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What’s new for Microsoft Viva – April 2025
Hey there, Microsoft Viva users! April’s updates were surprisingly light this month – in fact, this is the shortest Viva update I’ve seen since I started tracking these monthly changes. It definitely makes me wonder about the future direction of Viva as a suite of products.
Most of the action this month happened in the communication applications – Viva Connections, Viva Amplify, and Viva Engage. I’m particularly happy to see more first-party integrations becoming available for Viva Connections, which should make the platform more useful for many teams.
This month also brought an important reminder that Viva Goals is being sunset at the end of the year. If your organization is using Viva Goals for OKR management, now’s the time to inform your users and start planning for alternative solutions!
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Microsoft Viva Engage: Private content mode will retire as of June 30th, 2025
Viva Engage
Microsoft Viva Engage will retire the private content mode by June 30th, 2025. Verified admins will no longer be able to enable or disable this feature. Alternative methods are provided for viewing private community content, handling legal cases, and managing group memberships. Admins should prepare for this change by exploring the alternatives.
Microsoft Viva Connections cards in SharePoint agents
Viva Connections
Microsoft SharePoint agents will integrate Viva Connections cards into conversations, allowing users to interact with them directly. Public preview starts in late March 2025, with general availability by late August 2025. No admin action is required, but notifying users and updating documentation is recommended.
Microsoft Viva Engage: Update on deletion of private unlisted communities in external networks
Viva Engage
Microsoft Viva Engage is retiring private unlisted communities in external networks by January 2025. Users can no longer create or participate in these communities. All content will be deleted after April 14, 2025. Organizations should export their data using the legacy Yammer network admin portal.
Microsoft Viva: Expanded AI admin role to manage Microsoft Copilot Dashboard settings
Microsoft Viva
Microsoft is expanding the AI Administrator role in Microsoft Viva to manage Microsoft Copilot Dashboard settings without requiring Global admin privileges. This enhances security and aligns with least-privilege practices. The rollout will start mid-April 2025 and complete by late April 2025. No admin action is required before the rollout.
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Microsoft Viva Pulse: Generate a summary for Pulse reports using Microsoft 365 Copilot
Viva Pulse
Microsoft Viva Pulse will use Microsoft 365 Copilot to generate summaries for Pulse reports, aiding authors in quickly understanding the feedback. This feature, available across various platforms, requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot or Viva Pulse license. The rollout will complete by late April 2025, with no admin action needed.
Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse – Customizable organizational statement for authors and responders
Viva Pulse
Organizations can provide employees with guidelines based on their company policies as survey authors and respondents, along with default Pulse privacy guidance.
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Microsoft Viva Engage app for iOS/Android will have a shorter name in app stores
Viva Engage
Coming soon for the Microsoft Viva Engage app for iOS and Android: We will shorten the name for this app from “Viva Engage” to “Engage.” The change will display in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store and in the installed app.
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Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics – Prompt category metrics for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
Microsoft Viva
Viva Insights Copilot Dashboard will start showing Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat prompt category metrics within Copilot Chat (work) insights.
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Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint – Editable Copilot Feature Control for Company Admin User Role
Viva Glint
Copilot can be enabled for the Company Admin user role in survey program settings.
Microsoft Viva Connections: New Engage card in Connections dashboard
Viva Connections
We’re excited to announce a new Microsoft Engage feed card in Microsoft Viva Connections dashboard called Stay Engaged.
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Microsoft Viva Pulse: New Delegation feature
Viva Pulse
Coming soon to Microsoft Viva Pulse: A new Delegation feature. Users in your tenant will be able to assign other users as delegates to create and send pulses on their behalf. A delegator can have a maximum of 5 delegates. A user can only be a delegate of one individual.
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Microsoft Viva: Search Skill (Copilot in Engage)
Microsoft Viva
Engage Copilot now uses search skills to find and summarize relevant posts, with citations and direct links.
