Driving a Culture of Learning topics

My Apps, Task list and forms on My Account home screen

Bierren — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 06:46:08 GMT

How to get My Favorite Apps + Task List and My created Forms on My Account home screen.

Change Sharepoint site of Learning Content Repository

declan__ — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 01:12:44 GMT

How do you change the Sharepoint site where the Learning Content Repository list is located?

When accessing Viva Learning -> Admin -> Manage providers -> SharePoint -> Edit, there is a field to "Enter the URL of the SharePoint site for your organisation's learning content catalogue" which is prefilled with the address of the Learning Content Repository list's current site. However, this field is greyed out and below it is the message "This is a non-editable field." So where/how can this URL be changed in order to re-locate the Learning Content Repository?

Manager/Admin Tips: Creating Learning Paths and Tracking Progress

Lisaryv — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 20:20:25 GMT

We’ve observed a recurring theme of questions about creating learning paths and checking in on employee progress. Below are some useful links on how to accomplish both.

Creating a Learning Path:

For those unfamiliar, a learning path is a collection of learning objects or a sequence of learning activities relevant to the learning goals of employees, such as skill improvements or onboarding. Admins can customize learning paths to be aligned to the objectives/goals that they want their employees to meet. The learning path will be discoverable and searchable in Viva Learning for all employees, and anyone can share and recommend them. It should be noted that this is a premium feature and is only available with a learning license.

This page provides instructions for creating a learning path, as well as guidance on how to access and manage the various learning path options: Learning Paths in Viva Learning.

Tracking Employees Progress:

A simple approach to keeping tabs on employees’ learning progress is to recommend a course and then monitor their progress as they work towards completing it. Read the step-by-step process on how to recommend a course and monitor its progress here: Recommend and Manage Content in Viva Learning.

Feel free to let us know any other tips you’d like us to share on the different Viva Learning functionalities.

The Latest Research: How Investing in Employee Growth and Learning Impacts Employee Productivity

Lisaryv — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 20:25:23 GMT

Work culture is constantly evolving and now more than ever we've realized the importance of equipping employees with the necessary training/resources to do their jobs most efficiently. With the current shift of employees now working alongside AI capabilities, there are new skills to be learned to increase work productivity. Below are some of the top skills leaders believe will be essential for employees to learn to adapt to these changes (Work Trend Index, 2023):

There is a lot to learn in a variety of different areas, which is why it is important to make sure employees feel well equipped to complete day-to-day tasks and excel in their careers.  

In an article by Viva Glint’s People Science team that discussed “Learning as a People Success Habit,” employees who were a part of a company that they thought provided them with good opportunities to learn and grow are:

3.6x more likely to report being happy at their current company
3.5x more likely to report they believe their company can help them meet their career goals
2.9x more likely to report they expect they’ll still be with the company in two years’ time

Read more about how you can develop a great learning culture in your organization here.

SharePoint content source in Viva Leanning and Multi langages support : ContentLanguage

demipoulpe — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 16:38:20 GMT

HI, All,

I'd like to configure different languages for each course items in my SharePoint content source library.

I found that this feature it "may" use the metatdata called ContentLanguage with standard values like en-Us or pl_PL for exemple but I can not find a lot of info how to use it .

If the ContentLanguage column is empty the language is english by default

If the ContentLanguage column is en-Us the item is ot synch with the viva teams app

... so ContentLanguage did something but ... what ? and how to use it for my purpose

thanks in advance !

Tracking Learner Activity in Viva Learning

Parul — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 03:28:22 GMT

Does the Viva Learning interface have the ability to provide managers an overview of:

what assigned courses have my staff got in progress or completed (tracking if my staff are meeting their learning goals)
what courses have my staff bookmarked (tracking what content my staff are interested in to assist with career planning)
what courses have my staff booked into their calendar (tracking if my staff are able to prioritise learning)

I know it's possible to track progress and completion of courses I recommended to anyone, but the above are in addition to this. If not possible directly from the interface, is there any admin reporting available that Viva Learning admins can provide on request to managers for their team?

Thanks

SYNC-function(s) in Viva Learning - How do they work in practise

Lasse-S-Fellow — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 07:03:37 GMT

Has anyone used these 2 functions with success?

I haven't been able to find a description of how they work, anywhere.
I guess (!) they accellerate the start of a SYNC - but cannot see it happen in practise.

