Microsoft Viva: Internal Communications Platform Profile
Microsoft's bet that the employee experience platform should be where the work already happens — inside Teams, Outlook, and the rest of Microsoft 365 — rather than a separate destination.
Microsoft Viva launched in 2021 as a suite of modules — Viva Connections, Viva Engage (formerly Yammer), Viva Insights, Viva Learning, Viva Topics, Viva Goals — embedded in Teams and Microsoft 365. It is the only IC platform owned by a hyperscaler, the only one with native Teams surfaces, and the only one packaged inside an existing enterprise license stack.
At a Glance
- Company: Microsoft Viva (Microsoft Corporation)
- Headquarters: Redmond, WA
- Founded: 2021
- Ownership: Microsoft business unit
- Customer reach: Embedded in Microsoft 365 enterprise deployments globally
- Notable customers: Default option at any Microsoft 365 enterprise customer
- Category: Employee experience platform native to Microsoft 365
What Microsoft Viva Does
Viva runs as a set of modules inside Microsoft Teams and the Microsoft 365 suite. Communications, engagement, learning, goal-setting, and topic mining are delivered through Teams surfaces rather than a separate app. The pitch: zero adoption tax — employees are already in Teams.
