check before: 2024-12-01
Product:
Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Viva Insights, Teams, Windows
Platform:
Android, iOS, Online, Web, Windows Desktop, World tenant
Status:
Launched
Change type:
Admin impact, New feature, Updated message, User impact
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Summary:
Microsoft Viva Insights will soon integrate Microsoft 365 Copilot, enabling leaders to analyze organizational data and generate reports. New features include query capabilities and Copilot-driven reports. The update requires a Viva Insights premium license and will be available on various Teams platforms, with a Public Preview in December 2024 and General Availability in January 2025. No additional Copilot license is needed.
Details:
Updated January 28, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon for the Microsoft Viva Insights app: Leaders can explore organizational and behavioral data using Microsoft 365 Copilot in Viva Insights. After this rollout, leaders can ask questions about their organization in chat and explore new reports.
New query capabilities: Leaders and their delegates will be able to ask Copilot in Viva Insights questions about their organization's composition, team collaboration, hybrid work patterns, geographic distributions, and more.
New Copilot in Viva Insights-driven reports: Leaders and their delegates can also view reports on organizational composition information that include a list of employees and other uploaded attribute information like Function, Manager, and location information like Country or City.
New Viva Insights app home page: The home page will suggest queries that leaders can use in Copilot in Viva Insights. Previously existing leader reports and personal insights features will continue to be accessible through the Organizational behavior reports and Personal insights sections of the new home page.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 415452.
A Viva Insights premium license is required to access most of the features described in this message. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is not needed to access the features described in this message.
This message applies to Viva Insights on the web and in the Viva Insights app in Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android.
[When this will happen:]
Public Preview: We began rolling out early December 2024 and expect to complete by late December 2024.
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late January 2025 (previously mid-January) and expect to complete by late February 2025 (previously late January).
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General Availability, Preview
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2024-12-19
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Data Accuracy and Completeness
If fresh and complete data is not uploaded monthly, Copilot in Viva Insights will provide incomplete or inaccurate answers to queries, leading to poor decision-making by leaders.
- roles: Leaders, Data Managers
- references: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=415452
User Experience with New Features
Users may experience confusion or frustration due to the new features and interface changes in the Viva Insights app without prior training or communication about the updates.
- roles: Leaders, End Users
- references: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=415452
Data Privacy Concerns
Uploading sensitive HR attributes could lead to unauthorized access by leaders and delegates, raising privacy concerns and potential compliance issues.
- roles: HR Managers, Leaders
- references: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=415452
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Enhanced Data Utilization for Decision Making
The integration of Microsoft 365 Copilot in Viva Insights allows leaders to generate detailed reports and analyze organizational data effectively. This can enhance decision-making processes by providing real-time insights into team performance and collaboration patterns.
- next-steps: Encourage leaders to familiarize themselves with the new query capabilities and report generation features. Provide training sessions to maximize the utilization of the insights generated by Copilot.
- roles: Executives, Team Leaders, HR Managers
- references: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=415452
Improved Employee Engagement through Insights
By leveraging Copilot-driven reports, leaders can gain insights into employee engagement levels and collaboration metrics, which can inform strategies to enhance workplace culture and productivity.
- next-steps: Develop a framework for leaders to regularly review these insights and implement action plans based on findings. Create feedback loops to gauge employee responses to changes made based on these insights.
- roles: HR Managers, Team Leaders, Organizational Development Specialists
- references: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=415452
Streamlined Data Management Practices
The requirement for fresh data uploads monthly emphasizes the need for better data management practices. This can lead to improved data accuracy and reliability across the organization.
- next-steps: Establish a routine for data collection and uploads, and assign responsibilities to ensure data completeness. Consider automating data collection processes where possible to reduce manual effort.
- roles: Data Analysts, IT Administrators, HR Managers
- references: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=415452
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| Date | Property | old | new |
| 2025-01-29 | MC Last Updated | 01/10/2025 17:59:44 | 2025-01-28T22:02:47Z |
| 2025-01-29 | MC Messages | Updated January 10, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon for the Microsoft Viva Insights app: Leaders can explore organizational and behavioral data using Microsoft 365 Copilot in Viva Insights. After this rollout, leaders can ask questions about their organization in chat and explore new reports. New query capabilities: Leaders and their delegates will be able to ask Copilot in Viva Insights questions about their organization's composition, team collaboration, hybrid work patterns, geographic distributions, and more. New Copilot in Viva Insights-driven reports: Leaders and their delegates can also view reports on organizational composition information that include a list of employees and other uploaded attribute information like Function, Manager, and location information like Country or City. New Viva Insights app home page: The home page will suggest queries that leaders can use in Copilot in Viva Insights. Previously existing leader reports and personal insights features will continue to be accessible through the Organizational behavior reports and Personal insights sections of the new home page. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 415452. A Viva Insights premium license is required to access most of the features described in this message. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is not needed to access the features described in this message. This message applies to Viva Insights on the web and in the Viva Insights app in Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android. [When this will happen:] Public Preview: We began rolling out early December 2024 and expect to complete by late December 2024. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025. | Updated January 28, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon for the Microsoft Viva Insights app: Leaders can explore organizational and behavioral data using Microsoft 365 Copilot in Viva Insights. After this rollout, leaders can ask questions about their organization in chat and explore new reports. New query capabilities: Leaders and their delegates will be able to ask Copilot in Viva Insights questions about their organization's composition, team collaboration, hybrid work patterns, geographic distributions, and more. New Copilot in Viva Insights-driven reports: Leaders and their delegates can also view reports on organizational composition information that include a list of employees and other uploaded attribute information like Function, Manager, and location information like Country or City. New Viva Insights app home page: The home page will suggest queries that leaders can use in Copilot in Viva Insights. Previously existing leader reports and personal insights features will continue to be accessible through the Organizational behavior reports and Personal insights sections of the new home page. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 415452. A Viva Insights premium license is required to access most of the features described in this message. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is not needed to access the features described in this message. This message applies to Viva Insights on the web and in the Viva Insights app in Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android. [When this will happen:] Public Preview: We began rolling out early December 2024 and expect to complete by late December 2024. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late January 2025 (previously mid-January) and expect to complete by late February 2025 (previously late January). |
| 2025-01-29 | MC End Time | 03/28/2025 08:00:00 | 2025-04-07T09:00:00Z |
| 2025-01-11 | MC Messages | Coming soon for the Microsoft Viva Insights app: Leaders can explore organizational and behavioral data using Microsoft 365 Copilot in Viva Insights. After this rollout, leaders can ask questions about their organization in chat and explore new reports.
