Boost employee engagement with their communities by promoting and adding Viva Engage community cards to Pages or News posts. Employees can access their community space in their Viva Engage app with a simple click on the community card in the Page or News post. To add Viva Engage communities to Pages or News posts in Staffbase, use the Microsoft 365 Viva Communities widget.

Prerequisites

• You have added the Microsoft 365 Connections to Staffbase.
• You have signed in to Microsoft 365 from your App or Intranet.
• You have activated the Microsoft 365 Viva Communities widget.

1. Add the Microsoft 365 Viva Communities widget.
   The dialog to configure the widget opens.
   
   
2. Optionally, provide a title.
   
   The title will be displayed above the widget and be visible to your users.
3. Select on which types of devices the widget can be viewed by clicking on the corresponding icon.
4. Under Visibility in the app, select for which users you want to make the widget visible.
5. From the Communities dropdown, select the community you want to display as a card.
   There can be a delay of a few minutes in a newly created Viva Engage Community appearing in the Viva Communities widget.
6. Optionally, click the + icon to add another community card.
   You can add as many communities as you want by clicking the + icon.
7. Click OK.

You have added the Viva Communities widget to a page or post. Once the page or post is published, the widget will be available to the users.

Editing the Microsoft 365 Viva Communities Widget

You can edit the Microsoft 365 Viva Communities widget to change the general settings,  update the order of the communities you added, or remove one of the communities.

1. In the Studio, navigate to the page or post on which you want to edit the Microsoft 365 Viva Communities widget.
2. In the content editor, click the Microsoft 365 Viva Communities widget.

How the Microsoft 365 Viva Communities Widget Looks Like to Users

When users navigate to a page or post with the widget, they are prompted to sign in to their Microsoft 365 account from their Employee App or Intranet if they have not already. When they click on the community card, they are directed to the community in their Viva Engage app.