New Viva Engage social media platform will sit inside Microsoft Teams

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has announced plans to take on the likes of Facebook with the company's own social media platform, Viva Engage.

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The new offering, part of Microsoft Teams, looks to enhance the experience of the outgoing Yammer Communities

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Microsoft Viva Engage is primarily a business-oriented product, set to “help organizations build community

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Spark engagement with leadership, harness knowledge and answers, and build personal networks,” in a model similar to LinkedIn.

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Viva Engage social media

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The move is set to facilitate new hybrid working routines where workers are finding themselves experiencing fewer interpersonal interactions.

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Rollout of the new Engage tab, which will replace the existing Communities section, will begin in “late August” for all versions of Microsoft Teams

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Including web apps, desktop clients and mobile apps.

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Teams users already using the Community panel will not need to make any changes

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