Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Viva Connections

Composite Score

8.3 /10

CX Score

8.9 /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

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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.

85 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

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

3% Neutral

97% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation

Feature Ratings

Average 76

Instant Messaging

Employee Engagement

Home Page

News Feed

Blog Support

Integrations

Wiki Support

File Sharing Collaboration

Discussion Forums

Task Management

Employee Directory

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 73

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

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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Score 8.2

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Microsoft Viva Connections Reviews

Wesley B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Mar 2024

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Viva Connections from other similar products?

Not sure, but we use it daily for most of our communications

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

General communication between coworkers and organization

What do you dislike most about this product?

Could have more features built in

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go for it if you don't have a general bulletin!

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Security Protects
Continually Improving Product

Velamala v.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2023

Best platform to engage and interactive

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Viva Connections from other similar products?

Since Microsoft Viva integrates extensively with the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, it stands out among employee experience platforms. Its smooth interaction with well known applications like Teams, SharePoint, and Outlook

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

my favorite aspect of Microsoft viva is It combines several aspects of working life, such as teamwork, individualized learning, and resources for wellbeing.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The user experience could be enhanced by streamlining the onboarding procedure and giving administrators more user friendly controls.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you're considering using Microsoft Viva, I suggest to know how it integrates with Microsoft 365 products and determining how well it fits in with your company's objectives for employee experience and collaboration.

Pros

Trustworthy
Caring
Saves Time
Respectful

Rajesh N.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2023

A great collaborative tool for orginazations

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Viva Connections from other similar products?

It contains Communities, and story lines which increases more interactive ness to employees

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Microsoft Viva's unified and integrated approach to employee experience is my favorite feature.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The user experience would be improved overall by making sure that initial setup processes run smoothly and reducing interruptions during updates.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The organizations who are considering Microsoft Viva they must evaluate their unique needs related to learning, employee engagement, and well being in order to customize Viva's implementation.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy

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Microsoft Viva Connections Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Task Management Includes task prioritizing, task assignments, subtasks, and task tracking and monitoring.

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

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 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.

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

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

Wesley B.

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Velamala v.

Best platform to engage and interactive

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Rajesh N.

A great collaborative tool for orginazations

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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