Viva Engage


Overview

Viva Engage is a next-generation platform that combines the best features of Yammer with new functionalities designed to enhance engagement, facilitate communication, and foster a culture of collaboration across your organization.

Key Features and Improvements

Important Information

Due to student data privacy and compliance concerns, the service has been configured with the following:

Available Communities

The following communities are set up and available for anyone in UW to use. Please remember that all posted content will be deleted after seven days. The communities themselves will not be deleted, however.

How to Access

Microsoft offers several ways to access Viva Engage, all of which are supported in the UW environment and can be used interchangeably.

Mobile

Google Play Store: Launch the Play app on your mobile device and search for Viva Engage. Apple Store: Launch the Play Store app on your mobile device and search for Viva Engage.

Browser

In a browser window, navigate to https://engage.cloud.microsoft/ and login with your UW credentials.

Microsoft Teams

Viva Engage is included as an app that is accessed using Microsoft Teams, either the browser or desktop client versions. To get started, the Viva engage app needs to be added to Microsoft Teams, if it hasn't been already.

Add the Viva Engage app for Teams

  1. Open Teams on the web or in a desktop client.
  2. Go to the left side of Teams and select Apps.
  3. Search for Viva Engage.
  4. Select the Viva Engage app, and then select Add. This will add the app to all your Teams clients, including mobile.

Support

If you need further assistance, please contact UW-IT at help@uw.edu or 206-221-5000.