customize button, can't drag to rearrange.

What am I missing?

Introducing card personalization for end users in Viva Connections

NancyH2 — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:39:56 GMT

We are excited to announce end user customization and personalization support for Viva Connections dashboard. This feature enables end users to adjust the Viva Connections dashboard based on their preference.

Customize your dashboard card layout

There are several customization options available to you on your dashboard. Add a dashboard card to manage a specific task, reorder the dashboard cards in order of your priority, hide cards that you rarely use or show your hidden cards. Any changes you make to the dashboard will apply across your desktop and mobile instances and will only affect your dashboard view.

To begin, select the Customize icon above the dashboard cards.

Add a personal dashboard card

You can add a Quick Links card to your dashboard that will allow you to add a collection of links to your favorite files, apps, and sites.

Select Customize above the dashboard.
Select Add a card (#2).
Select Quick links (#3).

The card will be added to your dashboard and the properties pane will open.
Under links, select + Add link to add a URL, site page, or files. Added links show below the + Add link button. You can add up to 20 links (#5).
Once added, links can be edited in the following ways (#6):

Rearrange – Select and drag to the left of the link to reposition it within your quick link list.
Delete – Select the trashcan to delete the selected link.
Edit – Select the arrow to edit the link URL, title, and icon.

Under Card details, you can edit the size, title, icon, and image displayed on the Quick Links dashboard card.
When finished, select the X in the upper-right of the property pane to close.
Select Save.

Note: To access the settings again for a user added dashboard card, select Customize, then hover over the card and select the edit icon.

Move dashboard cards

Select Customize above the dashboard.
Select and drag the dashboard card to its new location in the dashboard.
Select Save.

In the confirmation, select Save to save your changes to the dashboard for desktop and mobile devices.

Hide dashboard cards

Select Customize above the dashboard.
Select the visible icon in the lower-right corner of a dashboard card. The card will become greyed out, and the visible icon will disappear.

Select Save.
In the confirmation, select Save to save your changes to the dashboard for desktop and mobile devices.

Show hidden dashboard cards

Select Customize above the dashboard.
Select the empty box in the lower-right corner of a dashboard card. The card will no longer be greyed out, and the visible icon will appear.

Select Save.
In the confirmation, select Save to save your changes to the dashboard for desktop and mobile devices.

Reset dashboard cards to default

Select Customize above the dashboard.
Select Reset to default.
Select Save.
In the confirmation, select Save to save your changes to the dashboard for desktop and mobile devices. Your dashboard will be reset to the default view created by your organization.

Features and capabilities mentioned in this blog post, are demonstrated in the following video with Nancy Handa (Microsoft) and Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft).

Frequently asked questions

When will this happen?

This blog post refers to following Microsoft 365 Roadmap item, which should be fully available for customers worldwide in May 2025. Rollout started for first customers during March 2025:

Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 472021 - Microsoft Viva: End user cards in Viva Connections

What do you need to prepare?

You do not need to do anything to prepare for this update, but you may want to let your users know about this new capability. Feature will be automatically enabled for all customers and Viva Connections will be automatically shown as an icon in the app bar, if it has been configured.

What is next?

We will be continuously evolving the Viva Connection experiences also in future to provide new capabilities and cards for our customers to take advantage. We are looking on multiple other ways to get the SharePoint and Viva Connections experience more closely integrated together.

Thanks for reading. Let us know any feedback or questions in the comments. Your feedback drives our internal prioritization, so please do not hesitate to share your thoughts 💬

Introducing Folder card for Viva Connections

PoojaG — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:26:25 GMT

We are excited to share the availability of the new out-of-the-box card for Viva Connections called Folder.

Viva Connections is the one stop place for all employee service where employees can easily access the relevant company information along with their personal tools and resources. We plan to keep evolving and improving the Viva Connections experiences constantly with new out-of-the-box features and new extensibility opportunities.

The new card to be added in our Out of the Box Connections gallery is the Folder Card. The folder card provides quick access to a document repository on SharePoint site from the Viva Connections Dashboard. This could bring scenarios like troubleshooting manuals, templates, checklists, policies folder with quick access.

