Up and Running on Microsoft Viva Connections: Engage, Inform, and Empower Your Hybrid Workforce

by Nanddeep Sadanand Nachan, Smita Sadanand Nachan

Overview

Leverage the collaboration capabilities of Microsoft Viva Connections as an employee experience platform to build a gateway to your digital workplace. This book helps you set up Microsoft Viva connections via easy-to-follow steps and extend it to target your business scenarios.

The book starts with an introduction to Microsoft Viva and its modules and it discusses Viva Connections for desktop and mobile users. You will learn about the intranet landing experience with SharePoint where you will plan, build, and launch a home site. You will know how to use the app bar and global navigation in Viva Connections and understand the importance of the dashboard and dashboard cards. You will learn how to enable Viva Connections in MS Teams and define a rollout strategy. You will gain experience with Viva Connections on mobile devices and go through end-user guidance. And you will learn to extend Viva Connections with the SharePoint Framework and deploy SPFx solutions.

After reading this book, you will be able to set up Microsoft Viva Connections for your digital workplace and empower your employees to search and discover relevant news, information, content, and sites from across the organization.

What Will You Learn

• Understand the modern experience in SharePoint with Microsoft Viva Connect
• Know best practices for your home site in SharePoint
• Get your content ready for feed with SharePoint and Yammer
• Build Adaptive Card Extensions (ACEs) with SPFx
• Define governance for Viva Connections

Who This Book Is For

Microsoft professionals and business users who want to leverage the collaboration capabilities of Microsoft Viva Connections

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484286050
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	09/09/2022
Edition description:	1st ed.
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Nanddeep Nachan is a two-time Microsoft MVP (Office Apps & Services), and Microsoft Certified Trainer. He is a results-oriented Technology Architect with experience in Microsoft Technologies, especially with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, MS Azure, and Power Platform. He is experienced in the design, implementation, configuration, and maintenance of several large-scale projects. He focuses on architectural design and implementation, website design and development, complete application development cycles, with an intense focus on .NET technologies. He is an active contributor to the PnP Microsoft 365 Platform Community.

Smita Nachan is a Microsoft MVP (Office Development), and Microsoft Certified Trainer. She is a Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified M365 professional with experience in SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Power Platform, Groups, Yammer, Forms, and Microsoft Viva. She has 13+ years of experience in the design, implementation, configuration, and adoption of Microsoft 365 across the organization. She focuses on architectural design and implementation, development, and complete application development cycles, with an intense focus on Microsoft 365 apps and services. She is a frequent speaker at various community events, including SPS, Global Microsoft 365 Developer Bootcamp, and Global Power Platform Bootcamp. She is an active contributor to Microsoft 365 Community. She is a travel, fashion, and food blogger.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Microsoft Viva for Everyone.- Chapter 2: Microsoft Viva Connections Experience Capabilities and Setup Prerequisites.- Chapter 3: Prepare Your SharePoint Intranet.- Chapter 4: Home Site Superpowers.- Chapter 5: App Bar and Global Navigation.- Chapter 6: Authoring Dashboard and Cards.- Chapter 7: Define your Content Feeds.- Chapter 8: Enable Viva Connections in Microsoft Teams.- Chapter 9: Define Mobile Settings for Viva Connections App.- Chapter 10: Define End-user Guidance.- Chapter 11: Extend Viva Connections.- Chapter 12: Set Up Governance Strategy.