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How to add apps to Viva Connections dashboard
Viva Connections is the new gateway to other Viva services within Microsoft’s new suite of employee experience tools and resources. The Dashboard, specifically, shows users little summaries of other Viva services as a way conveniently track one metrics and jump right into relevant resources. Administrators can create their own Cards for the Dashboard, by adding Card designer Cards to the Dashboard. These take any Adaptive Card schema that you can make yourself from scratch or by editing one of the many templates that are available. However, this built-in Card designer Card has no way to connect to any data sources…
6 things about Viva Connections admins should know
With tools that help you learn, share knowledge, maintain wellbeing, and more, Viva is the name for Microsoft’s push into the employee experience space. Viva Connections, specifically, aims to be a gateway to all the other Viva services, with their more specialized UIs, and generally a hub for all kinds of relevant content for the user. In this blog post we’ll specifically talk about Viva Connections and whether it’s a product you should consider deploying to your Microsoft 365. Viva Connections is really two products Viva Connections consists of your Feed and your Dashboard. The Feed is pretty self-explanatory: it’s…
How to make a personal dashboard (for work apps)
Just like you can see the weather by looking out the window for .3 seconds, most of us have the wish to get a complete view of our data ‘situation’ with just a glance at our dashboard. Making your own personal “hub” can be fun and problematic at the same time, depending on how open you are to compromise on this instantly “glanceable” vision of a dashboard. In this guide we’ll go through how to create your own personal dashboard, but focus specifically on your workplace apps. These are even harder to summarize conveniently than private apps, where any iPhone…
6 benefits of introducing a smart assistant to your workplace
We’re very passionate about creating a digital workplace that delights users. Unsurprisingly for a software company, our websites are laden with features and technical specifics; such as APIs, AI chatbots or Adaptive Cards. But, at a more fundamental level, what are these features adding up to? What benefits can your organization expect in the long run? In this post I want to elaborate on the benefits that make your time – evaluating and investing into an intelligent workplace – worthwhile. Cut down on tab hopping Did you know the average worker regularly uses 36 applications, sometimes jumping between a dozen…
IntelliEnterprise 15 released: New theme, Digital Assistant integration, and many more improvements
Today we’re releasing IntelliEnterprise Release 15 – the best release we’ve ever made. Find a brief overview over all the new features, and how to upgrade, in this blog post. New theme ‘Mersey’ In our latest theme we’ve meticulously redesigned major UI components and introduced new Portlets that create a modern, user-friendly experience for your users. Here are some highlights: Mersey style The new default style in IntelliEnterprise features a fresh and professional new look. Using clean lines and contrasting colors, it’s a fuss-free and professional appearance, that doesn’t divert any attention away from the main content of the page.…
How to build an Adaptive Card web part or ACE [Updated 2024]
Adaptive Cards are a standardized “recipe” for writing a Card. While Viva Connections has a built-in Adaptive Card “app”, in SharePoint you need to first download a web part from the SharePoint store. In this tutorial, we’ll go through the installation process and cover how you can make your own Adaptive Cards. Get the web part There is a handy-dandy web part called App integrations that lets you embed Adaptive Cards on any SharePoint page. So to start, go to Microsoft App Source and get yourself the web part. Once you click on Get it now you need to follow…
How to make SharePoint into a successful digital workplace (Updated August ’20)
Like many SharePoint admins you can probably clearly picture a modern, digital workplace. One that gets you everything you need, lets you breeze through tasks in just a few clicks, all with a modern AI-powered UI.
9 best SharePoint add-ins for a digital workplace (Updated Dec ’22)
When SharePoint Online first started all the way back in 2013, there wasn’t much of an ecosystem around add-ons. But over the years this has changed as the default SharePoint option is now seen to be the one on Microsoft 365. Related: Is your SharePoint search in need of some TLC? Fix it with this 5-step guide. So whether you’re migrating to M365, are new to SharePoint or just generally want to improve your employee experience, in this guide we have collected some of the most interesting add-ons that transform your Microsoft 365 SharePoint intranet into a digital workplace. While…
3 innovations for smarter intranets
Intranet innovativeness is stagnating. With the ubiquity (and market share) of intranet software like SharePoint, it feels as though intranets have reached their ‘end game’ – the same old features, the same-look-but-a-different-colour-feel, and the bad taste in the back of your mouth whenever you need to look for something. But when it boils down to it – your intranet probably isn’t about to go anywhere anytime soon. Intranets still have an important role to play in almost all organizations, from the lemonade stands to the conglomerate giants. They form a standard solution to a standard set of problems, and create…
Infographic: The hidden costs of poor Knowledge Management
Does your organization employ a knowledge management strategy? If not, you could be in for a shock: read our infographic to learn how poor knowledge management can impact your company, and how you can turn things around.