Guess what's coming to SharePoint?

I’ve noticed a lot of integration announcements between Viva products and other products. This week we’ve got news that Viva Connections will be available from the App Bar in SharePoint.

I’m fairly certain that customer awareness of the Viva suite plays a big part in this. As a result, Viva is going to be more visible (and in some cases included) with other products like Copilot and SharePoint. This is likely to raise awareness and make customers think “Hmmm what is this Viva thing”. This will be a big win in the end for customers that do begin to adopt Viva applications, which bring much needed engagement from users.

I think a big theme this year will be more Viva-SharePoint integration. Not everyone lives inside SharePoint all day. Most of us go there to do work, or to stay up to date with news on the intranet. On the other hand, we do live in Teams, or at least most of us do. Having that relevant organizational content in Teams is really what Viva Connections is about, and it’s actually free. Many customers I’ve talked to haven’t heard of it. Have you used it? I think it’s worth a try. It does take some setting up, but I feel it’s a really nice complement to a SharePoint intranet.

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