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Microsoft Viva Connections

Composite Score

8.0 /10

CX Score

8.6 /10

38 Reviews Write a Review

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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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Viva Connections won the following awards in the Digital Workplace category

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2 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2026

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025

Strategy and Innovation
Conflict Resolution

2025

Microsoft Viva Connections Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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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.

86 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

79 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.

+94 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?

0% Negative

3% Neutral

97% Positive

Pros

Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation
Respectful
Security Protects

Feature Ratings

Average 76

News Feed

Employee Engagement

Instant Messaging

File Sharing Collaboration

Blog Support

Home Page

Integrations

Employee Directory

Wiki Support

Document Management

Discussion Forums

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 74

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

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Microsoft Viva Connections Reviews

Rajesh N.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2023

A great collaborative tool for orginazations

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Viva Connections from other similar products?

It contains Communities, and story lines which increases more interactive ness to employees

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Microsoft Viva's unified and integrated approach to employee experience is my favorite feature.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The user experience would be improved overall by making sure that initial setup processes run smoothly and reducing interruptions during updates.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The organizations who are considering Microsoft Viva they must evaluate their unique needs related to learning, employee engagement, and well being in order to customize Viva's implementation.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy

Amardeeepsinh Z.

Role: Operations
Industry: Agriculture
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Excellent product

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Viva Connections from other similar products?

Easy to use

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Timely updates

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing to say

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Good product

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Effective Service
Inspires Innovation

Hind J.

Role: Student Academic
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: Vendor Management and Renewal

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Submitted Oct 2023

Fantasticcc

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Viva Connections from other similar products?

Good product

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Effective and efficient

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing really

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Fantastic features

Pros

Saves Time
Efficient Service
Effective Service
Caring

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Microsoft Viva Connections Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 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

News Feed A display of recent activity relevant to users. Can include notices, events, or work activities such as completed tasks, projects, or recently edited documents.

Employee Engagement Provides ability to solicit and measure employee engagement feedback.

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

File Sharing Collaboration Users share, view, edit, discuss, and provide feedback on content, synchronously or asynchronously, either natively or through a third-party integration.

Blog Support Allows employees to create blogs, personalizable mini-websites on which they post content viewable by co-workers.

Home Page A landing page that the user views upon launching the app. This may include announcements and the news feed, and may be customizable by the end user.

Integrations The workplace platform integrates with common business applications in which users do their work, such as Office 365, G-Suite, Salesforce, and Zendesk.

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

Wiki Support Supports the creation of wikis by users. A wiki is a knowledge base written and maintained by the collaborative authorship of its users.

Document Management Includes features such as check-in/check-out and versioning controls on documents and artifacts.

Discussion Forums Users can create posts on a browseable message board. Other users can reply to the posts in an open-discussion conversation thread visible to other users.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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Microsoft Viva Connections Reviews

Rajesh N.

A great collaborative tool for orginazations

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Amardeeepsinh Z.

Excellent product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Hind J.

Fantasticcc

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

News Feed

Employee Engagement

Instant Messaging

File Sharing Collaboration

Blog Support

Home Page

Integrations

Employee Directory

Wiki Support

Document Management

Discussion Forums

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training