Corporate Communications Discussion topics

Microsoft newsletters suddenly in Spanish instead of English

PeterBelko — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:44:36 GMT

Hello,
Recently I started receiving Microsoft newsletters in Spanish, although before they were in English. It is from email domain "email.microsoft.com". I haven’t changed my MS account settings.

❓ How can I switch back to receiving newsletters in English?

Has anyone else experienced a similar issue with MS newsletter language, or found a way to solve it?

Last newsletter was with subject: "Dé el paso hacia la IA – Microsoft AI Power Days"

Thank you for your help.
Peter

Amplify and IC Comm planning

MyNameIsJeff — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:07:56 GMT

Good morning - just getting started on our Amplify usage and curious if others across large orgs are managing several campaigns, or if you have standard campaigns and add publications. Are there pros and cons that you have found and can share?

Viva Amplify theme design usage

RMichl — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 06:08:47 GMT

Hi,

has anyone made it working that the outlook channel uses a custom theme ?

we made it work to change the design behind the campagne, but it still does not use it in the mail.

any ideas?

SharePoint Intranet Festival | May 21, 2025 | Virtual

Cai Kjaer — Tue, 13 May 2025 03:44:10 GMT

We’re thrilled to partner with Microsoft for the second SharePoint Intranet Festival, taking place virtually on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. The event is produced by SWOOP Analytics and is packed with expert insights to support your employee engagement strategy and enterprise-wide communication efforts.

What makes this event special? It’s grounded in real-world intranet use cases designed for all employees, not just head-office folks. You’ll hear directly from leading organizations like Citi, Comcast, Prologis, Syngenta, Bauer Media, VELUX, NRMA, AustralianSuper, and Services Australia, who will share practical experiences and outcomes. It’s a rich blend of perspectives from both the private and public sectors.

We’re also excited to feature Mark Kashman, Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, who will present “Your intranet of tomorrow: Friendly, Content-aware, and AI ready” during the Americas program. Mark will explore the latest SharePoint innovations across content AI, agents, sites, pages, and new creation experiences—making it easier than ever to build compelling digital workplaces.

SharePoint Intranet Festival on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 | Presented by SWOOP Analytics – a variety of sessions delivered across three time zones.

This one-day event is fully live, with sessions delivered across three regional time zones:

Americas (click to view full agenda)
EMEA (click to view full agenda)
APAC (click to view full agenda)

Expect practical advice you can apply right away—from how leading organizations structure their intranets, to tips on content governance, change management, and user adoption. You’ll walk away with real-world insights, access to intranet practitioners from around the globe, and a better understanding of how SharePoint and AI are evolving together.

If you manage or influence your organisation’s intranet, this is a can’t-miss event. Register today for your preferred time zone, or all of them, today!

Can Autistic Black Coders & Microsoft do a partnership & sponsorship together?

contact2160 — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 07:00:40 GMT

Hello Sir & Madam,

Please I would like to speak with someone that's a director & executive that is a discussion maker.

Can you send me their details please?

Because I really want to work with or work for Microsoft, and I have an event coming up, would you like to sponsor my event?

Here is my email address, email address removed for privacy reasons

It will be wonderful to hear from you as soon as possible, I need your help please.

Kind regards

Founder | CEO | Autistic Black Coders

Mr Oluwaseye Ogunfidodo

Viva Amplify Branding

MaggieDWrig — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:37:17 GMT

Hi there, we are currently trialling Viva Amplify, but our branding isn't pulling through to our SharePoint and email version of the comms. Does anyone know how this can be changed? When going to themes, it just comes up with the grey or blue.

How to get the most from Viva Engage

Cai Kjaer — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 21:52:30 GMT

New Viva Engage Benchmarking Report out

In this brand new 2024-25 Viva Engage Benchmarking Report we’ve analysed more than 15 million Viva Engage interactions from more than three million employees across 70 enterprises and 3,751 Viva Engage communities.

This is SWOOP Analytics’ 10th annual Viva Engage Benchmarking Report. Supported by a decade of Viva Engage (formerly Yammer) data, this report boasts the world’s most comprehensive, long-term analysis of Viva Engage usage and behaviour patterns, based on real-time interactions. 

The benchmark goals we suggest throughout the report come from 10 years of measuring best practice behaviours from multiple millions of employees across hundreds of organisations, so you can be confident that following our benchmark goals will give your Viva Engage network the best opportunity to thrive.

We have made this a one-stop guide for Viva Engage. We’re addressing the questions and issues faced by you - all backed by a decade of data research and the latest real-life analytics available.   

This 2024/25 Viva Engage Benchmarking Report is a go-to resource for anyone using, or launching, Viva Engage.  

Request Access to Viva Amplify

JuanCVegaMS — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:01:44 GMT

I'm part of the GTM Strategy for Worldwide Enablement & Readiness Communities at Microsoft. I was reviewing Viva Amplify, and this is an amazing tool that would greatly simplify my team's ability to consistently manage and communicate with our field members. How does one go about requesting access to be able to Create Campaigns? I have reviewed the demo AI Campaign, but do not have ability to create new campaigns? Any assistance with this would be greatly appreciated!

