check before: 2025-02-01
Product:
Entra, Microsoft 365 Apps, Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Viva Engage, Teams
Platform:
Android, iOS, Mac, Online, Windows Desktop, World tenant
Status:
In development
Change type:
New feature, User impact, Admin impact
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Summary:
Viva Engage storyline will be integrated into Microsoft Teams to centralize employee communications, allowing for direct leadership communication and collaborative engagement. The feature requires Teams and Viva Engage licenses, with premium features for Viva Engage Premium users. Rollout begins February 2025 for Targeted Release and March 2025 for General Availability.
Details:
Employee communications are often scattered across multiple places, leading to frustration, delays, and overload. To address this, we will bring Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Viva Engage closer together, making it easier for users to stay connected and collaborate in Teams. The first step on this journey is the integration of Viva Engage storyline in Teams. Storyline enables leaders to communicate directly with their organizations, delivering personalized updates to amplify, clarify, and humanize leadership communication. Employees can share their perspectives, celebrate achievements, propose innovative ideas, and engage in meaningful conversations with colleagues across their organizations. By bringing storyline into Teams, we are simplifying how employees and leaders connect, collaborate, and share their voices-all in the flow of work. This message applies to Teams for Windows, Teams for Mac desktops, and Teams for iOS/Android.
Tenants must have a license for Teams and Viva Engage to use this feature. Premium features are available for users with a license for Viva Engage Premium, which is included with Viva Suite and Viva Employee Communications and Communities licenses.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 472914.
[When this will happen:]
Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025.
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late March 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025.
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Created:
2025-01-01
updated:
2025-01-15
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summary for non-techies**
Microsoft is integrating Viva Engage's storyline feature into Microsoft Teams to centralize employee communications, offering direct access to updates and storyline pages within Teams, with additional analytics features for Viva Engage Premium users, and the rollout will begin in February 2025.
Direct effects for Operations**
User Experience Disruption
Users may experience confusion and frustration due to the sudden integration of Viva Engage storyline into Teams without prior training or communication, leading to decreased productivity.
- roles: End Users, Team Leaders
- references: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=472914, https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/enterprise/urls-and-ip-address-ranges
Increased Notification Overload
The introduction of improved notifications under Activity may overwhelm users with excessive alerts, causing important messages to be missed and leading to disengagement.
- roles: End Users, Communications Managers
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/viva/engage/analytics, https://learn.microsoft.com/viva/engage/leadership-identification
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Access and Configuration Issues
If organizations have not prepared their settings or licenses for the integration, users may face access issues or inability to utilize new features, resulting in frustration and potential delays in communication.
- roles: IT Administrators, End Users
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/viva/engage/leadership-identification, https://youtu.be/YlBMEgEwBLE?si=Gxs9ryiaoBsQvAzE
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