Microsoft Viva: First run experiences to introduce topic highlights in SharePoint pages and topic page editing

First Run Experiences for a user’s first encounter with topics and contribution. Visual cues appear to teach users how to interact with the topic highlights on SharePoint pages, how to edit and publish a topic page, and how to reference a topic using topic picker while authoring a SharePoint page.

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Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights app in Teams with Personal Insights for GCC

The Microsoft Viva Insights app in Microsoft Teams will be available in GCC and will show you personalized recommendations that help you do your best work.

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Microsoft Viva: Pin external links to Topics

Users will be able to add external links to the “pinned files and pages” section of the topic pages instead of only Microsoft resources. These external links will be viewable and clickable from topic pages, cards, and answers.

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Microsoft Viva: Inspiration Library in Microsoft Viva Insights

Inspiration library is a new feature available in preview through the Viva Insights app in Teams. The Inspiration library turns insights into action with access to curated content and best practices from top sources like Harvard Business Review and Thrive.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/insights/personal/teams/inspiration
Preview date: March CY2022

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Microsoft Teams: Presenter mode: Controls to move and resize presenter video

Users will be able to discover Viva learning content, right in SharePoint, Office.com and Bing. This feature is an integration between Viva Learning and Microsoft Search.

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Viva Connections Multilingual Dashboard

You can now create Viva Connections Dashboard in multiple languages.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88980.

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Microsoft Viva Digest Email to be sent 2X a month

The digest email from Microsoft Viva, which surfaces important insights to help users understand and improve their work habits over time, will now be delivered in users’ inboxes twice a month. This will provide users more opportunities to see insights and recommendations to improve work patterns in the Digest email.

When this will happen:

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Microsoft Viva: New Settings page to configure all personal insights and experiences

The Config Settings page in the MyAnalytics dashboard allows users to customize working hours, set up focus plan, set quiet hours, set up delay delivery, and, when applicable, configure their team. We are introducing a new universal Settings page in the MyAnalytics web dashboard that will include settings for the daily Briefing email in addition to the existing controls. Access to select settings will be extended to all users that have licenses with the Exchange Online service plan.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/insights/personal/use/dashboard-2#config-settings

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Microsoft Viva: Viva Connections Multilingual Dashboard

You can create a Viva Connections Dashboard that can be viewed in multiple languages.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/connections/create-multilingual-dashboard

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Top news card on Viva Connections Dashboard

Top news card on Viva Connections Dashboard will surface boosted news from SharePoint. News that has been boosted will prominently display in this card.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 88955.

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