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Microsoft Teams: Viva Engage communities in Teams

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  • Seen 30 Apr 2026 May 2026, end of May 2026 → Early June 2026, late July 2026
  • Seen 26 Mar 2026 April 2026 → end of May 2026
  • Seen 21 Jan 2026 March 2026 → May 2026

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Updated June 3, 2026: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.  Introduction We’re introducing Viva Engage communities in Microsoft Teams to make it easier for employees to connect, share, and learn across your organization. This new experience brings discoverable, asynchronous conversations and leadership engagement into Teams—helping employees explore ideas and perspectives beyond project-based collaboration. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 513274. When this will happen General Availability (Worldwide): Early June 2026 (previously May) to late July 2026 (previously end of May) How this affects your organization Who is affected: All Microsoft Teams users with access to Viva Engage. What will happen: This feature is available to all Microsoft Teams customers with a standard Microsoft 365 and Teams license and access to Viva Engage. No additional Teams license is required. Communities will appear in Teams navigation:Unified view: New section in the Chat app. Split view: New section in the Chats and Channels app. Existing Viva Engage community memberships will sync into Teams. Favorited communities in Engage will appear in Teams favorites. Notifications for announcements and mentions will surface in Teams Activity feed and deep link to the new experience. Rich engagement features include:Posting discussions, questions, praise, polls, and announcements (admins only). Reactions, delegated posting (requires setup in Viva Engage), and scoped search. Event participation: ask questions, upvote, view live or replay. Admins can manage community settings, membership, and roles directly in Teams. Default setting: ON for all tenants. What you can do to prepare Communities will have an independent control in the Teams Admin Center. This control is hosted in the Teams messaging policies module under the Viva Engage section. The experience is enabled by default. To turn it off, access this control and disable it: Ensure prerequisites:Viva Engage IPs and URLs are not blocked. Sign-ins for Viva Engage are enabled in Microsoft Entra ID. Users have Microsoft 365 and Teams licenses. Consider sharing best practices and customization options with users. Coordinate with Viva Engage admins for internal change communications. Learn more:   Getting started with Viva Engage Communities in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Support Manage Viva Engage experiences in Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Teams | Micosoft Learn Compliance considerations No compliance considerations identified. Review as appropriate for your organization.

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  1. Updated April 30,June 3, 2026: We have updated the timeline.content. Thank you for your patience.  Introduction We’re introducing Viva Engage communities in … Default setting: ON for all tenants. What you can do to prepare No immediate action required unless you want to disable this feature. To turn off communitiesCommunities will have an independent control in the Teams Admin Center. This control is hosted in Teams:Go to Teams admin center >the Teams messaging policies module under the Viva Engage settings > Toggle OFF.section. The experience is enabled by default. To turn it off, access this control and disable it: Ensure prerequisites:Viva Engage IPs and URLs are not blocked. Sign-ins for Viva …

  2. Updated March 26,April 30, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.  Introduction … Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 513274. When this will happen General Availability (Worldwide): MayEarly June 2026 (previously April)May) to end of May late July 2026 (previously April)end of May) How this affects your organization Who is affected: All Microsoft Teams users …

  3. Updated February 20,March 26, 2026: We have updated the content.timeline. Thank you for your patience.  Introduction We’re introducing Viva Engage communities in … Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 513274. When this will happen General Availability (Worldwide): AprilMay 2026 (previously March)April) to end of May 2026 (previously April) How this affects your organization Who is affected: … to prepare No immediate action required unless you want to disable this feature.Sign in to the Teams admin center with yourfeature. To turn off communities in Teams:Go to Teams admin credentials. In the left-rail menu, select Settings & policies. Select either Global (Org-wide default) settings or Custom policies for users & groups. Scroll to the Messaging section and select Messaging. On the Messaging settings page, find the center > Viva Engage section. To enable the feature, switch on the Viva Engage experiences in Teams toggle. Choose Save.settings > Toggle OFF. Ensure prerequisites:Viva Engage IPs and URLs are not blocked. Sign-ins for Viva …

  4. Updated JanuaryFebruary 20, 2026: We have updated the timeline.content. Thank you for your patience.  Introduction We’re introducing Viva Engage communities in … to prepare No immediate action required unless you want to disable this feature. To turn off communities in Teams:Gofeature.Sign in to the Teams admin center with your admin credentials. In the left-rail menu, select Settings & policies. Select either Global (Org-wide default) settings or Custom policies for users & groups. Scroll to Teams admin center >the Messaging section and select Messaging. On the Messaging settings page, find the Viva Engage section. To enable the feature, switch on the Viva Engage settings > Toggle OFF.experiences in Teams toggle. Choose Save. Ensure prerequisites:Viva Engage IPs and URLs are not blocked. Sign-ins for Viva …

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    Updated January 20, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.  Introduction We’re introducing Viva Engage communities in Microsoft Teams to make it … Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 513274. When this will happen General Availability (Worldwide): MarchApril 2026 (previously March) to AprilMay 2026 (previously April) How this affects your organization Who is affected: All Microsoft Teams users …

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