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Features and pricing
Microsoft Viva in Microsoft 365
Some employee experience features are included in Microsoft 365 and Office 365 plans for enterprise.
Apps included
Apps and services included
Viva Connections, help employees explore news, join conversations, and connect with others across the organization.
Microsoft Viva Goals
user/month
All the employee experience features included in Microsoft 365, plus:
- OKR workflows and templates
- Shared OKR dashboards
- Integrations with critical tools and data sources
- SSO capabilities, data encryption, enterprise-grade privacy, and advanced permissions
- Advanced OKR configurations with customizable weights and scoring guidance
Apps included
Apps and services included
Viva Connections, help employees explore news, join conversations, and connect with others across the organization.
Save 25% at checkout*
Microsoft Viva Suite
user/month
Everything in Viva Goals, plus:
- Viva Learning to seamlessly integrate access to learning content into the places employees already spend their time
- Viva Insights to improve productivity and wellbeing with data-driven, privacy-protected insights
- Viva Topics to connect, manage, and protect knowledge from across your organization
Apps included
Apps and services included
Viva Connections, help employees explore news, join conversations, and connect with others across the organization.
Payment Methods
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
The features with checkmarks in this column are included in Microsoft 365 and Office 365 plans for enterprise.
Microsoft Viva Goals
Help improve business results and employee experience with a goal-setting and management solution that aligns teams to your organization’s priorities.
Save 25% at checkout*
Microsoft Viva Suite
Empower people and teams to be their best from anywhere with the full employee experience suite.
Feature name | Microsoft 365 |
Microsoft Viva Goals | Microsoft Viva Suite |
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Microsoft Viva Goals |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Included |
Create, manage, align, and customize objective and key results (OKR) workflows with templates and automated check-ins |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Included |
Boost your business rhythms with OKRs using shared dashboard and advanced insights |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Included |
Bring goals into the flow of everyday work with the Viva Goals app in Teams and Azure DevOps, and the messaging extension in Teams chat |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Included |
See and automatically update OKRs and projects within the project management and data management tools you already use |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Included |
Get enterprise scale and security with single sign-on (SSO) capabilities, data encryption, enterprise-grade privacy, and advanced permissions |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Included |
Use advanced OKR configurations with customizable weights and scoring guidance |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Included |
Microsoft Viva Connections |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Customize Viva Connections with your company branding |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Create a centralized destination that’s personalized for employees |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Provide a unified communications channel to aggregate and share essential information |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Target communications and dashboard items to individuals or groups |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Boost critical items to maximize exposure |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Build a modern employee experience on your existing infrastructure |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Integrate with partner providers and human resources systems |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Create custom adaptive cards to connect to your existing applications |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Access all the Viva apps, personalized dashboard, news feed, and resources in one place with the Viva Connections home experience for desktop |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Microsoft Viva Engage |
This feature is partially included
|
This feature is partially included
|
Included |
Create and join employee communities |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Post and pin announcements |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Start a variety of conversation types |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Find insights about community or conversation engagement |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Post questions, crowdsource solutions, and mark best answers |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Create, find, and follow storyline posts |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Create, find, and follow stories |
Included
|
Included
|
Included
|
Ask questions, find answers that already exist, or route questions to people who can provide an answer |
Not Included
|
Not Included
|
Included
|
Engage directly in content from leaders, including discussions, events, campaigns, and recent activity |
Not Included
|
Not Included
|
Included
|
Drive engagement through open conversations using Q&A-style “Ask Me Anything” events |
Not Included
|
Not Included
|
Included
|
Publish storyline posts and stories on behalf of another user |
Not Included
|
Not Included
|
Included
|
Create and manage organization-wide campaigns |
Not Included
|
Not Included
|
Included
|
Microsoft Viva Learning |
This feature is partially included
|
This feature is partially included
|
Included |
Access Viva Learning in Microsoft Teams |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Access full Microsoft Learn and Microsoft 365 Training libraries and 125 LinkedIn Learning courses2 |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Search, share, and chat about learning content |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Create Viva Learning tabs in Teams channels on the Teams desktop app |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Bring organization-generated learning content hosted in SharePoint to Viva Learning with SharePoint integration |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Recommend content and track reported completion progress3 |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Integrate with partner content providers |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Integrate with learning management systems |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Surface learning content in Microsoft Search across Bing.com, Microsoft365.com, and SharePoint.com4 |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Add learning content to calendar with suggested time slots3 |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Create learning paths and collections3 |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Get SharePoint integration support for external linked objects |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Microsoft Viva Insights |
