How to change the default Viva Connections Start Page

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The new Viva Connections desktop design serves as a new home experience option that centers essential job tasks, personalized content, easy access to other Viva

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Viva Connections Desktop, a tool for creating a centralized hub for employee communication and collaboration. The article provides instructions on how to set the default landing experience using PowerShell, either maintaining an existing SharePoint home site or switching to the new Viva Connections home experience. The article emphasizes the importance of considering employee needs, company culture, branding, and user feedback when choosing the default landing experience to support organizational goals and values.

Viva Connections on desktop and mobile devices. Viva Connections is an employee experience app in Microsoft Teams that brings together news, conversations, and resources in one place for an organization. The instructions cover two scenarios: setting up Viva Connections without a home site and setting up Viva Connections with a SharePoint home site. The article emphasizes the importance of having the necessary permissions in the SharePoint admin center and the Microsoft Teams admin center to complete the instructions. It also notes that Viva Connections is not currently supported on Linux or tablet devices.

If your organization already has a SharePoint home site and you want to keep it as the landing experience for Viva Connections desktop, use the PowerShell command listed below. If you decide to change the default experience from a home site back to the Viva Connections home experience, you'll need to run this command again using the $false parameter. To run this cmdlet, you must be a Global admin or a SharePoint admin.

To set the default landing to the home site:

Set-SPOHomeSite -HomeSiteUrl "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/homeSite" -VivaConnectionsDefaultStart $true

To set the default landing to the new Viva Connections home experience:

Set-SPOHomeSite -HomeSiteUrl "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/homeSite" -VivaConnectionsDefaultStart $false

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/connections/edit-viva-home

How to Change the Default Viva Connections Start Page

The new Viva Connections desktop design offers a home experience that focuses on essential job tasks, personalized content, and easy access to other Viva experiences. It also better aligns with the mobile experience. However, if you have invested a lot of time and effort into customizing your Intranet or Portal Home Page experience, you can still use that as the default. In this video, I will show you how to revert to your Intranet Home Page experience inside of Microsoft Teams.

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is an online collaboration platform that brings together chat, video meetings, file storage, and application integration. It enables people to work together in real-time, from anywhere and on any device. It allows users to communicate and collaborate with a variety of tools, including chats, calls, video meetings, and file sharing. It also allows users to easily switch between tasks and apps, making it easy to stay organized and productive. Teams provides a secure, private environment for teams to work together, and can be used for both internal and external communications.

What Else Should I Learn About Microsoft Teams?

Microsoft Teams provides a range of features to help teams collaborate and stay organized. Teams allows users to create channels to store and share documents, to assign tasks, and to add bots and custom apps. It also provides integration with other Microsoft products, such as OneDrive, Outlook, and SharePoint. Teams also allows users to create and join team meetings, share their screens, and record meetings. Additionally, Teams has a range of customization options, such as custom backgrounds, to help teams personalize their experience. Finally, Teams has a range of security and compliance features, such as data encryption, two-factor authentication, and compliance with industry regulations.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/connections/viva-connections-setup-guide