The card acts as an easy way finding for Front Line Workers (FLWs) who are looking for quick access to information while they are on the go and an easy access point to our IW workers as well.

Features and capabilities mentioned in this blog post, are demonstrated in the following video with Pooja Gulati (Microsoft), Shivani Sahu (Microsoft) and Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft).

Frequently asked questions

When will this happen?

This blog post refers to following Microsoft 365 Roadmap item, which should be fully available for customers worldwide by end of April 2025.

Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 408536 - Microsoft Viva: Document library card for Viva Connections Dashboard

What do you need to prepare?

You do not need to do anything to prepare for this update, but you may want to let your users know about this new capability. Feature will be automatically enabled for all customers.

What is next?

We will be continuously evolving the Viva Connection experiences also in future to provide new capabilities and cards for our customers to take advantage. Next big feature is dashboards in SharePoint sites. This means that you can build engaging dashboards with the cards for any SharePoint site in future.

Thanks for reading. Let us know any feedback or questions in the comments. Your feedback drives our internal prioritization, so please do not hesitate to share your thoughts 💬

Change the logo across all platforms

JakeDear — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 15:28:42 GMT

Hi, is there a way to change the Viva Connections icon across all platforms? We have updated it in Teams, but are having trouble updating it elsewhere (like through office.com). We would like the new icon to appear consistently across all Viva Connections experiences. Is there any method to achieve this? Thanks in advance!

Introducing Viva Connections in the SharePoint app bar

Catherine_Chuaga — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:14:18 GMT

We are excited to share a new feature to provide more integrated experience between Viva Connections and SharePoint, by exposing Viva Connections features directly in the SharePoint app bar.

When Viva Connections have been configured in the tenant, there will be easy quick links exposed in the SharePoint app bar to access the Viva Connections experience easily.

Initially app bar will expose three links as follows:

Dashboard - This will link to the personalized dashboard in the Viva Connections
News - This will directly link to the Viva Connections news experience to easily access latest updates within the tenant
Resources - This will link to the resources section of the Viva Connections landing page

Viva Connections acts as a company branded front door to employee experiences that allows them to access important apps, tools, resources in one place, surfaces the most important news/updates and enables them to take quick action on work related tasks.

Features and capabilities mentioned in this blog post, are demonstrated in the following video with Cathrine Chuaga (Microsoft) and Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft).

Frequently asked questions

When will this happen?

This blog post refers to following Microsoft 365 Roadmap item, which should be fully available for customers worldwide in March 2025. Rollout started for first customers during February 2025:

Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 468290 - Microsoft Viva: Connections on the SharePoint app bar

What do you need to prepare?

What is next?

Thanks for reading. Let us know any feedback or questions in the comments. Your feedback drives our internal prioritization, so please do not hesitate to share your thoughts 💬

Introducing enterprise news reader in Viva connections

DC_Padur — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 09:37:34 GMT

We are excited to launch a new Enterprise News reader experience in Viva Connections. This feature will replace the Feed in Viva Connections across desktop, mobile, and web platforms. This new experience will present SharePoint news from the organizational sites, boosted news, user’s followed sites, frequent sites, and people they work with in an immersive reader experience.

Viva Connections serves as the gateway to your employee experience through a branded company app - surfacing apps, tools, resources, and news to keep everyone connected from wherever they are.

News reader also includes a Copilot powered news summary, available on desktop only in this initial release. Copilot will provide an AI generated summary of top news items in a user’s feed to provide a quick overview of all the latest information.

The news reader features a fresh new grid UX for recommended News with intuitive card design and layout. The news item cards have easy access to Like and Save for later gestures. It also has intuitive visual cues to indicate a News link post type and the original link source domain.

Saved items are available for viewing from the specific “Saved for later” tab.

When user is accessing the news items, they are loaded within the Viva Connections app itself in an immersive reader experience with quick access to sharing gestures and ability to open the same news item in a browser.

The features and capabilities mentioned in this blog post are demonstrated in the following video with Divyachapan (DC) Padur (Microsoft) and Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft).

Frequently asked questions

When will this happen?

The feature has started rolling out to Targeted Release customers and will continue to roll out to all customers through the end of April 2025.

This message is associated with Microsoft Roadmap ID 472018.

What News items are shown to a user?

