Microsoft Viva: Praise Highlights in Profile Card in Teams and Outlook

Praise in Microsoft Teams is designed to appreciate the effort that goes into the wide-ranging, collaborative work that Teams users do. Users can send praise to their colleagues through the messaging extension pinned to the Teams messaging bar or through the Microsoft Viva Insights app in Teams. For both, admins can use the Microsoft Teams admin center to enable/disable Praise.

With updates coming soon, praises received will be highlighted on a user’s profile card in Teams and Outlook. There are settings available for users that prevent praise highlights from being visible on their profile card.

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Introduction of organization insights in Microsoft Viva digest email

The biweekly digest email will carry premium organizational insights for qualifying managers. Initially, these insights will include three rotating areas of focus: after-hour collaboration, meeting culture, and manager 1:1 time. Eventually, this pipeline of insights will grow. 

Users can navigate directly to the Viva Insights app in Teams for a more detailed view.

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Microsoft Viva: Praise highlights in profile card in Teams and Outlook

With updates coming in February, praises received will be highlighted on a user’s profile card in Teams and Outlook. There are user settings available that prevent praise highlights from being visible on their profile card.

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Microsoft Viva: Praise highlights in profile card in Teams

With updates coming in February, praises received will be highlighted on a user’s profile card in Teams. There are user settings available that prevent praise highlights from being visible on their profile card.

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Org Explorer in Outlook: View and Navigate the Organization Chart

This new release of Org Explorer brings a new experience to Outlook Desktop. It will help you visualize and explore your company’s internal structure, work teams, and individual roles.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 103605

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Microsoft Viva: Meeting Prep Inline Suggestions Coming to Outlook with Viva Insights

A new inline suggestion in Outlook is being released with Microsoft Viva Insights to support booking meeting preparation time. The book prep time suggestion will enable Viva Insights users to set time aside to review related documents, complete tasks or take on any other preparation steps before the meeting.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 109590

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Sharing a copy of praise in Viva Insights app in Teams and Teams Messaging Extension

Praise in Microsoft Teams is designed to appreciate the effort that goes into the wide-ranging, collaborative work that Teams users do. Users can send praise to their colleagues through the messaging extension pinned to the Teams messaging bar or through the Microsoft Viva Insights app in Teams. For both, admins can use the Microsoft Teams admin center to enable/disable Praise.

With the upcoming updates, users with Viva Insights subscriptions will have the ability to share a copy of praise they send. Shared recipients will be notified via Teams and can see praise details in the Microsoft Viva Insights app in Teams.

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Microsoft Viva: Briefing and Digest emails for DoD

The daily Briefing email and the semi-monthly Digest email, automatically delivered to your Outlook inbox, will be available for DoD. The daily Briefing email is a personalized, actionable email from Microsoft Viva to help you start the day on track and stay on top of tasks. Twice a month, you’ll also receive a Digest email that summarizes data about your work patterns and ways to improve them.

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Microsoft Viva: Meeting prep inline suggestions coming to Outlook with Viva Insights

Users with a Viva Insights subscription will receive inline suggestions in Outlook to book meeting preparation time. Meeting invite recipients will receive the inline suggestions if the meeting is between 30 and 60 minutes long, it has fewer than 12 attendees, it is not recurring, and the user has time on their calendar for prep time.

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Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights web app in GCC-H

A new web interface for the Viva Insights app will be discoverable via the web and the Microsoft 365 app launcher. This will offer an additional way to access the personal productivity and wellbeing experiences in the Viva Insights app in Teams.

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