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Summary
Microsoft Viva Connections news notifications will be available on Teams desktop and web, mirroring the functionality on Teams mobile. Users can adjust notification settings at the app and individual levels. The rollout begins early June 2024, with no admin action required. For more information, users can visit the Viva Connections mobile News notifications page.
Details
Updated August 9, 2024: We have updated the message with additional information.
Viva Connections is now a pre-installed app in Teams. Similar to other Teams app, Viva Connections notifications follow the Microsoft Teams notification settings, including Quiet Hours settings.
Users can control what notifications they want to see in the following ways:
- On Teams desktop and web, specific notification types can be selectively enabled or disabled under Settings > Notifications and activity > Viva Connections. These settings are respected on Teams mobile as well.
- On Teams mobile, notifications can't be selectively enabled or disabled, but users can toggle all push notifications (including Viva Connections) in the Teams mobile app under Settings > Notifications > General Activity > Apps on Teams. Notifications will still be visible under the Microsoft Teams activity feed.
Existing Microsoft Viva Connections news notification functionality (currently available on Microsoft Teams mobile) will now be available on Microsoft Teams desktop. Additionally, this functionality will enable notification settings for Viva Connections at both app and individual notification levels in Teams Desktop.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 388370
When this will happen:
General Availability: We will begin rolling out early June 2024 and expect to complete by late June 2024 (previously mid-June).
How this will affect your organization:
Users will start receiving notifications of existing news scenarios. For more information, visit Viva Connections mobile News notifications.
Users will also be able to control which notifications they want to see through the Viva Connections notifications settings section in Microsoft Teams notifications settings.
The setting will be available in the Apps section of the Notifications and activities option in the Teams setting view.
What you need to do to prepare:
This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate.