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Summary
Microsoft Viva Glint will retire some language codes and update localizations starting April 10, 2025. Retired codes will be available until August 31, 2025, after which they will be removed. Admins should update or save custom translations before this date. A subscription to Microsoft Viva Suite or Viva Glint is required.
Details
Effective with Release 83 (April 10, 2025), we will update some language localizations and codes in Microsoft Viva Glint to better reflect current standards and improve the user experience.
A subscription plan for Microsoft Viva Suite or Viva Glint are required for using Viva Glint.
When this will happen:
General Availability (Worldwide): This change will be implemented April 10, 2025.
How this will affect your organization:
This table lists the language codes that we will retire. Where applicable, potential replacements have been noted. These language codes will be available in the platform through August 31, 2025, but will no longer receive translation updates after Release 83 (April 10, 2025). After August 31, 2025, we will remove the retired codes from Viva Glint. If a retired language code is used after August 31, 2025, users will be defaulted to their organization's default language.
| Retiring language code | Retiring language shown in the user experience | Potential alternative language code | Potential alternative language shown in the user experience |
|---|---|---|---|
| de_AT | Austrian (German) | de_DE | German |
| zh_HK | Chinese (Hong Kong) |
zh_TW
zh_CN |
Chinese (Traditional)
Chinese (Simplified) |
| bn_BD | Bengali | bn_IN | Bangla |
| cy_GB | Welsh | N/A | N/A |
| fr_HT | Haitian Creole | N/A | N/A |
| hy_AM | Armenian | N/A | N/A |
| nso_ZA | Northern Sotho | N/A | N/A |
| si_LK | Sinhala | N/A | N/A |
| sw_KE | Swahili | N/A | N/A |
| xh_ZA | Xhosa | N/A | N/A |
What you need to do to prepare:
Notify your Viva Glint admins of this upcoming change. If they wish to keep any custom translation content imported for the retiring language codes, they will need to do so before August 31, 2025. The admins may also want to update retiring language codes to a different code before August 31, 2025.
Learn more: Manage language translations in Viva Glint programs | Microsoft Learn