News to Know - Volume 2, Edition 1 - January 2025

Welcome to the first Viva Glint newsletter for 2025. Recurring communications coincide with platform deployments to help you get the most out of the Viva Glint product. You can access the current newsletter and past editions on the Viva Glint blog.

Glint released its latest new features and enhancements on January 18, 2025. Follow along with what features are ahead on the Viva Glint product roadmap.

In case you missed our Viva Glint Town Hall...

On January 22, we hosted our first Viva Glint town hall of 2025. Hundreds of customers joined us to catch up on product updates, to learn about our newest thought leadership, and to hear customer success stories. You can read the recap and watch the recording here. 
 

New on your Viva Glint platform

Additional encoding options and fewer upload challenges. In addition to Unicode Transformation Format 8 (UTF-8), Viva Glint now accepts UTF-8 Byte Order Mark (UTF-8 BOM) data files. Organizations can now upload either encoding for CSV files to transfer employee data to Glint. Learn more about Glint data file requirements.

Expanded raw data export options! More options enhance the analysis and reporting experience of your raw data exports. New export options for admins include the ability to see the survey cycle UUID, survey start date, comments topics, and sensitive comments flagged. A date filter option is also available. Learn more.

Multi-page Comment Report exports now available! When Comment Report exporting was first deployed, the export was limited to one page only. Now your entire report is available for export. Lengthy reports will take extra time to export, of course! Learn more.

Get ready for these upcoming platform changes

Zero downtime during monthly Glint platform deployments begin on February 15! Previously, as we deployed new product features and enhancements, an in-platform banner let you know that the platform would be shut down for 4-8 hours and that your employees wouldn’t be able to access their Glint surveys. Beginning February 15, no need to mention upcoming downtime to survey takers or to schedule survey windows around deployments.

Viva Glint language support code updates are on their way. As part of our ongoing transition to align to Microsoft standards and best practices, beginning on April 10, 2025, some supported languages and codes will change to reflect current standards and improve the user experience.  A new column in the Language Codes tab of the Employee Attribute Template shows the changes effective April 10, 2025.

Upcoming events

Ask the Experts | January 28, February 11, February 18

Ask the Experts sessions provide you with an opportunity to interact with Viva Glint experts and Viva Glint customers on common challenges and topics related to implementing an employee listening strategy. Register:

• January 28: Viva Glint support options and resources
• February 11: data file preparation
• February 18: user roles and permissions 

Learning Circles | January 29
Open to all customers, Learning Circles provide connection with like-minded industry professionals to share knowledge, stories, and challenges related to the employee experience. Register for the event. Read this blog to learn about our redesigned program based on your feedback.

Psychological Safety for Managers | February 19

Employees with lower psychological safety at work are 4x as likely to indicate a desire to quit their jobs, and 31% indicate they are not motivated to do their best work. Psychological safety is a key component of healthy team dynamics. Register for this popular manager webinar.

Building Psychological Safety Amidst Change | March 3

A majority of organizational change efforts fail, even while much attention is given to best practices, frameworks, and methods for rolling out organizational change. What do people need when facing change? How can managers best facilitate this process? Register for this manager webinar.

New Microsoft Viva blogs

Top 10 Tips for Measuring Your AI Transformation with Viva

Craig Ramsay, Principal People Scientist, provides a comprehensive guide on measuring the implementation and impact of Microsoft 365 Copilot using Viva measurement apps. This new blog offers practical tips and strategies for AI Change Leaders to ensure successful AI transformations within their organizations.

How Microsoft Viva became a business transformation engine at Microsoft

Microsoft leverages the Microsoft Viva experience to focus on human-centered transformation that aligns with the company’s culture of growth, achievement, and inclusivity. Read our story and learn how to adopt this framework at your organization.

Research Drops: Viva People Science publishes new research analyses and insights across a variety of EX topics as a part of this monthly series.

• What Organizations Ask in Employee Surveys | Heading into 2025, we identified three underutilized survey items with direct links to business outcomes and employee experience.
• Understanding Voluntary Turnover through Employee Sentiment | Learn about the implications of turnover and how to measure turnover intentions.

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*Viva Glint is committed to consistently improving the customer experience. The cloud-based platform maintains an agile production cycle with fixes, enhancements, and new features. Planned program release dates are provided with the best intentions of releasing on these dates, but dates may change due to unforeseen circumstances. Schedule updates will be provided as appropriate.