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check before: 2026-02-01
Details:
Beginning with this feature release, Focus Areas will be associated with survey cycles and goal periods will be retired. Users will be able to select the same Focus Area across multiple cycles. The Focus Area Overview report will be filterable to groups of interest (e.g. managers only). Draft/deleted Focus Areas will no longer be included in Focus Area calculations.
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Created:
2025-07-25
updated:
2026-01-28
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summary for non-techies**
With the new changes in Microsoft Viva, workshops can now be aligned with specific survey cycles rather than fixed timelines, and the Focus Area Overview report has become a customizable dashboard that allows insights to be tailored to specific organizational groups, while draft or deleted focus areas are excluded from reports to ensure clarity and relevance.
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change history
| Date | Property | old | new |
| 2026-01-28 | RM Release | February CY2026 | January CY2026 |
| 2026-01-28 | RM Status | In development | Launched |
| 2026-01-15 | RM Release | January CY2026 | February CY2026 |
| 2025-10-24 | RM Release | November CY2025 | January CY2026 |
| 2025-09-05 | RM Release | October CY2025 | November CY2025 |
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