MC899176 - Microsoft Viva Engage: Subscribe to notifications for followed topics

Updated September 30, 2024: We have updated the content below to show as intended. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon to Microsoft Viva Engage: This feature will allow users to subscribe to receive notifications after following Viva Engage topics. Users will receive an Engage notification on the bell icon on the left side of Viva Engage when a new post is tagged with a topic they are subscribed to, or the topic is added to an existing post.

When this will happen:

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late September 2024 and expect to complete by early October 2024.

How this will affect your organization:

Before this rollout, users are not able to subscribe to a topic after following a topic in Engage. Instead, they can only follow a topic.

After this rollout, users will be able to subscribe to a topic after following the topic on the Viva Engage topic page. After users subscribe, they will receive notifications for those topics they are subscribed to.

This feature will be on by default.

User adds tags to a post and Viva prompts the user to subscribe to the topics:

Viva confirms that notifications are enabled:

The bell icon on the left side of the screen with an active notification:

What you need to do to prepare:

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation.

Learn more: Follow or subscribe to topics - Microsoft Support