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What’s new for Microsoft Viva – February 2026
Month after month, the volume of updates across the Microsoft Viva apps has been shrinking. February 2026 was the shortest update since I started tracking what’s new for Microsoft Viva, and that says something about where the suite is heading.
There were still a couple of updates worth paying attention to, including a change in Viva Engage that allows users to hide messages from specific individuals, a small but meaningful control in day‑to‑day conversations. The rest of the updates were largely centered around Copilot: new analytics, refinements in Copilot‑driven insights, and continued investment in Copilot experiences across Viva Pulse and Viva Glint.
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Viva Engage will introduce a new feature allowing users to hide messages from specific individuals, reducing unwanted interactions. Rolling out worldwide from late February to late March 2026, the feature is on by default but can be disabled by admins. Some roles cannot be hidden. No admin action required.
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The “Include attachments” and “Include external networks” options in Viva Engage admin center data exports will be retired on March 13, 2026. Exports will include SharePoint file links instead of attachments, and admins must export data separately from each external network by signing in individually.
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Enhancing comment reporting by using Copilot to develop customer-specific comment topics and keywords.
To empower organizations to run additional employee listening programs, like AI transformation or change management cases, we are creating a dedicated Survey Designer role. This role grants a user just enough permissions to run a Viva Glint survey without full access to platform settings and sensitive data, thus creating a more democratized platform.
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The updated Copilot adoption Power BI report will come with a streamlined UX and new Power user insights.
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This feature enhancement will enable Viva Glint Admins to remove survey participants from closed surveys in bulk.
Add new Viva Pulse survey templates for Copilot readiness, adoption, and business value, with built-in entry points and reporting surfaced directly in the Copilot Dashboard. All Copilot templates are fully customizable in Pulse, with the ability to add or edit questions using Copilot authoring and the question library. Organizations can also easily upload pilot group users into Pulse via CSV to target surveys at the right audiences from day one.
Enable change leaders to quickly identify and auto-populate Microsoft 365 Copilot power users and novice users based on organizational attributes and aggregated Copilot usage data. Automatic audience targeting in Viva Pulse will empower change leaders to capture sentiment on Copilot use cases, verbatims, and learnings with insights into whether specific audiences need more training or whether certain pockets of the organization would benefit from receiving upgraded Copilot licenses.
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