Distribute SharePoint news posts with Viva Amplify across Outlook, Teams, and Engage

Originally posted by Microsoft Sep 17, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Viva Amplify in SharePoint enables users with licenses to distribute news posts across Outlook, Teams, Viva Engage, and SharePoint sites from a single interface. It auto-optimizes content, offers engagement analytics, and rolls out from late September to mid-October 2025, requiring no admin action unless updating guidance.

Introduction

We’re introducing Viva Amplify in SharePoint, a new capability that enables communicators to distribute SharePoint news posts across multiple Microsoft 365 channels—including Outlook, Viva Engage, Teams, and additional SharePoint sites. This enhancement helps streamline content distribution and improve audience reach, all from within the SharePoint experience.

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This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 473450.

When this will happen:

• Target Release: Scheduled for early October

• General Availability: We will begin rolling out late September 2025 and expect to complete by mid-October 2025.

How this affects your organization:

Who is affected: Users with a Viva Amplify license who create or manage SharePoint news posts.

What will happen:

What you can do to prepare:

• No admin action is required unless you’ve created internal guidance for end users.
• Ensure relevant users have Viva Amplify licenses.
• Review and update any internal documentation or helpdesk materials that reference SharePoint news publishing.
• Communicate this change to content creators and corporate communicators.

• To Amplify a news post, first ensure the post is published. Once published, the Amplify button will appear in the SharePoint news post toolbar for users with edit access.
• Content is automatically optimized for each endpoint—no manual formatting required.
• Users with edit access to a published SharePoint news post can click the Amplify button in the toolbar to select channels and audiences, then publish the content across Outlook, Viva Engage, Teams, and other SharePoint sites.
• After a news post is amplified, communicators can select Analytics from the toolbar to view detailed engagement metrics. The Amplify Analytics help users understand how content is performing and where it’s having the most impact.
• Engagement metrics include (but are not limited to)
  • Total views
  • Unique views
  • Dwell time
  • Reactions
  • Engagement metrics by channel
• These insights help communicators analyze performance and tailor future content for better reach—all without leaving the SharePoint interface.

Compliance considerations:

No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.

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