Microsoft Viva Amplify: New publishing stack and improved error handling

Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 4, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Viva Amplify is launching a new publishing stack by late 2025, replacing the legacy system with faster, parallelized publishing (~16 seconds) and improved error handling. The update enhances reliability across SharePoint, Viva Engage, Outlook, and Teams, is on by default, and requires no admin action.

We’re excited to announce a major milestone for Viva Amplify: the rollout of a new publishing stack that modernizes how content is created, distributed, and consumed across Microsoft 365. This upgrade powers both the Amplify app and Amplify from SharePoint, enabling faster, more reliable publishing to SharePoint, Viva Engage, Outlook, and Teams. The new stack replaces legacy timer job-based publishing with a parallelized, structured system that improves performance and error transparency.

When this will happen:

• Targeted Release: Begins mid-November 2025; expected completion by late November 2025.
• General Availability: Begins late November 2025; expected completion by early December 2025.

How this affects your organization:

Who is affected: Admins and users publishing content via Viva Amplify or Amplify from SharePoint.

What will happen:

• The legacy publishing stack, which relied on timer jobs and had reliability issues, will be replaced.
• Publishing operations will now execute in parallel, reducing latency from minutes to ~16 seconds.
• The new stack introduces structured error handling, providing detailed, actionable feedback to users (screenshots 1 & 2):
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• Error infrastructure has been generalized into “results,” allowing multiple independent errors, warnings, and messages to be surfaced. This gives users and developers a clearer understanding of publishing outcomes and helps reduce frustration and build trust.
• Publishing will be more consistent across channels, improving delivery to Outlook, Engage, Teams, and SharePoint.
• The infrastructure supports scalability for increased publishing demand.
• Feature will be ON by default for all tenants.
• No changes to existing admin policies or user workflows.

What you can do to prepare:

No admin action is required. However, you may consider the following:

• Review any internal help or guidance materials you’ve created for end users.
• Communicate the performance improvements and error handling enhancements to relevant teams.
• Update internal documentation if you detail publishing workflows.
• Ensure that users who need access to Viva Amplify have either a Microsoft Viva suite license or a Microsoft Viva Employee Communications and Communities license.

Compliance considerations:

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

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