The Praise app in Microsoft Teams is designed to help recognize the effort that goes into the wide-ranging, collaborative work that Teams users do. Users can send Praise to their colleagues through the messaging extension pinned to the Teams messaging bar for most users or through the Microsoft Viva Insights app in Teams. With Praise history, users will be able to view their sent and received praise over the past six months. Praise history will be shown in Viva Insights and will include Praise sent from both the messaging extension and the Viva Insights app. Additionally, all Praise sent in Teams will include a link for users to view their personal Praise history in the Viva Insights Teams app. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 85639.
The Praise app in Microsoft Teams is designed to help recognize the effort that goes into the wide-ranging, collaborative work that Teams users do. Users can send Praise to their colleagues through the messaging extension pinned to the Teams messaging bar for most users or through the Microsoft Viva Insights app in Teams. With Praise history, users will be able to view their sent and received praise over the past six months.
Affected Workloads
- Microsoft Teams
When this will happen
Rollout will begin in early January (previously early December) and complete by the end of January (previously end of November).
How this will affect your organization
Praise sent and received history will automatically begin tracking for users in the Viva Insights Praise dashboard. Admins can disable Praise history by disabling Praise in the Teams admin center – doing so will disable Praise messaging extension, Praise in the Viva Insights app, and Praise history. The addition of this feature will honor existing admin settings by default.
What you need to do to prepare
Review and assess the impact for your organization. Consider updating your documentation as appropriate.
To disable Praise and Praise history, see the following: Manage the Praise app in the Microsoft Teams admin center
Message ID: MC289968
Published: 07 October 2021
Updated: 02 December 2021
#UpdatedMessage #NewFeature #UserImpact #AdminImpact #MajorUpdate #Viva #Teams
Plan For Change
Alex Lim
Alex Lim is a certified IT Technical Support Architect with over 15 years of experience in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting complex IT systems and networks. He has worked for leading IT companies, such as Microsoft, IBM, and Cisco, providing technical support and solutions to clients across various industries and sectors. Alex has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the National University of Singapore and a master’s degree in information security from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also the author of several best-selling books on IT technical support, such as The IT Technical Support Handbook and Troubleshooting IT Systems and Networks. Alex lives in Bandar, Johore, Malaysia with his wife and two chilrdren. You can reach him at [email protected] or follow him on Website | Twitter | Facebook
