Tech Advisor - UK (2021-05)

6 TECH ADVISOR • MAY 2021

NEWS

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icrosoft has announced Viva,

a new ‘employee experience

platform’ that integrates with

Microsoft Teams. If your company uses

Teams, chances are that you’ll see Viva,

along with some of its more familiar

features like Topics and Insights, soon.

The tech giant already uses Teams

as a launchpad for apps like Word and

Microsoft is positioning Microsoft Viva as the digital office for those who

can’t go to the office – via Microsoft Teams. MARK HACHMAN reports

Microsoft Viva is Teams’

attempt to replace your

company’s intranet

PowerPoint, plus shared resources on

OneDrive and SharePoint. Inside Viva

are features that Microsoft is calling

Viva Connections, Viva Insights, Viva

Learning, and Viva Topics. Topics is

available today; Insights is available in

preview, and Insights in private preview.

Microsoft designed Connections for

employee interactions, and Topics to