M365 Skills are all over the place again - what's good? This article explains the weird history of the M365 Skills offering, which has been renamed and rebranded more times than I can count. If you want the TL;DR...

Controversial opinion: #VivaTopics was a great idea. And it was supposed to have a nice integration with #VivaSkills.

But alas, instead, we got AI-inferenced skills.

I'm now the "Waterfall project management" and "Workday" expert at Contoso.

Thanks, #Copilot.

www.koskila.net/2025-09-22-m...

MC979826 - Microsoft Viva Connections: Update to app name | Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive The Microsoft Viva Connections app will be renamed to Connections to fit better in Microsoft Teams. The rollout starts late January 2025 and ends by late February 2025. Customizations remain if alread...

Microsoft Viva Connections: Update to App name "Connections". Are we observing a sunset of the product suite name "Microsoft Viva"? #VivaTopics and #VivaGoals have already left the building, Viva Insights Premium is close to be renamed to "Copilot Analytics". MC979826 mc.merill.net/message/MC97...

Tschüss Viva Topics: Alternativen mit Microsoft SharePoint Viva Topics wird im Februar 2025 nicht mehr verfügbar sein - wir stellen Alternativen mit Microsoft SharePoint vor.

Byebye #VivaTopics! Ab Februar 2025 ist das Tool nicht mehr verfügbar.

Die gute Nachricht: Wir können die meisten Funktionen problemlos in #SharePoint abbilden! Wie das geht, erfährst du hier:

www.ipi-gmbh.com/tschuess-viv...

Great day presenting #SharePointPremium/#MicrosoftSyntex & #VivaTopics at #ESPC23. Great audience and conversations! Looking forward to the rest of the conference!

Delighted to announce I will be at #ESPC23 to deliver

🏗️Workshop: Turning Content to Knowledge with #MicrosoftSyntex and #VivaTopics with @kevmcdonk & @techChirag
🔊Speaking: From Data to Documents: How Microsoft #Syntex Content Assembly Can Transform Your Business Processes https://t.co/

New BLOG ⭐⭐⭐
#SharePoint #Syntex and #VivaTopics - Working Together!
See how #SharePointSyntex can create terms which can then easily be turned into Topics in Viva Topics.
www.leonarmston.com/2022/07/sharepoint-synte...

New MS Roadmap Feature:
#msftviva: Use #Syntex taxonomy to generate #VivaTopics
Nice to see Syntex and Viva Topics helping each other!!

New user experience and other #VivaTopics improvements announced at #MSIgnite twitter.com/cmcnulty2000/status/1455...

🗣️Today at 12:30 PM ET: Join us at #AskSympraxis for the #VivaTopics discussion! https://symp.info/asksympraxis

Join the #VivaTopics discussion tomorrow with the #AskSympraxis team at 12:30 PM ET. Let us know your experience so far and ask us questions about this new employee experience platform! https://symp.info/asksympraxis

Join us at #AskSympraxis next Wednesday, July 28th at 12:30 PM ET to discuss #VivaTopics and our experience so far! Let us know your thoughts & ask us questions here: https://symp.info/asksympraxis

Viva Topics is very promising but as usual technology cannot solve problems that are human and political in the first place.

Can Viva Topics Bring Topic Computing to Life? https://bit.ly/3tjL6H5

#microsoftviva #vivatopics #topiccomputing #digitalworkplace #employeeexperience

Great session yesterday on the #M365PnP #SharePoint Monthly Community Call on Getting Started with #VivaTopics
Interesting insights regarding Content & Activity Also you wont get a great experience with demo tenants with a small number of files 📺 https://youtu.be/xXmpIVdokSs?t=882

Have set #MSFTViva Topics up and run the setup tool but my Topic (Knowledge centre) is empty! Wil wait overnight and hopefully something will refresh! #VivaTopics