This feature is partially included
|
This feature is partially included
|
Included |
Get personal insights with the Viva Insights app in Teams and web apps |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Get personal insights in digest emails from Microsoft Viva |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Get personal insights in the Viva Insights add-in in Outlook |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Access premium personal experiences including meeting effectiveness surveys, praise sharing and trends, and focus mode in Teams |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Support healthy collaboration with plans for scheduled emails, effective meetings, recurring time booking, shared focus time, and no-meeting days |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Lead strong teams with manager insights |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included
|
Identify trends across the enterprise with leader insights |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included
|
Use a library of prebuilt reports, custom analysis tools, and accelerators to generate deep insights about the organization |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included
|
Microsoft Viva Topics |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included
|
Intelligently connect and consolidate information for a consistent search experience across your organization with Microsoft Graph connectors |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included
|
Find experts across the organization |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included
|
Learn about a topic, its subject matter experts, and documentation through topic center, cards, and pages |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included
|
Access Viva Topics across Microsoft 365 apps such as SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, Viva Engage, and Microsoft Search |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Ask questions, find answers that already exist, or route questions to people who can provide an answer |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Microsoft Viva Goals
Feature name |
Microsoft 365 |
Microsoft Viva Goals | Microsoft Viva Suite |
---|---|---|---|
Create, manage, align, and customize objective and key results (OKR) workflows with templates and automated check-ins |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Included |
Boost your business rhythms with OKRs using shared dashboard and advanced insights |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Included |
Bring goals into the flow of everyday work with the Viva Goals app in Teams and Azure DevOps, and the messaging extension in Teams chat |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Included |
See and automatically update OKRs and projects within the project management and data management tools you already use |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Included |
Get enterprise scale and security with single sign-on (SSO) capabilities, data encryption, enterprise-grade privacy, and advanced permissions |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Included |
Use advanced OKR configurations with customizable weights and scoring guidance |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Included |
Microsoft Viva Connections
Feature name |
Microsoft 365 |
Microsoft Viva Goals | Microsoft Viva Suite |
---|---|---|---|
Customize Viva Connections with your company branding |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Create a centralized destination that’s personalized for employees |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Provide a unified communications channel to aggregate and share essential information |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Target communications and dashboard items to individuals or groups |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Boost critical items to maximize exposure |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Build a modern employee experience on your existing infrastructure |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Integrate with partner providers and human resources systems |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Create custom adaptive cards to connect to your existing applications |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Access all the Viva apps, personalized dashboard, news feed, and resources in one place with the Viva Connections home experience for desktop |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Microsoft Viva Engage
Feature name |
Microsoft 365 |
Microsoft Viva Goals | Microsoft Viva Suite |
---|---|---|---|
Create and join employee communities |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Post and pin announcements |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Start a variety of conversation types |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Find insights about community or conversation engagement |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Post questions, crowdsource solutions, and mark best answers |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Create, find, and follow storyline posts |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Create, find, and follow stories |
Included
|
Included
|
Included
|
Ask questions, find answers that already exist, or route questions to people who can provide an answer |
Not Included
|
Not Included
|
Included
|
Engage directly in content from leaders, including discussions, events, campaigns, and recent activity |
Not Included
|
Not Included
|
Included
|
Drive engagement through open conversations using Q&A-style “Ask Me Anything” events |
Not Included
|
Not Included
|
Included
|
Publish storyline posts and stories on behalf of another user |
Not Included
|
Not Included
|
Included
|
Create and manage organization-wide campaigns |
Not Included
|
Not Included
|
Included
|
Microsoft Viva Learning
Feature name |
Microsoft 365 |
Microsoft Viva Goals | Microsoft Viva Suite |
---|---|---|---|
