Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Viva Connections

Composite Score

8.0 /10

CX Score

8.3 /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.

87 Likeliness to Recommend

94 Plan to Renew

84 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.

+93 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?

6% Negative

11% Neutral

83% Positive

Pros

Saves Time
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Mobile

Intranet

Newsletter Creation

News Feeds, Alerts & Notifications

Employee Directory

Rewards Recognition

Application Integration

Instant Messaging

Surveys and Polling

Emergency Notification

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Microsoft Viva Connections Reviews

Jitendra K.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

"Highly customizable"

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Viva Connections from other similar products?

Microsoft Viva Connections stands out by integrating seamlessly with Microsoft 365 and Teams, providing a personalized, company-branded employee experience within the familiar Teams environment.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Microsoft Viva Connections is its seamless integration with Teams, enabling a centralized hub for employee engagement.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I dislike the lack of seamless integrations with third-party tools in Microsoft Viva Connections.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Ensure your organization is already invested in Microsoft 365 and Teams for the best experience, as Viva Connections thrives in that ecosystem.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Varun S.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Powerful Platform with room of enhancements

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Viva Connections from other similar products?

Microsoft Viva Connections differentiates in many ways with other similar products. First of all its integration with M365 products and employee experience focus. Built in analytics helps measure engagement and content effectiveness enabling data driven decision to enhance communications strategies.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Its seamless integration with the broader Microsoft 365 ecosystem. The ability to customize content and experiences so that the platform meets the unique needs of different employees, fostering a more engaged and connected workplace.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Its customization process which is somewhat complex and time consuming. This can lead to slower onboarding experience for new users.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The recommendations I would give to someone considering this product is make sure your organization and you are already using M365 products after the integrations with them it works more better.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Evan F.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Great for a certain level of company

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Viva Connections from other similar products?

As with most microsoft products, you can count on the software to do what it says and deliver performance relative to the amount of users you have involved. It's features where what we were looking for, and it provided clear messaging and engagement with employees.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of use! Whether desktop or mobile, our employees get the info they need in a timely manner. Also, personalization is key in that it gives employees a say in deliverability.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Lack of interesting features, but maybe those will come along.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Give it a try if you're wanting a centralized messaging platform that shares company news but also integrates HR functions. With social media tie-ins as well, you can do a bit of customization to engage more with workers.

Pros

Saves Time
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable

Microsoft Viva Connections

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Microsoft Viva Connections Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

94 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 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

Single Sign-On (SSO) Login authentication linked to corporate login credentials, and user account information auto-populated to the expense profile.

Mobile Ability to support multiple devices, OSes and platforms using mobile optimized, HTML-based web access and/or native applications.

Intranet Private network that allows collaboration and storage of sensitive documents.

Newsletter Creation Ability to create and distribute company newsletters to employees.

News Feeds, Alerts & Notifications Provides configurable in-app news feeds as well as real-time alerts and updates of all board relevant meeting information.

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

Rewards Recognition Software allows for tracking and management of employee rewards and recognition programs

Application Integration Includes functional and data integration with common applications such as CRM, CSM, ERP, email, etc.

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

Surveys and Polling Ability to survey employees and gather feedback.

Emergency Notification Ability to carry out mass notification to business continuity key stakeholders, and other relevant parties.​

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Microsoft Viva Connections Reviews

Jitendra K.

"Highly customizable"

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Varun S.

Powerful Platform with room of enhancements

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Evan F.

Great for a certain level of company

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Mobile

Intranet

Newsletter Creation

News Feeds, Alerts & Notifications

Employee Directory

Rewards Recognition

Application Integration

Instant Messaging

Surveys and Polling

Emergency Notification

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training