This is a system driven news feed with SharePoint news posts from the user’s followed sites, frequent sites, trending sites, home site, organization news sites and news posts published by people they work with.

Does admin have any control over the news items shown here?

News posts published on the home site, organizational news sites, boosted news will all be prioritized and will show at the top of the feed experience.

Does this feed support audience targeting?

Yes, News posts are filtered appropriately based on the user’s audience memberships. Additionally, if multilingual news posts are available, the news item for the user’s preferred language is shown.

Will the Copilot summary work for any language?

The Copilot summary experience will respect the end user’s language and works for all languages called out in following article: Supported languages for Microsoft Copilot.

How can Engage content be shown in Viva Connections now?

We are soon rolling out a new Engage card that could be configured and used in the Viva Connections dashboard. Specific posts can be pinned in the Spotlight control. Viva Engage storylines are now natively available in Teams app (see more from What’s new in Viva Engage – Ignite Edition).

Thanks for reading. Let us know any feedback or questions in the comments.

401 Unauthorized error in MS Teams

marcoemme — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:37:36 GMT

When a news post is published in our intranet in Sharepoint, a MS Teams notification is sent from the system to all colleagues who are used to collaborating (they are in his “circles” according to VIVA Insights) with the author of the post.
Although the publication is successful and the link to the news post is active, sometimes those who click on the notification from MS Teams receive a “401 Unauthorized” error message that makes the post unviewable from MS Teams.

In the past we fixed this issue on the specific client by clearing the Teams cache, but we have more than 6000 clients...
This creates a flaw in the user experience that we need to fix. Thanks!

Viva connections for mobile "Home page" button

rafi1990 — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 09:38:09 GMT

So in Viva Connections for mobile you have this small button at the top of the dashboard tab.

This button opens an internal browser inside viva connections to the organization's home page.

Can this button be customizable? can we remove it completely?

I'm asking because this "internal browser" opened is Google's Chrome, which is blocked by our CA policy, that allows only edge browsers for company's resources. And when our employees click this button they get an error.

Introducing My sites card for Viva Connections

PoojaG — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:01:34 GMT

We are excited to share the availability of the new out-of-the-box card for Viva Connections called My sites.

Viva Connections is the one stop place for all employee service where employees can easily access the relevant company information and their personal tools. We continue evolving and improving the Viva Connections experiences constantly with new out-of-the-box features and new extensibility opportunities.

The My sites card provides quick access to frequently visited and followed sites by the user on the Viva Connections Dashboard. Users see personalized results on the sites list, based on their behavior in SharePoint and you can control the list of Followed sites directly from the card.

Features and capabilities mentioned in this blog post, are demonstrated in the following video with Pooja Gulati (Microsoft) and Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft).

Frequently asked questions

When will this happen?

This blog post refers to following Microsoft 365 Roadmap item, which should be fully available for customers worldwide during early 2025. Rollout started for first customers during December 2024:

Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421617 - Microsoft Viva: My Sites card for Viva Connections Dashboard

What do you need to prepare?

You do not need to do anything to prepare for this update, but you may want to let your users know about this new capability. Feature will be automatically enabled for all customers.

What is next?

We will be continuously evolving the Viva Connection experiences also in future to provide new capabilities and cards for our customers to take advantage. Next card in the roadmap is a document library card to enable easy access on most relevant documents for their role. This will enable easy way finding, for example for front line workers on employee documents, directly within the dashboard.

We are also working on providing the value of Viva Connections dashboard capabilities directly within SharePoint in any site type. This means that you can build engaging dashboards with the cards for any SharePoint site in future.

Thanks for reading. Let us know any feedback or questions in the comments. Your feedback drives our internal prioritization, so please do not hesitate to share your thoughts 💬

Building employee experiences for Viva Connections with Power Apps cards

PoojaG — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:30:36 GMT

We are excited to announce general availability for using Power Apps cards as an extensibility option for the Viva Connections. This means that you can surface Power Platform powered experiences directly within the Viva Connections dashboard, making it easy for the employees to access their relevant applications from one centralized location.

Viva Connections is the company branded front door to employee experiences that allows them to access important apps, tools, resources in one place, surfaces the most important news/updates and enables them to take quick action on work related tasks.

