Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Viva Connections

Composite Score

8.1 /10

CX Score

8.7 /10

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What is Microsoft Viva Connections?

Grow together with Microsoft Viva Connections—the employee experience platform within Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams. Viva supports connection, insight, purpose, and growth, empowering people and teams to be their best.

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Microsoft Viva Connections Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

84 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft Viva Connections?

0% Negative

4% Neutral

96% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation

Feature Ratings

Average 75

Employee Engagement

Instant Messaging

Home Page

News Feed

Blog Support

Employee Directory

Integrations

Wiki Support

Discussion Forums

File Sharing Collaboration

Reporting and Analytics

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 73

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

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Microsoft Viva Connections Reviews

Tshinanne Angel M.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Banking
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Jan 2025

Microsoft Viva Connections: A Powerful Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Viva Connections from other similar products?

Microsoft Viva Connections stands out from other similar products due to its seamless integration with Microsoft 365 and its focus on delivering a personalized, employee-centric digital experience within the tools employees already use.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Microsoft Viva Connections is its customizable dashboard that delivers personalized resources, tools, and updates based on employees' roles and needs. This feature ensures that everyone—from frontline workers to executives—can access relevant content without being overwhelmed by unnecessary information.

What do you dislike most about this product?

One potential downside of Microsoft Viva Connections is its reliance on SharePoint Online as the backbone for content delivery. While this integration is powerful for organizations already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem, it can feel overwhelming or complex for companies without a well-structured SharePoint intranet or for those unfamiliar with SharePoint's intricacies.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Ensure your organization is already using Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Online, as Viva Connections heavily relies on these tools. Evaluate the structure and content of your SharePoint intranet, as it serves as the foundation for Viva Connections. If your intranet isn’t well-organized, consider optimizing it first.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Keith B.

Role: Finance
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2025

Viva La Engagement: Bringing Teams Together.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Viva Connections from other similar products?

Microsoft Viva Connections creates a centralized hub for employees to stay engaged, informed, and connected to company culture—all within Microsoft Teams. Unlike other workplace platforms, Viva Connections blends seamlessly with tools we already use, so it feels like an enhancement rather than another system to learn.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

One feature that stands out is the ability to personalize the dashboard. We’ve set ours up with direct links to financial reports, policy documents, and even a feed of company news relevant to our department. It’s like having a custom homepage for everything we need.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The setup process, particularly for customizing the dashboard and aligning it with our intranet, took more effort than we anticipated.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Since implementing Viva Connections, we’ve seen better engagement across the team. Whether it’s accessing the latest financial KPIs or participating in company-wide surveys, everyone stays in the loop. It’s also fostered a stronger sense of community, with features like recognition posts and department-specific updates keeping morale high.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Soban R.

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Highly efficient with simple interface

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Viva Connections from other similar products?

Realistic features and simple user interface

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I mostly use job postings and update regarding new joiners, as an HR

What do you dislike most about this product?

Could have been some more features

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Must consider for employee engagement and updates about company

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service

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Microsoft Viva Connections Ratings

84 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Viva Connections?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Employee Engagement Provides ability to solicit and measure employee engagement feedback.

Instant Messaging Real-time, text-based communication between two or more people

Home Page A landing page that the user views upon launching the app. This may include announcements and the news feed, and may be customizable by the end user.

News Feed A display of recent activity relevant to users. Can include notices, events, or work activities such as completed tasks, projects, or recently edited documents.

Blog Support Allows employees to create blogs, personalizable mini-websites on which they post content viewable by co-workers.

Employee Directory Employees can browse a searchable directory containing job titles and contact information of co-workers, or identify candidates for collaboration.

Integrations The workplace platform integrates with common business applications in which users do their work, such as Office 365, G-Suite, Salesforce, and Zendesk.

Wiki Support Supports the creation of wikis by users. A wiki is a knowledge base written and maintained by the collaborative authorship of its users.

Discussion Forums Users can create posts on a browseable message board. Other users can reply to the posts in an open-discussion conversation thread visible to other users.

File Sharing Collaboration Users share, view, edit, discuss, and provide feedback on content, synchronously or asynchronously, either natively or through a third-party integration.

Reporting and Analytics Includes historical and real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed and summary reporting, and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

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Microsoft Viva Connections Reviews

Tshinanne Angel M.

Microsoft Viva Connections: A Powerful Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Keith B.

Viva La Engagement: Bringing Teams Together.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Soban R.

Highly efficient with simple interface

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Employee Engagement

Instant Messaging

Home Page

News Feed

Blog Support

Employee Directory

Integrations

Wiki Support

Discussion Forums

File Sharing Collaboration

Reporting and Analytics

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training