MAY 2021 • TECH ADVISOR 9differentialprivacy,”accordingto
Microsoft,in describingVivaInsights.
“Thismeanspersonalinsightsare
visibleonlytotheemployee,while
insightsformanagersandleaders
are aggregatedand de-identifiedby
defaulttoprotectindividualprivacy.”
VivaLearning
Microsoftsaidresearchshowsthat
workerswillstaywitha company
longerif it furtherstheirowninternal
development.VivaLearningis the
portalto do just that.
Viva Learning, however, also appears
to be an easy way for Microsoft or its
partners to resell services like online
coursework, especially with its LinkedIn
subsidiary. Microsoft will make available
‘micro-courses’ and other classes from
LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Learn,
trainings from leading content providers
like Skillsoft, Coursera, Pluralsight and
edX, plus your own company’s online
tutorials and other information.Viva Topics
It’s probably no surprise that Topics is
rolling out today – we’ve seen Microsoft
try to connect employees to one another
all the way back to 2015’s Delve, with
similar features added to Outlook.
Topics is designed to allow an
organization to cut through theMicrosoft Viva and its Viva Learning module.