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Get started with Microsoft Viva Topics

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Overview

  • Module 1: Viva Topics is an add-on service in Microsoft Viva, an employee experience platform (EXP) for a unified knowledge and content experience across Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Search. Viva Topics can help your people learn in the flow with Microsoft 365 apps without manually mining disparate applications or repositories.
  • When you finish with this module, you'll be able to:

    • Describe how AI interacts with Viva Topics
    • Understand the administrator scenarios for Viva Topics
    • Optimize your SharePoint environment to take advantage of Viva Topics
    • Sign up for a trial of Viva Topics
    • Create a Topic center & assign licenses
    • Change the name of the Topic center
  • Module 2: Learn about the Viva Topics roles you'll need for your organization. Identify opportunities for automation. Make a plan to train your users on how to get the most from Viva Topics.
  • By the end of this module, you should be able to:

    • Understand the different Viva Topics roles.
    • Identify scenarios you can automate.
    • Understand the skills your users need to get the most out of Viva Topics.
  • Module 3: Learn about best practices for deploying Viva Topics in your organization.
  • By the end of this module, you should be able to:

    • Create a deployment plan for Viva Topics.
    • Get your environment ready for Viva Topics.
    • Understand best practices for deploying Viva Topics.
  • Module 4: Learn how to implement Viva Topics in your organization. Learn about key usage scenarios, how to secure your Topics deployment, and how to set up a change management process.
  • By the end of this module, you should be able to:

    • Launch Viva Topics in 5 steps.
    • Discover scenarios for Viva Topics.
    • Establish security and privacy settings.
    • Run a pilot to test your Viva Topics implementation.
  • Module 5: Learn about knowledge management in Viva Topics - creating, editing, and maintaining topic content.
  • By the end of this module, you should be able to:

    • Describe and perform the key knowledge management tasks.
    • Manage knowledge content throughout its lifecycle.
    • Control access to knowledge topics.

Syllabus

  • Module 1: Introduction to Viva Topics
    • Introduction
    • How AI interacts with Viva Topics
    • How to use Viva Topics for administrators
    • Modernize SharePoint for Viva Topics
    • Sign up for and configure a Viva Topics trial
    • Create a Topic center & assign licenses
    • Change the name of the Topic center
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 2: Plan roles, automation, and training for Viva Topics
    • Introduction
    • Review the roles available in Viva Topics
    • Identify opportunities to use Viva Topics to automate standard tasks
    • Review the skills needed to deploy, manage, and use Viva Topics
    • Train employees to use Viva Topics
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 3: Prepare your Viva Topics rollout strategy
    • Introduction
    • Plan your Viva Topics adoption
    • Get your environment ready for Viva Topics
    • Discover best practices for Viva Topics
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 4: Implement Viva Topics in your organization
    • Introduction
    • Launch Viva Topics in five steps
    • Discover scenarios for Viva Topics
    • Establish security and privacy settings for Viva Topics
    • Test your pilot for Viva Topics
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary
  • Module 5: Manage knowledge content in Viva Topics
    • Introduction
    • Overview of the Topic Center in Viva
    • Review the knowledge management roles and tasks
    • Manage content through the topics lifecycle
    • Review what users can see in Viva Topics
    • Create a new topic for Viva Topics
    • Edit a topic in Viva Topics
    • Knowledge check
    • Summary

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