Users can develop light weight apps on using Power Apps cards which can be rendered directly in the Viva Connections quick view without user being redirected away from the other relevant applications and functionalities in the dashboard.

Support to publish Power Cards to the Viva Connections

You can create your Power Card experience in the Power Apps. When the experience is ready to be used, you can enable the card to be available in Viva Connections.

This functionality will give you the URL which you can use to surface the Power Card to be visible in the Viva Connections dashboard.

Power Apps card in the Viva Connections dashboard

Viva Connections dashboard operators can include new Power Apps card to be available within the dashboard and they can associate the right Power Card to be initiated for end users.

Example scenarios for Power Cards

Power Cards are great option to build for example form based scenarios which are powered by the Power Platform connectors. We are excited to hear about the feedback from customers on this great new opportunity.

Features and capabilities mentioned in this blog post, are demonstrated in the following video with Pooja Gulati (Microsoft), Supreet Singh (Microsoft) and Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft).

Frequently asked questions

When will this happen?

This blog post refers to following Microsoft 365 Roadmap items which have their unique scheduled, but all features should be fully released during early 2025. Rollout will start with first customers during December 2024:

Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 464999 - Microsoft Viva: Revamped Resources on mobile and tablet

What do you need to prepare?

You do not need to do anything to prepare for this update, but you may want to let your users know about this new capability. Feature will be automatically enabled for all customers.

What is next?

Currently only Dataverse connector is supported with the Power Cards, but we are working on adding new opportunities for the Power Platform developers in the form of connector support and adding more native support also for Power Apps within the Viva Connections. Already currently you can use Power Apps in the Viva Connections using this same card, but depending on the used connectors, the experience can vary.

Thanks for reading. Let us know any feedback or questions in the comments. Your feedback drives our internal prioritization, so please do not hesitate to share your thoughts 💬

What’s new in Viva Connections – Ignite Edition

EdAverett — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 18:42:45 GMT

Viva Connections serves as the gateway to your employee experience through a branded company app -- surfacing apps, tools, resources and news to keep everyone connected from wherever they are. We are committed to building a single, unified experience and reducing friction across products and services. With that in mind, here are some of the latest enhancements to these features announced at Ignite:

New ways to customize the employee app

Organizations all around the world use Connections as their employee app, customizing it to fit the needs of their employees, adding in their own branding and 3^rd party business tools, and delivering it across a variety of formats and devices. Now, it can go even further.

Spotlight capabilities

Earlier this year we announced the hero ‘spotlight’ area at the top of the canvas, together with advanced branding and theming capabilities. As the next step, we’re adding new capabilities to help highlight and emphasize content in the spotlight:

Pin content – pin specific content to increase its visibility. This includes content from any URL and SharePoint News items. Admins can also reorder pinned content.
Further customize spotlight content with images and title text.
Spotlight content from multiple SharePoint sites as sources

New settings in the spotlight allow admins to change images, text, and the order of pinned content.

Branding across all experiences

Company branding is a critical part of company culture. To help your brand shine, we’ve extended branding and theming capabilities throughout Connections experiences to include desktop, mobile, tablet, and of course, your home site in web.

New branding capabilities bring your brand identity across all your app touchpoints.

Unique experiences in the Teams app bar

Viva Connections now supports up to 50 unique “instances” in a tenant, allowing you to have differently branded versions for various groups of employees. Until recently, however, you could only have one app icon for Connections in Teams.

We’ve now released the ability for you to have multiple app customizations for the Connections app in Teams – so for every “instance” of Connections, you can have a distinct app name and icon appear in the Teams App Bar.

Customize branding in Teams for different employee sets

Custom Fonts

Adding custom fonts has been a long-standing request from customers, and we are thrilled to deliver this feature.

Add your own custom font to be used within Viva Connections

New enterprise news reader

The Viva Connections feed experience is being replaced with an immersive SharePoint news experience. This transformation allows for a best-in-class enterprise news reader, providing a uniform and customizable experience across desktop and mobile with features like notifications, and enhanced user engagement. This updated News experience will also leverage Copilot to help you summarize top news and stay connected to what’s happening across your organization.

