Microsoft Viva Engage is key to adopting and measuring the success of Copilot and we’re excited to announce the Copilot adoption community is now available. Additionally, this month’s blog covers some new features that make it easier to participate in cross tenant Engage experiences, update community settings and more. 

Copilot Community is available to M365 Copilot Customers!

Network admins and corporate communicators can enable a Viva Engage community specifically built to support adoption of Microsoft 365 Copilot. The Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption community makes it easier for users to ask questions, seek support from peers and IT admins, and learn best practices for Copilot.

This ready-made community removes the set-up work to get the community off the ground quickly. Easily add a cover photo, description, and follow the onboarding checklist. Admins can edit and customize as needed.

Already have a similar community that exists? Connect your community for the new features to be added to your existing community… new experiences like the setup checklist, suggested members and content, top Q&A, and conversation starters) will populate in your community without impacting existing content and customizations.

Learn more about the set up and what’s available.

Need more resources for Copilot adoption?

Copilot Adoption Site
Support Copilot Adoption Resources
Customers are creating #Copilot campaigns and employees can create Copilot Passports to share what they are learning on their storyline or in the Copilot Community!  
New to Copilot in Viva Engage? Check out our resources to get you started.
Use the new AI transformation templates in Viva Amplify to communicate Copilot value in your favorite apps.

Microsoft Viva is key to adopting and measuring the success of Copilot, and we’ll continue to build features and share guidance that help organizations in their AI transformation. Stay tuned for what’s next with the Viva Engage Copilot Adoption initiatives.

For everyone!

We’re also adding some capabilities that everyone can enjoy. Here’s what is coming to your Viva Engage network soon!

Official Communities Discovery – Customers can now browse and discover official communities in the official communities section.

Community settings page – The community settings page has been updated to give community administrators more control over customization of feature-level settings.
Multi-pin carousel – View a new carousel that can include articles, shared posts, and improved UI for cards coming soon.

Community API – This much requested capability will be generally available mid-August, allowing for the programmatic creation of communities. To learn more read the update here.

Rich media is here! – This newly launched experience enables a user to create a new post on their storyline, attach an image or video, and add text. After clicking Post, the user can choose the layout that best suits their intent and preview the layout. Read the details in our blog from a few weeks ago.

Subscribe to Topics – Receive notifications for Viva Engage topics you follow. By subscribing to a topic, a user will receive a Teams and Engage bell notification whenever a new post is tagged with a topic they are subscribed to, or the topic is added to an existing post.

For Admins

New moderation and digital safety tools for admins

View-only mode – remove user rights to create/edit posts across Engage experiences.
Anonymized closed conversations – When users close conversations, their name no longer shows in the thread. Instead, all participants see “This conversation has been closed”. This change has been made to protect the identity of the moderator who closed the thread.

Both features will be for network admins and available in the Engage admin center under Governance and Compliance.

Curious to learn more about digital safety and moderation for your Viva Engage network? Learn what is available now and what’s to come in our upcoming Digital Safety and Viva Engage webinar. Register below to join us live or to catch the recording!

Sign up here for the Viva Engage Digital Safety / Moderation Webinar

Wed 8/28/2024 4:00 PM GMT / 11:00 AM ET / 8 AM PT – https://aka.ms/VivaEngage/Webinar/DigitalSafety1

Wed 8/28/2024 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT / Thursday 29, 9 AM AUS – https://aka.ms/VivaEngage/Webinar/DigitalSafety2

For our Viva Suite and C&C Customers

MTO AMAs & Events – Bring all employees together to participate in Ask Me Anything (AMAs) across tenant boundaries with leaders. This feature is now rolling out to preview. Later this year, employees will also be to join live events via communities or Viva Engage events so leaders can host townhalls and company-wide meetings beyond their own tenant to include all stakeholders. 

MTO Communities – In May of this year we made available cross-tenant reach via Engage Communities, bringing together employees to connect and collaborate. The highlights are the ease of discovery of MTO Communities, being able to join and participate in a seamless manner, regardless of which tenant user belonged to. We have several customers who are leveraging this already within their MTO setup. One of these customers is Associated British Foods that launched their cross-tenant Employee Engagement powered by Viva Engage MTO experiences.

Leadership Dashboard- allows leaders and delegates to view relevant audience conversations, organizational analytics, manage delegates, and see popular posts directly from their dashboard.

See what else Viva Engage has planned on the public roadmap and keep an eye on this blog for more news, updates, and best practices relating to Viva Engage and communities in Microsoft 365.

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