M365 Archive

RM498922 - Microsoft Viva: Focus Area simplification and enhancements

Microsoft 365 Roadmap

Roadmap ID

498922

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Status

Launched

Release

General Availability

Last Updated

Jan 28, 2026

Published Jul 24, 2025

Platforms

Web

Service

Microsoft Viva

Tag

Launched
General Availability
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

Cloud

Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

Summary

Beginning with this feature release, Focus Areas will be associated with survey cycles and goal periods will be retired. Users will be able to select the same Focus Area across multiple cycles. The Focus Area Overview report will be filterable to groups of interest (e.g. managers only). Draft/deleted Focus Areas will no longer be included in Focus Area calculations.

Description

Beginning with this feature release, Focus Areas will be associated with survey cycles and goal periods will be retired. Users will be able to select the same Focus Area across multiple cycles. The Focus Area Overview report will be filterable to groups of interest (e.g. managers only). Draft/deleted Focus Areas will no longer be included in Focus Area calculations.

GA date: January CY2026