Issue/Question
- How do I turn off Microsoft Viva?
- Why am I no longer receiving briefing emails from Microsoft Viva?
Environment
- Oregon State University
- Microsoft 365, Office 365
- Exchange, Outlook
- Microsoft Viva
Explanation
Microsoft Viva Insights is a tool that provides work habit suggestions via Outlook email. For more information, see: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/insights/personal/use/home-we
Resolution
Opt out of Viva
Follow these steps to opt out of Microsoft Viva:
- Browse to https://insights.viva.office.com/
- Sign in as username@oregonstate.edu
- Select the ellipsis in the upper-right
- Select Settings
- On the left, select Privacy
- Click the toggle to turn off Viva
- Click Save Changes
Why am I no longer receiving briefing emails from Microsoft Viva?
NOTE: Briefing emails from Microsoft Viva will be paused no earlier than January 15th 2023 and will be done by February 1st, 2023. This pause will be to allow Microsoft to update emails to be more personalized for each recipient.
During this time end users will no longer receive the daily briefing email from Microsoft Viva. Users who rely on the daily briefing email functionality like meeting prep and outstanding task reminders, booking focus time, and recommendations to improve work patterns can instead visit the Viva Insights Outlook add-in or the Viva Insights app in Teams and web.
What you need to do to prepare:
- For information on the Briefing email and the functionality that will be paused for your end users please see Briefing email overview
- For information on the Viva Insights application in Teams and on the web – which includes functionality like outstanding task reminders, booking focus time, and recommendations to improve work patterns - please see: Viva Insights app
Assistance
For assistance, contact the Service Desk.
If there are any issues regarding the briefing email pause and accessing either option above please contact Kirsten Petersen and this KB will be updated with a more detailed how-to.