The Viva Connections Dashboard provides quick, easy access to information and tasks related to your job. Dashboard content can be tailored to specific roles, markets, or job functions. Dashboard cards provide viewers information about existing Teams apps, third-party apps, custom solutions, and internal and external links. An organisation can use the Dashboard without coding, or […]
Viva Connections Dashboard Read More »
Microsoft announced Microsoft Viva in February 2021 as an employee experience platform. It consisted of 4 modules, all apps organizations can add to Teams that support employee engagement and wellbeing. Since then, Microsoft has released two additional modules, Viva Goals and Viva Sales, and rebranded the Communities app in Teams to Viva Engage. They haven’t
What are the new Viva apps, and what do they do? Read More »
Social tools are a great way to collaborate, especially in a work environment. You can get your team up to speed on projects, share progress, encourage discussion, and ensure everyone’s on the same page. Microsoft’s version of this is Yammer, a social tool for work. They recently announced Viva Engage, which replaces the Yammer Communities
What is Viva Engage and is it replacing Yammer? Read More »
The ability to translate languages is a crucial requirement for organisations that must host meetings in multiple languages and collaborate with colleagues in different countries worldwide. Microsoft has a few features that enable people to translate notes, Teams messages and even meetings. Translate a Teams chat or channel message This feature enables you
Translation features in Microsoft Teams Read More »
In the past, Microsoft designed their technology to make employees as productive as possible. Microsoft tools like Teams, SharePoint and Office are built with great productivity features, which gets employees doing more in less time. Recently Microsoft has shifted gear slightly by investing in technology that focuses more on employee wellbeing. The pandemic helped fast-track
4 Reasons you should care about Microsoft Viva Read More »
Microsoft has added a new feature to Teams chat that lets you view a person’s LinkedIn profile directly in Teams. When you open a chat history with someone, you can click on a LinkedIn tab, find that person and connect with them. This is only available for people inside your organisation, but it will soon
Microsoft Teams Chat now has a LinkedIn Tab Read More »
Microsoft held their latest Inspire conference in late July 2022, and as with every year, they have announced some new and exciting new features and solutions to Teams. Here are the ones I am looking forward to most! 1. Viva Engage Viva Engage is the newest module to Microsoft’s Viva suite, which Microsoft announced last
4 new features coming to Teams Read More »
Last week I attended a 3-day Prosci Change Practitioner course in London. The course was excellent; it opened my eyes to the importance of Change Management and provided me with the tools to implement a change management strategy. It was a jam-packed three days, with lots of helpful information and tips, but here are my
I spent 3 days on a change management course. Here are my top 4 learnings. Read More »
Viva Topics is one of the five modules in Microsoft Viva, which Microsoft released in 2021. It acts as a Wikipedia for business by presenting business users with a Topic card when they see a word or acronym they don’t recognise. Topic cards can be found in SharePoint online and will soon be available in
What is Viva Topics? Read More »
Breakout rooms can be helpful for collaboration and discussion of the meeting. Breakout rooms are sessions that are split off from the main Teams meeting. They allow the participants to meet in smaller groups and are completely isolated in terms of audio and video from the main session. Since Microsoft released their breakout room functionality, a
Permissions in Microsoft Teams Breakout Rooms Read More »