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MC408437: Microsoft Viva: Recommendations to Send Praise in Viva Insights

Updated August 25, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Praise in Microsoft Teams is designed to appreciate 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 or through the Microsoft Viva Insights app in Teams. For both, admins can use the Microsoft Teams admin center to enable/disable Praise.

Praise Recommendations is an enhancement coming to the Praise page in the Viva Insights app in Teams for all users with Exchange Online mailboxes. Recommendations provide pre-populated suggestions to send praise based on signals such as collaboration activity.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93421.

Praise recommendations coming in the Viva Insights app in Teams will surface pre-populated suggestions to send praise based on signals such as collaboration activity.

MC408437: Microsoft Viva: Recommendations to Send Praise in Viva Insights

When this will happen

Standard Release: We will begin rolling out in late August (previously early August) and expect to complete by mid-September (previously mid-August).

How this will affect your organization

Praise Recommendations – discoverable via the Praise page in Microsoft Viva Insights app in Teams, will leverage the following signals to recommend users to send praise:

  • Top collaborators (based on the meeting, email, Teams chat, and call collaboration)
  • 1:1 meeting time and manager chain (based on meeting and AAD data)
  • Team members that you haven’t sent praise to in a while (AAD data)

These signals inform praise recommendations showcased to the user each week.

These signals inform praise recommendations showcased to the user each week.

What you need to do to prepare

When a user clicks Start praise, the praise compose will prepopulate the praise receiver, badge, and a praise message, when relevant. The user can make edits as needed before sending praise out.

There is nothing you need to do to prepare for this change. You may want to notify your users about this change and update your training and documentation as appropriate.

Please refer to Praise with Viva Insights | Microsoft Docs for more information, which will be updated in sync with this rollout.

Message ID: MC408437
Published: 02 August 2022
Updated: 25 August 2022
Platform: Android, iOS, Mac, Online, Web, Windows Desktop, World tenant

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

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