Microsoft Viva Connections review

Viva Connections is Microsoft's answer for companies that want an employee hub without leaving Teams. It pulls content from SharePoint, Teams, Viva Engage and Microsoft Stream into a single customizable dashboard, applies corporate branding and offers a curated list of links. The version in Microsoft 365 supports a single app experience, while the Viva suite allows multiple targeted experiences for different parts of the business. Announcements send urgent or role-specific alerts with push notifications in Teams, and news can be targeted to the whole company or specific groups. For a comms team, the paid Viva Employee Communications and Communities bundle starts at $2.00 per user per month paid yearly and adds Viva Engage communities and Viva Amplify for campaign management with multichannel publishing. The value is strong for Microsoft shops, but the experience is only as good as the SharePoint news sites behind it, and it does nothing for organizations outside Microsoft 365.

Who it is for

Companies already on Microsoft 365 that want a news and resources hub inside Teams.

Price

Viva Connections is part of Microsoft 365; Viva Employee Communications and Communities, which adds Viva Engage and Viva Amplify, starts at $2.00 per user per month paid yearly.

Microsoft Viva Employee Communications and Communities Originally starting from $2.00 now starting from $2.00
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 9, 2026.

Key features

• Dashboard, corporate branding and a curated list of links in Microsoft 365
• Announcements with push notifications in Microsoft Teams
• Content pulled from SharePoint, Teams, Viva Engage and Microsoft Stream
• Multiple targeted app experiences with the Viva suite
• Viva Amplify for multichannel campaign management

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Builds on SharePoint and Viva Engage that many companies already own
• Strength: Lives inside Teams on desktop, mobile and web
• Strength: Employee Communications and Communities starts at $2.00 per user per month paid yearly
• Weakness: Requires Microsoft 365, so it is not a standalone option
• Weakness: Good results depend on well-built SharePoint news sites
• Weakness: Multiple experiences and campaign tools need paid Viva licenses

Key facts

• Viva Employee Communications and Communities: From $2.00 per user per month, annual commitment
• Viva Suite: From $12.00 per user per month, annual commitment
• Access: Teams desktop and mobile apps, and the web

Where it ranks

Microsoft Viva Connections is No. 7 in our Best Intranet Software verdict.