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Viva Engage - Simply Explained
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- Jul 22, 2026
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Welcome to another episode of Knowledge Nuggets with Mirko Peters. Today we're exploring Microsoft Viva Engage, Microsoft's enterprise social networking platform designed to strengthen employee engagement, encourage knowledge sharing, and build stronger workplace communities. If you've worked with Microsoft 365 for several years, you probably remember Yammer. For more than a decade, Yammer served as Microsoft's internal social network, giving employees a place to ask questions, share ideas, and connect across departments. Today, Yammer has evolved into Viva Engage, but the change is much more than a simple rebranding exercise. Microsoft has transformed it into a core component of the Microsoft Viva employee experience platform, integrating it deeply with Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and the wider Microsoft 365 ecosystem. In this episode, we'll explain what Viva Engage actually is, how it differs from Microsoft Teams, why communities are becoming increasingly important for modern organizations, and how Viva Engage helps companies create stronger cultures in a hybrid workplace. FROM YAMMER TO VIVA ENGAGE The first thing many people ask is whether Viva Engage is simply Yammer with a different name. The short answer is both yes and no. Yammer originally launched as Microsoft's enterprise social network, allowing employees to participate in organization-wide conversations that extended beyond their immediate teams. Instead of focusing on projects or meetings, Yammer encouraged employees to ask questions, share experiences, recognize colleagues, and build communities around common interests. When Microsoft introduced the Viva platform, it decided to bring Yammer into a much larger employee experience strategy. Rather than existing as a standalone social application, Yammer b…