Microsoft Viva gets improvements and Teams integration

Employee wellbeing and workflow tools, together at last.



What you need to know


Microsoft recently announced a new slate of Teams features, fluid components, and more.
Among said announcements was that Microsoft Teams now has native Viva integration.
Viva also has new features of its own.


In case you've forgotten that Microsoft cares about your wellbeing — at least, up to the extent that your employers care about it — take a moment to remember Microsoft Viva, the company's "employee experience platform." It now will be integrated directly into Microsoft Teams, meaning you'll get all the health-minded perks of Viva amidst the onslaught of work being slung at you from colleagues on Teams.

What are those health-minded perks, you ask? Well, they include items such as Microsoft Learning, which Microsoft says "empowers people to better themselves with employee training—naturally and without disruption" that's designed to "encourage a culture of growth that helps people reach the...