New query capabilities: Leaders and their delegates will be able to ask Copilot in Viva Insights questions about their organization's composition, team collaboration, hybrid work patterns, geographic distributions, and more. New Copilot in Viva Insights-driven reports: Leaders and their delegates can also view reports on organizational composition information that include a list of employees and other uploaded attribute information like Function, Manager, and location information like Country or City. New Viva Insights app home page: The home page will suggest queries that leaders can use in Copilot in Viva Insights. Previously existing leader reports and personal insights features will continue to be accessible through the Organizational behavior reports and Personal insights sections of the new home page. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 415452. A Viva Insights premium license is required to access most of the features described in this message. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is not needed to access the features described in this message. This message applies to Viva Insights on the web and in the Viva Insights app in Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android. [When this will happen:] Public Preview: We began rolling out early December 2024 and expect to complete by late December 2024. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025. | Updated January 10, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon for the Microsoft Viva Insights app: Leaders can explore organizational and behavioral data using Microsoft 365 Copilot in Viva Insights. After this rollout, leaders can ask questions about their organization in chat and explore new reports. New query capabilities: Leaders and their delegates will be able to ask Copilot in Viva Insights questions about their organization's composition, team collaboration, hybrid work patterns, geographic distributions, and more. New Copilot in Viva Insights-driven reports: Leaders and their delegates can also view reports on organizational composition information that include a list of employees and other uploaded attribute information like Function, Manager, and location information like Country or City. New Viva Insights app home page: The home page will suggest queries that leaders can use in Copilot in Viva Insights. Previously existing leader reports and personal insights features will continue to be accessible through the Organizational behavior reports and Personal insights sections of the new home page. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 415452. A Viva Insights premium license is required to access most of the features described in this message. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is not needed to access the features described in this message. This message applies to Viva Insights on the web and in the Viva Insights app in Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android. [When this will happen:] Public Preview: We began rolling out early December 2024 and expect to complete by late December 2024. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025. |
| 2025-01-11 | MC Title | Microsoft Viva: Leaders can use Microsoft 365 Copilot in Viva Insights | (Updated) Microsoft Viva: Leaders can use Microsoft 365 Copilot in Viva Insights |
| 2025-01-11 | MC Last Updated | 12/19/2024 01:50:50 | 2025-01-10T17:59:44Z |
| 2025-01-11 | MC MessageTagNames | New feature, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact |
| 2025-01-11 | MC prepare | This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. Please make users in your organization aware of this upcoming change and direct them to Viva Insights documentation to learn more about how to use Copilot in Viva Insights.
Fresh data upload: For this update to be valuable to leaders and their delegates, you must upload fresh and complete data once a month. If minimal data is provided, Copilot in Viva Insights will not be able to answer questions completely or accurately. Please refer to Viva Insights documentation for more information about what attributes to upload and how. Before rollout, we will update this post with new and revised documentation. Data availability: Uploaded data will be available to leaders and their delegates, so don't upload sensitive Human Resources (HR) attributes that you would not want to be accessible to leaders and delegates. Questions regarding HR data will be answered based on all users included in the upload (and is not restricted to users with a Viva Insights license). Review general manager and delegate roles: This update will be rolled out to anyone with a general manager (GM) role who meets minimum team size, or anyone who has delegate access from a leader. If you do not want a user to have access to Copilot in Viva Insights, you can remove their GM role. If you do not want a delegate to have access, you can remove their delegate access with a Microsoft PowerShell script. https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/office-docs-powershell/blob/Viva-chrisda/exchange/exchange-ps/exchange/Remove-VivaOrgInsightsDelegatedRole.md https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=415452 | This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. Please make users in your organization aware of this upcoming change and direct them to Viva Insights documentation to learn more about how to use Copilot in Viva Insights.
Fresh data upload: For this update to be valuable to leaders and their delegates, you must upload fresh and complete data once a month. If minimal data is provided, Copilot in Viva Insights will not be able to answer questions completely or accurately. Please refer to Viva Insights documentation for more information about what attributes to upload and how. Before rollout, we will update this post with new and revised documentation. Data availability: Uploaded data will be available to leaders and their delegates, so don't upload sensitive Human Resources (HR) attributes that you would not want to be accessible to leaders and delegates. Questions regarding HR data will be answered based on all users who have a Viva Insights license. Review general manager and delegate roles: This update will be rolled out to anyone with a general manager (GM) role who meets minimum team size, or anyone who has delegate access from a leader. If you do not want a user to have access to Copilot in Viva Insights, you can remove their GM role. If you do not want a delegate to have access, you can remove their delegate access with a Microsoft PowerShell script. https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/office-docs-powershell/blob/Viva-chrisda/exchange/exchange-ps/exchange/Remove-VivaOrgInsightsDelegatedRole.md https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=415452 |
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