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Microsoft Viva Connections

Composite Score

8.2 /10

CX Score

8.6 /10

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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 Employee Communications category

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2026 Data Quadrant Champion

Latest Award, 2026

3 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2026

Strategy and Innovation

2025

5 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2025

Microsoft Viva Connections Ratings

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86 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

83 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.

+93 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?

3% Negative

7% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Saves Time
Performance Enhancing
Efficient Service
Effective Service

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Mobile

News Feeds, Alerts & Notifications

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Newsletter Creation

Application Integration

Employee Directory

Instant Messaging

Rewards Recognition

Intranet

Pulse Surveys

Surveys and Polling

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

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Microsoft Viva Connections Reviews

Mattaparthi r.

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

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Submitted Feb 2024

An instant message platform and best recognition

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Viva Connections from other similar products?

Microsoft Viva Connections is a platform designed to enhance the employee experience within Microsoft Teams, giving a personalized and central destination for internal Messaging platform.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Viva Connections is available from both desktop and mobile devices, allowing employees to stay connected and access information from any where.

What do you dislike most about this product?

While Viva Connections is available for mobile devices, the mobile app does not provide the same amount of capability and personalization as the desktop version.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If You think to choose Microsoft Viva's Connection and the benefits of Microsoft Viva Connections evaluate how well it meets with your specific collaboration and communication requirements. It increases interaction and collaboration with your team.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Caring
Generous Negotitation

Mohammed S.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2024

A Collaborative and interactive platform

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Viva Connections from other similar products?

In viva we can post any organization related content where we can also seek for new projects by attaching resumes to the post. It is a compact platform with balancing social engaging post and organization posts.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

We can participate in any communities and we can learn new things, tech news etc.., and as like in social media we can also save or book mark the post that we want to.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The process flow to setup and to know about all the features is hard . Improving user flow will helpful very much.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It Contains all round features starting from motivational posts to organization posts which helps every employee in your organization to interactive and collaborative which also improves productiveness.

Pros

Trustworthy
Reliable
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation

Prem s.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2023

A futuristic engagement platform for employees

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Viva Connections from other similar products?

It provides employee engagement and parallelly it provides story lines and story lines which improves to engage more on work and social chat.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It consists of different communities which helps a lot for freshers where they can learn about any technology by joining in respective communities.

What do you dislike most about this product?

As it contains many features I felt complexity when compared to other engagement platforms.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This is the best platform for the organization who are looking for engage regarding work related and social engagement.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Saves Time
Respectful

Microsoft Viva Connections

What is Microsoft Viva Connections?

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Awards & Recognition

2026 Data Quadrant Champion

Microsoft Viva Connections Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 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

Mobile Ability to support multiple devices, OSes and platforms using mobile optimized, HTML-based web access and/or native applications.

News Feeds, Alerts & Notifications Provides configurable in-app news feeds as well as real-time alerts and updates of all board relevant meeting information.

Single Sign-On (SSO) Login authentication linked to corporate login credentials, and user account information auto-populated to the expense profile.

Newsletter Creation Ability to create and distribute company newsletters to employees.

Application Integration Includes functional and data integration with common applications such as CRM, CSM, ERP, email, etc.

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

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

Rewards Recognition Software allows for tracking and management of employee rewards and recognition programs

Intranet Private network that allows collaboration and storage of sensitive documents.

Pulse Surveys Create and distribute short surveys to measure employee engagement levels over time.

Surveys and Polling Ability to survey employees and gather feedback.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Mattaparthi r.

An instant message platform and best recognition

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Mohammed S.

A Collaborative and interactive platform

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Prem s.

A futuristic engagement platform for employees

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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