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"description": "Featured conversations in public Viva Engage communities can now be promoted to all network members or just community members, while private community features remain member-only. This rollout begins late April 2026, requires no admin action, and maintains existing permissions and moderation rules.",
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"publishedAt": "2026-04-08T00:00:08.000Z",
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"textContent": "Updated April 7, 2026: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.\n\n**[Introduction]**\n\nFeatured conversations in public Viva Engage communities now include the option to promote the message to all network members or only to community members. Featured conversations in private communities remain scoped to members only.\n\nThis message is associated with **Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID** 558438.\n\n\n\n\n**[When this will happen]**\n\n * **General Availability (Worldwide):** We will begin rolling out in **late April 2026** , and we expect to complete rolling out by**early May 2026**.\n\n\n\n**[How this affects your organization]**\n\n_Who is affected_\n\n * This change will apply to Microsoft 365 tenants using Viva Engage.\n * This change will affect users who feature conversations in _public Viva Engage communities_.\n * This change will not affect featured conversations in _private communities_.\n\n\n\n_What will happen_\n\n * When a conversation is featured in a _public community_ , authors will be able to choose whether it is promoted to**all network members** or only to **community members**.\n * Featured conversations in _private communities_ will continue to be visible only to members.\n * Featured conversations will continue to appear at the _top of the Viva Engage home feed_ and in _Viva Engage email digests_.\n * The feature will be**enabled by default**.\n * Existing permissions and moderation rules will continue to apply.\n\n\n\n**Learn more:** Feature a conversation in Viva Engage | Microsoft Support (updates coming soon, ahead of rollout)\n\n**[What you can do to prepare]**\n\nNo admin action will be required.\n\nYou may want to:\n\n * Update internal documentation or training materials for community managers\n * Communicate this change to users who manage Viva Engage communities.\n\n\n\n**[Compliance considerations]**\n\nNo compliance considerations identified. Review as appropriate for your organization.",
"title": "MC1272652: (Updated) Viva Engage: Feature conversations to all network members",
"updatedAt": "2026-04-08T00:00:08.797Z"
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