Summarize your news with the help of Copilot

The Enterprise News reader, along with Copilot capabilities, will be rolling out in early 2025.

What’s new with Adaptive cards

We’re continuing to build new ways for employees to access and take action on the information they need.

Adaptive Card Extensions in Copilot Experiences

When a card is relevant for a specific topic, Microsoft 365 Copilot will understand that a Connections card can address the request, and the card will surface within M365 Copilot chat. This is an exciting step forward for interactive content within Copilot, and will be in public preview this January.

Interact directly with Viva Connections dashboard cards from Copilot

Quick links card

This card shows a set of curated links created for quick access and wayfinding of important items.

Stream Playlist card

The Stream playlist card allows you to quickly view recently updated videos from the Stream app that can be accessed directly from your dashboard.

Files Card

Connected to your OneDrive, this card shows recent, shared and favorite files – keeping the most important files to you only a click or tap away.

Power Apps Card

This card allows you to surface content or directly interact with a Power App enabling quick access to the Power Apps you need.

Deeper integrations with Viva Engage
We are continuing to invest in deeper integration with Viva Engage starting with the Viva Engage Feed card for the dashboard – this new card will surface personalized recent and relevant community discussions directly on the card. From the card, you can quickly catch up on the latest posts, react, take actions, or navigate to the community itself for deeper engagement.

And to better stay connected to company news, Engage announcements will soon show up in the announcements banner at the top of Connections.

Additionally, we will include Engage campaigns and event within the Spotlight carousel.

There are plenty more additions on the horizon as we continue efforts to build a unified, flexible employee app that serves the needs of information workers and deskless employees working on the frontline. For a detailed look at everything on our roadmap, check out our Viva Communications & Communities on-demand session. Thanks for reading! Thanks for reading!

Update | Viva Connections Feed web part and video news link retirement

Rob_Nunez — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:47:09 GMT

As a follow-up to our initial announcement on the retirement of the Viva Connections Feed Web Part and Video News Link, we wanted to remind you of the upcoming changes and the actions you need to take.

Progress Update

On September 1, 2024, we successfully removed the Feed for Viva Connections web part from the toolbox and the Video news link from the + New menu in the organizational site. This was the first phase of our plan to streamline and enhance the user experience across our applications.

What's Next?

We are now approaching the second phase of this retirement plan. Starting November 5, 2024, we will end support for both the Feed for Viva Connections web part and the Video news link. This means that any instances of these features that have not been replaced with the recommended alternative solutions will no longer display content and will result in an empty web part or an error message.

Action Required

If you have not yet taken action, we strongly encourage you to do so before November 5, 2024. Site editors should update the affected sites with the recommended alternative solutions, such as the News, Viva Engage, File and Media, and Highlighted content web parts, as well as video pages.

For more detailed information and support guidance, please refer to the Viva Connections Feed Web Part and Video News Link Retirement - Support Guidance.

Viva Connections sends reoccurring notifications to Teams

Heidi_Se — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 07:50:30 GMT

In our global SharePoint Online intranet we have set all country sites as Official news sites and targeted news for each country. The problem with Viva Connections notifications in Teams occurs in one of the country sites: people who belong to the target group receive at least 4 notifications per news post (1 or 2 per day) saying "Review important news from your organization".

This site is multilingual so there are 8 language versions for each news post. Do Viva Connections send a notification from each language version separately? However, people do not get 8 notifications - just 2 to 5 notifications per news post.

This is very annoying and we receive a lot of complaints. Why do we receive this kind of reoccurring notifications and what can we do to prevent them?

From all other sites we receive just regular notifications (1 per news post) saying "<Someone> published news"

Improved experience for Viva Connections Resources section

lesliethomas — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 08:37:34 GMT

We are excited to announce recent enhancements to the Viva Connections Resources section that allow operators to personalize the experience even further. Here are some of the updates we have made to the Resources.

Features and capabilities mentioned in this blog post, are demonstrated in the following video with Leslie Thomas (Microsoft) and Vesa Juvonen (Microsoft).