Viva Amplify From Address

BenS2470 — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 04:24:32 GMT

Hi there

I am currently trialling Amplify and am interested to know if it is possible to change the "From" address in publications. If I create a publication it comes from me as an individual but can I make these a Team or a shared mailbox address or a senior leader so the communication doesnt come from me. Hopefully it is an option I skimmed over. Thanks Ben

Webinar recording: Demystifying Microsoft Viva: How to Enable a Connected and Engaged Culture....

alex_graves — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 14:43:58 GMT

Hi all,

Sharing this here as the feedback from many IC professionals is that they found the session so insightful and it was refreshing to have plain language used to talk about the Microsoft Communications and Communities bundle capabilities + how important Viva Goals is in the context of alignment. This webinar was in association with the Institute of Internal Communications in June 2024.
Hope you find it useful as a share!
Demystifying Microsoft Viva | Microsoft Viva for Internal Comms (siliconreef.co.uk)

Alex

Viva Amplify

SarahTapley — Tue, 14 May 2024 16:14:53 GMT

Hello!

We are exploring the option of adding Viva Amplify and using it in our internal/corporate communications strategy. Does anyone know if you have a campaign with several links, can you see what links users are engaging with?

Thank you!

INVITATION: Viva Amplify Research Study

krispian — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 20:55:54 GMT

We need corporate communicators to take part in a research study to inform the future Amplify experience.

A bit more about the session:

We will be conducting the session using a platform called usertesting.com.

Please make sure to follow usertesting.com setup instructions ahead of your session, ensure that the usertesting.com extension is installed, and you are able to begin the test.

During the session, we will ask you to log in to your own Amplify environment and create a new campaign and publication within which you will complete several tasks. You can delete the campaign and publication after the session is over.

During the session we ask that you share your screen and to please think aloud so we can better understand your experience as you complete tasks.

After each task and at the end of the session, you will be asked several questions to understand your experience using Amplify.

Non-government/non-Microsoft employees will receive the local equivalent of a USD $50 gift for completed participation.

Join now

Use the link below to start your session until April 26. The session should take about 30 minutes. https://app.usertesting.com/pp/27f8e511-b724-4623-800c-3145c0a45cd6

SharePoint for frontline workers?

thompsonsimon — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:13:30 GMT

Is anyone out there really pushing SharePoint as a tool for non-office workers (I'm thinking corporate sales staff, customer service, distribution or manufacturing)?

Is the mobile SharePoint app good enough to bring news to the right people, or to bring people to the right documents?

Build a solid IT base

Teu_Spnl — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 20:42:48 GMT

Hello guys. Hope everyone is fine.

This year I have the task of establishing the IT department on a growing small business. My goal is to develop a robust structure capable of efficiently handling current data traffic while being scalable to fulfill the company's growth. For that reason, I came here to ask for some advices.

Firstly, what devices and what knowledge do you believe is necessary to have now to ensure that the structure doesn't break in the future?

Where should I start, what should I study and what solutions should I search so I can manage this network correctly?

Thank you for the atention and for the help.

Corp Comms Community Discussion - Feb

LizSundet — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 11:58:50 GMT

Ever feel overloaded with communications? Remember a particular communication, but can't remember who sent it, if it was in email or someplace else or even how to get back to it? These are common issues that many people deal with on a daily basis. If this is you, please join the discussion as Laurel Dzneladze from LinkedIn leads to help people engage.

February 28- 10 am Central/8 am PST

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News page measurement

Ray_Harrison — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 17:33:58 GMT

Hello Friends

Has anyone found a Microsoft or third party solution for measuring news pages?
I know I can see it in the page, and via the library - hovering on the page name.

When creating monthly reports on views it is really quite the task to get the data.

Managed to use Content Search in SharePoint classic to get the data.

Any successes with data beyond the 90 day cycle?

Also considering where a page has been translated, pulling the page view totals together?

Hey everyone. Our monthly discussion is happening in about an hour. Come join us

LizSundet — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:03:06 GMT

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Viva Amplify campaign approval request features

Shohel-Rana — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 17:56:25 GMT

I was testing the Viva Amplify campaign approval request, and it was perfect, but the approver only got a notification via the teams app, not Outlook. Is it a behavior of the app? Many thanks.

Can not view the report grouped by location in Viva Amplify

Shohel-Rana — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 22:04:41 GMT

Hi Liz,

I wanted to thank you for your ongoing support of the Viva Amplify community. I have a question regarding the detailed report section and was hoping you could help me out. Specifically, I'm trying to view the report grouped by location. Is this a feature that needs to be configured by our IT admin? If so, could you please provide me with some steps on how to enable it? Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Best regards,

Shohel

Piloting Viva Amplify in our environment with 50 licenses

Shohel-Rana — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 18:19:50 GMT

Thank you so much, Liz, for the demo and for helping us to use this amazing platform. The platform is user-friendly, and we have experienced minimal issues.

Distribution Channel- Outlook: after drafting a campaign, when I put a user in BCC, the popup message shows user is not valid, and it doesn’t allow me to move forward. It only allows users in the To and CC fields for Outlook messages.
It would be great if Amplify allowed us to create templates based on our design, organization color, and themes and reuse them later.
We can’t copy/duplicate the existing draft campaign. It would be great if Microsoft introduced this functionality, like the SharePoint page creation.

Thank you!