Stefan Mileschin

A new take on the intranet idea

Microsoft has launched Viva, a new "employee experience platform", or, in non-marketing terms, its new take on the intranet sites most large companies tend to offer their employees.

This includes standard features like access to internal communications built on integrations with SharePoint, Yammer, and other Microsoft tools.

Viva offers access to team analytics and an integration with LinkedIn Learning and other training content providers - including the likes of SAP SuccessFactors - as well as what Microsoft calls Viva Topics for knowledge sharing within a company.

If you're like most employees, you know that your company spends a lot of money on internal communications and its accompanying intranet offerings -- and you then promptly ignore that in order to get actual work done.

Vole thinks that as remote work is here to stay for many companies, even after the pandemic and if even a small percentage of a company's workforce remains remote or opts for a hybrid approach, those workers still need to have access to the right tools and feel like they are part of the company.

https://fudzilla.com/news/52324-micr...cranks-up-viva