Any further information is much appreciated 🙏

Viva Learning w SharePoint as content source: "featured content set" not showing

Lasse-S-Fellow — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 12:14:01 GMT

Hi all

Im configuring Viva Learning, but the "Featured set" does not appear under the "Admin"-section in the Teams-app.
The feature/access to it should look this (link)

Question:

Have you managed to use/activate Featured content set in your own tenant?

Any help/input is appreciated

kind regards, Lasse

Assigning SharePoint Content as Required and Reporting on Progress in Viva Learning

RKONBob328 — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 18:36:24 GMT

HI, all.

I'm working on setting up Viva Learning to track courses for our support team. I have SharePoint setup as a source and have a few content items that are showing as courses in Viva Learning. I have the option to recommend them, but do not see the option to assign them as required. I'd then like to be able to report on status/progress for the team. I see some reference to assigning external content via LMS as required but so far have come up blank on how to do that with custom content in SharePoint. Can one point me in the right direction or confirm this is not possible? The team is currently assigned trail Viva Suite licenses. Thanks in advance.

Viva Learning - Create Learning Path

lewisphx — Fri, 12 May 2023 15:38:48 GMT

Can anyone advise why I am unable to create a learning path in the admin tab in Viva Learning.

Comparing my view to this link - Creating Learning paths in Viva Learning | Microsoft Learn I am missing a lot of tabs and options. I have the correct permissions assigned and have a customer also having the same issue.

Is creating a learning path a premium feature? I only have the seeded elements of Learning and can't see anywhere advising its a premium feature.

Any advise appreciated.

Questions related to SharePoint as content-source (in Viva Learning)

Lasse-S-Fellow — Tue, 02 May 2023 10:10:44 GMT

Hi all

I have managed to configure SharePoint (SPO) as a content source in Viva Leanning (VL). After a few weeks (!) of trial and error it finally works on a test-tenant.

This however raises a few questions I havent been able to figure out or make work.

Question 1.
Is possible to add a thumbnail to the "course tile" (my word) as below.
LinkedIN-learning can have a nice picture, but can .ppt or a video have the same?

Question 2:
Is it possible to change the language of a piece of Learning Content (see picture marked w green below) - and if yes; where?

Any help and guidance is appreciated 🙏
/Lasse

Purchasing model for "Academies in Viva Learning" & "Viva Learning web endpoint"

MaryHillSHU — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 16:05:05 GMT

Will Academies in Viva Learning & Viva Learning web endpoint be part of:

an existing 365 seeded licence?
the Viva Learning Licence or the Viva Suite Licence (i.e. premium features)?
another plan?

An ultimate guide to Viva Learning

Asif Rehmani — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 16:39:13 GMT

My name is Asif Rehmani. I'm the CEO at VisualSP and also a Microsoft MVP.

I have been working with Microsoft Viva Learning since it was launched and have presented it at numerous conferences, in webinars and in my writing.

The following article is the culmination of all that I know about Viva Learning:

https://info.visualsp.com/blog/microsoft-viva-learning

It answers the following questions among many more:

What Viva Learning is and what it is not?
Why you would want to get Viva Learning?
What are the differences between the free and paid version?
How much does Viva Learning cost?
Can you replace your LMS with Viva Learning?

It has links to videos where you can watch Viva Learning in action.

Key components to drive a culture of learning

Flemming_Goldbach — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 16:38:55 GMT

My name is Flemming Goldbach and I am the Chief Product Officer and Head of Engineering at LMS365. We are Learning Management platform built into M365 and have been an early adoptor and supporter of Viva Learning.

I wanted to start the conversations in this forum but offering a perspective on how to drive a culture of learning. Key components to succeed with this are the following:

Make it easy for people to get to the available learning opportunities

This is done by ensuring that learning opportunities are available right at the persons fingertips - by being available right where they spend their working time: In Microsoft Teams.

Ensure that the relevant learning opportunities are available

This can be partially achieved by having relevant insights as to the different needs and connecting with large libraries to quickly offer ready-made generic learning content. However, to provide organization specific learning opportunities as well, learning and development professionals need to engage closely with subject matter experts - or empower those subject matter experts - to create organization specific learning opportunities in form of self-paced training (e-Learning), instructor-led training and/or on-the-job training opportunities.

Promote learning successes in the organization

This is achieved by ensuring that it is easy for people to keep a single source of truth with tracking of their learning successes (their learning transcript) regardless of where they achieved their learning success. To drive the change in behavior, the organization also need to publicly and loudly promote the learning success of the people in the organization who are front-runners.

What other key components to drive a culture of learning do you see?