Add Custom Images for Resource Links

Operators can now add their own custom images to their resource links for a more personalized feel that aligns with their brand. To add a custom image as an icon in Viva Connections, follow these simple steps:

On the Resources screen, select Edit.
From the three-dot menu next to the resource link, select Edit and then select Custom to select the custom image, and then select Change
Select image of your choice and then select Insert to add the new image onto the link
Select Edit at the bottom of the screen to implement changes.

No extensive preparation is needed. Operators should start considering which custom images they would like to use as icons for the links in the Resources section. This feature is on by default and accessible to all Viva Connections operators and admins.

Preview Editing Experience and Import Links from Global/Home Site Navigation

In addition, we have revamped the editing experience for the Resources section in Viva Connections. Operators can now edit more than one link at a time before saving their changes, updating from the previous auto-saving capability that existed in Resources. This update provides more flexibility, allowing operators to decide when to save changes to their resources section and make them visible to their organization. Additionally, operators will be able to import their navigational links from their home site and global navigation. TO perform the task, follow these steps:

On the Resources screen, select edit.
After selecting edit, select Import SharePoint Links.
Select which navigation component you want to import your link from. You can import from your home site navigation or your global navigation.
Next, select the number of links you want to import into resources.
Select if you want to keep existing audience targeting settings that you have for links that you’re importing into Resources by turning the toggle on.
Once complete, select Import to import your links into Resources in Viva Connections.

Consistency Across Desktop and Mobile

Lastly, we are bringing parity to the Resources section in Viva Connections desktop and mobile experiences. The updated links in Viva Connections desktop will now appear in mobile, along with the customized icons that the operator has selected. This update ensures a consistent user interface across both desktop and mobile experiences. The mobile UI update will launch in Q4 and is currently rolling out to our customers.

Frequently asked questions

When will this happen?

This blog post refers to following Microsoft 365 Roadmap items which have their unique scheduled, but all features should be fully released by end of October 2024:

What do you need to prepare?

You do not need to do anything to prepare for this update, but you may want to let your users know about this improvement.

What is next?

You can expect a continuous improvement on the Microsoft Viva Connections also in future. We will be sharing updates in the blogs and in the other channels as they are ready. Roadmap looks really exciting, and we are looking forward on your feedback and input around the upcoming features.

Thanks for reading. Please enjoy the new features in the Viva Connections and let us know any feedback or questions in the comments Your feedback drives our internal prioritization, so please do not hesitate to share your thoughts 💬

Extend Viva Connections with pre-built 3rd party Adaptive cards

EdAverett — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:00:10 GMT

Viva Connections is the gateway for the employee experience and provides an extensible platform through the dashboard, where employees can see a targeted list of actionable cards that can connect to Microsoft Teams apps, Viva apps and services, partner apps, and custom solutions using the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) framework, internal links, and external links.

A Viva Connections dashboard showing some examples of third party cards.

This blog will explore a few of our diverse third-party card integrations available from the Microsoft store and how these apps can extend the capabilities of Viva Connections. Allowing organizations to incorporate third party external tools, services, and data directly into their flow of work and ensure business critical investments that they have made in other services can be added directly into employee dashboards. There are countless ways to customize or build your own dashboard cards to meet the needs of employees at virtually any organization, but this blog will highlight a few pre-packaged cards from Microsoft partners that can easily be added to your app.

ServiceNow

With the ServiceNow card, enable employees to get support, find answers, and act on tasks across HR, IT, and other departments. Once deployed, the card offers a quick view of their task list by selecting View My Tasks. The ServiceNow Adaptive Card extension also provides a quick entry point into the app by simply selecting Visit Employee Center.

UKG

With the UKG card employees can view their respective pay information and review their work schedules, shifts, and PTO, to see a clearer picture of upcoming priorities.

Achievers

Achievers for Viva Connections extends the Achievers Employee Experience platform into employees’ daily workflows. Members can enjoy some of their favorite activities found on their Achievers program: view upcoming celebrations, recognitions received, the latest trending recognitions, and perform quick actions, all on one dashboard within Viva Connections.

Qualtrics

The Qualtrics card brings experience management into Viva Connections seamlessly. It enables quick access to surveys and feedback tools, allowing organizations to gather valuable insights and act on employee, customer, and product experiences right from the dashboard. The Qualtrics card can link directly to surveys and let employees know when feedback is due, eliminating common barriers to organization-wide feedback.