Microsoft Viva Amplify: Support for sensitivity labels in Microsoft Outlook
Viva Amplify
Microsoft Viva Amplify will soon support sending mail with sensitivity labels in Microsoft Outlook. In tenants where admins have enabled sensitivity labels on email, users will see the Sensitivity label menu in the Outlook audience selector in Amplify. This menu will respect settings that admins configured for labels, such as requiring the label, providing justifications, and so on. When an email is sent from Amplify, the received email will have the appropriately sensitivity label.
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Microsoft Viva Connections: New Folder card in Dashboard
Viva Connections
Microsoft Viva Connections will introduce a new Folder card in the Dashboard, providing a quick view of document library files. The rollout will begin mid-April 2025 and complete by late April 2025. No admin action is required, but notifying users and updating documentation is recommended.
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Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics – Microsoft 365 Copilot agents report
Microsoft Viva
Declarative agent adoption metrics and insights in Microsoft 365 Copilot agents report in Viva Insights.
Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint – Export Team Summary report in Viva Glint to editable PowerPoint slides
Viva Glint
Managers will be able to export default sections from the Team Summary report in Viva Glint directly to editable PowerPoint slides. This enhancement allows for easier and quicker consumption of this report outside Viva Glint, compared to the previous export method which included static screenshots.
Microsoft Viva Engage: Analytics data retention will be 18 months instead of 24 months
Viva Engage
Microsoft Viva Engage will reduce analytics data retention from 24 months to 18 months starting in June 2025. This change aims to enhance privacy and data minimization. No admin action is required, but organizations should review their configurations and notify users. Year-over-year analysis will be removed.
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Microsoft Viva Pulse: Customize and display your internal usage guidelines for authors and responders
Viva Pulse
Microsoft Viva Pulse will soon allow organizations to customize and display internal usage guidelines for survey authors and respondents. This feature will be available across various platforms and is expected to roll out from late April to mid-May 2025. Admins can configure these guidelines in the Pulse admin experience.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot in Viva Glint: Viva Glint admin can enable Copilot for the Company admin user role
Viva Glint
Viva Glint admins can enable Copilot for the Company admin user role starting mid-May 2025. This change will be automatic and default, requiring a Viva Glint, Viva Suite, or Viva Workforce Analytics license. Admins should review configurations and notify users. More details are available on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 489219.
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Microsoft Viva: Modernized Viva Engage Email Subscription Management
Viva Engage
We are modernizing the existing email subscription management experience in Viva Engage to make it more user-friendly and intuitive. Previously, unsubscribe and notification settings links in emails opened legacy web pages with limited functionality. With this update, those links will now direct users to refreshed, modern pages where they can easily manage their email preferences. Users will be able to unsubscribe or resubscribe to specific email types through a cleaner and more accessible experience. The rollout of this update will begin in late April 2025 and is expected to complete by early May 2025.
Microsoft Viva Engage: Report conversations feature in new admin center
Viva Engage
The “Report conversations” feature will move from the legacy Yammer admin center to the new Microsoft Engage admin center in mid-May to late June 2025. This migration does not change functionality or user experience. Admins can configure the feature in the new location without affecting existing settings. More details are available [here](https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=486831).
Microsoft Viva Goals: Optional in-product retirement announcement banner
Viva Goals
Microsoft Viva Goals will retire on December 31, 2025. Starting in late April 2025, admins can enable a dismissable in-product banner to inform users about the retirement date via the General tenant admin settings in the Viva Goals admin portal.
Microsoft Viva Engage: Selfie video recording is only supported in iOS/Android mobile apps
Viva Engage
Selfie video recording in Microsoft Viva Engage will only be supported on iOS/Android mobile apps starting mid-April 2025. The “Record a video” feature will be removed from the web version. This change requires no admin action but users should be notified. More details can be found [here](https://support.microsoft.com/office/create-and-annotate-short-videos-in-viva-engage-bcbc7145-dce0-426d-981d-3c5eb0bea22e).
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