MyAnalytics dashboard and Briefing email settings changes
TL;DR:The Config Settings page in the MyAnalytics dashboard allows you to customise working hours, set up focus plan, set quiet hours, set up delay delivery, and, when applicable, configure your team....
Microsoft Viva: Praise Highlights in Profile Card in Teams and Outlook
TL;DR:Praise in Microsoft Teams is great for showing your appreciation of colleagues. With updates coming soon, praises received will be highlighted on a user’s profile card in Teams and Outlook. ROLLOUT...
Schedule Send suggestions in Microsoft Teams chat
TL;DR:When composing a 1 to 1 message in Microsoft Teams chat after-hours, users with a Viva Insights subscription will see schedule send suggestions that enable postponing message delivery until the start...
Quiet Time Settings in Viva, Teams, and Outlook
TL;DR:Viva Insights will offer the ability to configure quiet time to silence notifications from Outlook and Teams mobile applications, outside of working hours. You will receive personalised insights through the Viva...
SharePoint pages get flexible sections
TL;DRSharePoint editors will soon see a new option called 'Flexible' when adding a section to a page. Drag and drop web parts anywhere on the grid, they will snap to the...
New personal wellbeing insights coming to Insights app in Teams
Short version:New personal insights to help you balance productivity and wellbeing are coming to the Insights app in Teams. You will be able to tap into breathing breaks, send praise to collaborators,...
New praise compose experience in Teams and praise trends in Viva Insights
As we spend more working time physically alone than ever, virtual connections have become more important than ever. I tell people about Praise in Viva at every opportunity, and it is...
Microsoft Viva: Recommendations to Send Praise in Viva Insights
Microsoft: “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...
The Microsoft Viva Suite has a new home
TL;DRMicrosoft are releasing Viva Home, a single web destination to access all the Viva apps you are licensed for. Now due late November to late December 2023.
DetailsViva Home aims to provide...
Meeting Effectiveness Surveys and Effective Meeting Plans in the Teams Viva Insights app
TL;DR:Surveys and shared plans are being introduced for users with a Viva Insights subscription. Meeting effectiveness surveys enable meeting organisers to view aggregated feedback from attendees on the meetings they organised....
Yammer is dead, long viva Viva Engage*
TL;DR: Microsoft have announced their plans to rebrand Yammer into Viva Engage to provide a consistent experience. This change will happen everywhere Yammer surfaces; web, mobile, and integrations (Embed, SharePoint and...
Focus time experiences in the Viva Insights Teams App
Are you a Microsoft Viva and a Teams fan? Here's more Viva in Teams…
Short version:Viva Insights is enhancing the focus time experience for users of Viva Insights in Microsoft Teams. You...
Updates coming to Viva Daily Briefing Emails
What is the Briefing email from Microsoft Viva? Microsoft: “…helps users start their day on track by surfacing information to prepare for upcoming meetings, follow up on outstanding tasks as well...
What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Copilot? March 2025
Welcome to our third roundup of 2025. We look at what was announced, released and delayed across Microsoft 365 and Copilot in March.
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