Neowin News Feed for: Viva

Microsoft adds Articles feature to Viva Engage for creating long form content

John Callaham — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 17:34:01 +0000

Microsoft has added a new Articles feature for its Viva Engage enterprise social media service. It will allow users to create longer-form content and also to add blogging services. Read more...

Microsoft adds its Copilot AI features to Viva Engage in a new public preview

John Callaham — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 20:14:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced it is adding its Copilot generative AI model to Viva Engage in a public preview. It will assist employees who use the service with personalized suggestions and more Read more...

Microsoft adds the AI-powered Skills feature in Viva for accurate info about employees

John Callaham — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 15:34:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced a new feature in its Viva employee experience service. The AI-based Skills feature will give employees info on the types of skills their employees currently have available. Read more...

Say goodbye to the Yammer brand as its website gets renamed by Microsoft to Viva Engage

John Callaham — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 18:52:02 +0000

Microsoft acquired the Yammer enterprise social networking service in 2012, but the company has slowly been phasing out the Yammer brand in favor of its own Viva Engage enterprise services. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: LAPS and Windows Taskbar, Samsung ditching Google rumors, and app updates

Usama Jawad — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 18:16:01 +0000

The latest edition of Microsoft Weekly contains all you would need to know about the latest events that transpired in the world of Microsoft during the past week, dive right in without further ado! Read more...

Microsoft Viva Goals enters general availability to help users track objectives and results

Alap Naik Desai — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 04:04:01 +0000

Microsoft Viva Goals is a platform that helps companies monitor objectives, track key results, and follow the progress of people and teams. The tool works with Teams and several 3rd-party services. Read more...

Microsoft announces Viva Engage to boost communication across remote workers

Steve Bennett — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 19:12:01 +0000

At Inspire 2022, Microsoft announced a new app within Microsoft Viva, known as Viva Engage, which is designed to give hybrid and remote teams a place to connect and share, in a Facebook-esque UI. Read more...

Microsoft rolls out Teams Walkie Talkie experience to more devices

Usama Jawad — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 05:50:02 +0000

Microsoft has enabled the Teams Walkie Talkie experience for more devices being used by frontline workers. This includes general availability for Zebra hardware and the same for iOS devices. Read more...

Microsoft is making it easier for IT admins to manage deployments of Windows 11

Usama Jawad — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 15:00:20 +0000

Microsoft has announced a series of updates to make it easier for organizations to transition to Windows 11 either locally or on the cloud via Windows 365. Improvements for Viva are in tow too. Read more...

The public preview of Microsoft's Viva Learning is now live

Usama Jawad — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 17:02:01 +0000

Microsoft has rolled out the public preview for Viva Learning. The module acts as a central hub for learning material from various sources that employees can easily share within their organization. Read more...

Microsoft details availability on more of its Viva modules

Rich Woods — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 14:00:22 +0000

While Microsoft Viva was first introduced last month, it only launched one of its four modules. Today, the company detailed availability of the other three, such as Viva Connections. Read more...

Microsoft announces Viva, its new Employee Experience Platform

Rich Woods — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 15:12:01 +0000

Today, Microsoft announced Viva, a new Microsoft 365 service that's considered to be an Employee Experience Platform, setting up companies and users for the future of the workplace. Read more...

HTC officially announces Touch HD, 3G and Viva devices

Tom Warren — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:53:08 +0000

HTC has announced 3 new handsets that are aimed at customers who want even more choice when it comes to choosing a Windows Mobile handset. The Touch HD has quad-hand GSM and 7.2Mbps HSDPA support... Read more...

Viva La Nintendo Revolution

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 10:11:04 +0000

Various websites are reporting that Nintendo sent out a card to game journalists that contain both the phrases "In 2006 Nintendo launches a Revolution" and "Before changing the face of videogaming forever, Nintendo ... Read more...