{"podcast":{"title":"M365.FM - Modern work, security, and productivity with Microsoft 365","slug":"m365-fm-modern-work-security-and-productivity-with-microsoft-365-7311214","podcast_index_feed_id":7311214,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6704921/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://podcast.m365.show","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/dcd2a8cc504197846a71af23bbeb0707.jpg","author":"Mirko Peters - Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, and Copilot for IT Pros","episode_count":847,"summary":"Welcome to the M365.FM — your essential podcast for everything Microsoft 365, Azure, and beyond. Join us as we explore the latest developments across Power BI, Power Platform, Microsoft Teams, Viva, Fabric, Purview, Security, and the entire Microsoft ecosystem. Each episode delivers expert insights, real-world use cases, best practices, and interviews with industry leaders to help you stay ahead in the fast-moving world of cloud, collaboration, and data innovation. Whether you're an IT professional, business leader, developer, or data enthusiast, the M365.FM brings the knowledge, trends, and strategies you need to thrive in the modern digital workplace. Tune in, level up, and make the most of everything Microsoft has to offer. M365.FM is part of the M365-Show Network. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/m365-fm-modern-work-security-and-productivity-with-microsoft-365--6704921/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T02:17:45.453623+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/m365-fm-modern-work-security-and-productivity-with-microsoft-365-7311214"},"episode":{"title":"Viva Engage - Simply Explained","slug":"viva-engage-simply-explained","published_at":"2026-07-22T15:00:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/m365-fm-modern-work-security-and-productivity-with-microsoft-365-7311214/viva-engage-simply-explained","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/m365-fm-modern-work-security-and-productivity-with-microsoft-365-7311214","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/viva-engage-simply-explained--73103460","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73103460/viva_engage_simply_explained.mp3","summary":"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…","meta_description":"Welcome to another episode of Knowledge Nuggets with Mirko Peters. Today we're exploring Microsoft Viva Engage, Microsoft's enterprise social networking p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1018,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/m365-fm-modern-work-security-and-productivity-with-microsoft-365-7311214/episodes/viva-engage-simply-explained/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/m365-fm-modern-work-security-and-productivity-with-microsoft-365-7311214/viva-engage-simply-explained.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}