Workday

With the Workday card, Viva Connections brings Workday data and actions to employees’ fingertips right in the dashboard. With this integration, users can access Workday tasks such as inbox items, time off balances, and more, simplifying HR processes and saving employees time on administrative tasks.

Features:

Customizable Workday® Web part in SharePoint & Adaptive Card extension for Viva Connections dashboard
Seamless Microsoft 365 integration: Get instant access to your Workday® data right within SharePoint using our Web part integration.
Developer-friendly: Easily customize the integration to fit your organization's unique needs.
Streamlined workflows: Enjoy a seamless connection between Workday® and your Microsoft 365 apps for smooth data sharing and collaboration.

Jira

The Jira integration transforms how employees manage tasks, bugs, and user stories by pulling them directly into the Viva Connections card.

Features:

Unified view: Gain a comprehensive overview of your Jira tasks, including tickets, comments, and updates, all within a single SharePoint Web part.
Advanced search: Quickly define your own JQL queries to locate specific sets of tasks, shining a light on your path to productivity.
Real-Time updates: Stay informed with live data synchronization, ensuring you're always up-to-date with the latest project developments.

Zendesk

The Zendesk card for Viva Connections allows users to access and manage their Zendesk tickets directly, facilitating a more efficient customer support workflow.

Features:

Display your Zendesk data right within SharePoint with a custom web part
Enjoy a seamless experience within your Microsoft 365 environment
Redefine productivity by viewing and creating tickets from a single place

Asana

This seamless connection allows for the direct embedding of Asana tasks into your Viva Connections dashboard, creating a unified workspace where you can manage tasks without switching between applications.

Features:

Integrate Asana tasks directly into SharePoint, providing a centralized view of your projects
Utilize advanced search capabilities within Asana's data to generate dynamic views for your SharePoint web part
Ensure a cohesive workflow across the Microsoft 365 suite, enhancing productivity and collaboration
Turn Viva Connections into a project management superhub by adding Asana cards

Many of the third-party cards highlighted in this blog are available through the Microsoft partner Adenin. Check out more about their Viva Connections cards in our recent partner showcase blog.

How to access and install third-party cards

There are a few simple steps to . Anyone can look up the available applications but only IT administrators can install them.

All users can find applications via Microsoft AppSource or the SharePoint store. Installation requires administration permissions in SharePoint.
Select “Get it Now” to request the application is added to the App Catalogue site in your SharePoint environment.
Work with the IT Admin to Deploy the app and add it to your Viva Connections dashboard.
Once Viva Connections is deployed for the organization, all employee users can access the app on their Viva Connections .
Learn how to build your own dashboard cards to meet your business needs.

How to get started with creating custom cards

Viva Connections can be extended with no-code, low-code or pro-code capabilities. All offerings which are available from the store are built using SharePoint Framework (SPFx), which is the most widely used extensibility platform in Microsoft 365.

If you are interested on getting started with creating custom pro-code extensions for Microsoft Viva Connections, please see following guidance:

Overview of Viva Connections Extensibility
Build your first SharePoint Adaptive Card Extension
Extend Microsoft Viva Connections - learning path
Create Adaptive Card Extensions (ACE) for Microsoft Viva Connections - learning path

Take also advantage of the samples, guidance and community calls through our Microsoft 365 & Power Platform community initiative.

Learn more about third-party and adaptive cards

With dozens of third-party partner apps and Microsoft Viva apps to choose from from the store, the opportunities for customization and enhanced productivity are vast. To start leveraging these powerful integrations, visit the SharePoint store and Microsoft AppSource today.

To learn more about the extensibility capabilities within the Viva Connections dashboard. View this course on Microsoft Learn.

For further guidance and resources, check out our comprehensive documentation as well as our latest blog featuring a guide of Viva Connections first-party cards .

Is it possible to modify the layout on viva connection experience ?

Pradeep2155 — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 09:19:02 GMT

I was watching the partner demo video on viva connection experience (https://youtu.be/t-iMXXvRV_s?si=QefWKQSo0DapZNZl) , Just wondering how this layout is designed in desktop version? Is there any way we can customize the layout and add our custom cards and webparts like in sharepoint ?