Access Viva Learning in Microsoft Teams |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Access full Microsoft Learn and Microsoft 365 Training libraries and 125 LinkedIn Learning courses2 |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Search, share, and chat about learning content |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Create Viva Learning tabs in Teams channels on the Teams desktop app |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Bring organization-generated learning content hosted in SharePoint to Viva Learning with SharePoint integration |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Recommend content and track reported completion progress3 |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Integrate with partner content providers |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Integrate with learning management systems |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Surface learning content in Microsoft Search across Bing.com, Microsoft365.com, and SharePoint.com4 |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Add learning content to calendar with suggested time slots3 |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Create learning paths and collections3 |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Get SharePoint integration support for external linked objects |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Microsoft Viva Insights
Feature name |
Microsoft 365 |
Microsoft Viva Goals | Microsoft Viva Suite |
---|---|---|---|
Get personal insights with the Viva Insights app in Teams and web apps |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Get personal insights in digest emails from Microsoft Viva |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Get personal insights in the Viva Insights add-in in Outlook |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Access premium personal experiences including meeting effectiveness surveys, praise sharing and trends, and focus mode in Teams |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Support healthy collaboration with plans for scheduled emails, effective meetings, recurring time booking, shared focus time, and no-meeting days |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Lead strong teams with manager insights |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included
|
Identify trends across the enterprise with leader insights |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included
|
Use a library of prebuilt reports, custom analysis tools, and accelerators to generate deep insights about the organization |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included
|
Microsoft Viva Topics
Feature name |
Microsoft 365 |
Microsoft Viva Goals | Microsoft Viva Suite |
---|---|---|---|
Intelligently connect and consolidate information for a consistent search experience across your organization with Microsoft Graph connectors |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included
|
Find experts across the organization |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included
|
Learn about a topic, its subject matter experts, and documentation through topic center, cards, and pages |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included
|
Access Viva Topics across Microsoft 365 apps such as SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, Viva Engage, and Microsoft Search |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Ask questions, find answers that already exist, or route questions to people who can provide an answer |
NotIncluded |
NotIncluded |
Included |
Frequently asked questions
The Viva Goals license includes access to the Viva Goals app in Teams and the Viva Goals web app. Use these apps to:
- Create, manage, align, and customize OKR workflows with OKR templates, automated check-ins, and advanced insights.
- Boost business rhythms with OKRs using shared dashboards and advanced insights.
- Connect work to outcomes with deep integrations to tasks, projects, and embedded OKR views.
- Integrate into critical tools, such as Teams, Slack, and Glip, to enable automated OKR check-ins.
- Get enterprise scale and security with single sign-on (SSO) capabilities, data encryption, enterprise-grade privacy, and advanced permissions.
- Use advanced OKR configurations with customizable weights and scoring guidance.
Viva Goals is available as an app in Microsoft Teams and as a web app. The Viva Goals web app has no prerequisites—customers can purchase and use Viva Goals with the web app without any other Microsoft product or subscription.
A Microsoft Teams product license is a prerequisite to use the Viva Goals app in Teams. Teams can be licensed with:
- Microsoft 365 F1, F3, E3, A3, E5, A5.
- Office 365 F3, E1, A1, E3, A3, E5, A5.
- Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Business Standard, Business Premium.
- Microsoft SharePoint K, Plan 1, or Plan 2 license.
In October 2021, Microsoft acquired Ally.io, a leading OKR company. With Viva Goals, Microsoft invested further into Ally.io capabilities to improve integrations with Microsoft Teams and weave Ally.io into Viva, Azure DevOps, Power BI, Microsoft Planner and Project. There will be more integrations with a broader set of Microsoft 365 applications and services over time in addition to partner integrations. See the full list of data integrations in Viva Goals documentation.
Microsoft has also invested in Viva Goals to ensure it delivers on enterprise scale and security requirements with features including single sign-on (SSO) capabilities, data encryption, enterprise-grade privacy, and advanced permissions.
Yes, Viva Goals is now available in all Microsoft global markets.
Viva Goals currently supports 11 languages: English (US), French (France), Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Spain), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Estonian, German, Italian, Japanese, and Korean. By the end of March 2023, we will support 27 Microsoft 365 languages that are written left to right.
Additional resources

Empower people and teams to be their best
*Save 25 percent when you buy before July 1, 2023.
- After your paid subscription begins, cancellation policies vary based on your status as a new customer and your product and domain selections on Microsoft. Learn how to cancel your Microsoft 365 subscription, and cancel it anytime in the Microsoft 365 admin center. When a subscription is canceled, all associated data will be deleted. Learn more about data retention, deletion, and destruction in Microsoft 365.
- Customers with a LinkedIn Enterprise subscription can access the entire LinkedIn Learning library.
- Available in the Viva Learning desktop app.
- Requires a minimum of one purchased license for admins to enable Viva Learning content in Microsoft Search for their entire tenant.