check before: 2025-05-01
Product:
Microsoft 365 Apps, Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Viva Engage, Outlook, SharePoint, Teams
Platform:
Online, Web, World tenant
Status:
In development
Change type:
New feature, User impact
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Details:
Summary:
Microsoft SharePoint Page Analytics will be upgraded with new capabilities for SharePoint News posts starting late May 2025. New features include long-term data, breakdown by distribution channels, new metrics, export options, audience calculation, and an upgraded page design. No admin action is required.
Details:
Microsoft SharePoint Page Analytics will soon be upgraded with new capabilities. This rollout will be targeted to SharePoint News posts only. All these capabilities will be made available to all SharePoint pages in future releases.
If you have a license for Microsoft Viva Suite or Microsoft Viva Employee Communications and Communities, you will have all the new capabilities. If you do not have one of these licenses, you will continue to see the existing metrics and charts in Page Analytics with a modern page design.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488502.
[When this will happen:]
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late May 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025.
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Created:
2025-05-08
updated:
2025-05-08
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summary for non-techies**
The new update to SharePoint's Page Analytics extends data tracking from three months to a full year, includes insights on how content is discussed and shared across platforms like Microsoft Teams and Outlook, allows for feedback and sharing metrics, and offers an improved, user-friendly interface for exporting data and generating reports.
Direct effects for Operations**
Data Overload
Users may be overwhelmed by the increased volume of data and metrics available, leading to confusion and misinterpretation of analytics.
- roles: Content Managers, Marketing Teams
- references: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=488502, https://support.microsoft.com/office/view-usage-data-for-sharepoint-pages-and-news-e3186199-ccc8-4445-9162-bb1bcec8b7ee
User Sentiment Misinterpretation
The introduction of new metrics like Reactions may lead to misinterpretation of user sentiment if not properly understood, affecting decision-making.
- roles: Product Managers, Communications Teams
- references: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=488502, https://support.microsoft.com/office/view-usage-data-for-sharepoint-pages-and-news-e3186199-ccc8-4445-9162-bb1bcec8b7ee
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