Viva Engage

Viva Engage

This article assumes that you are signed up for Windows Azure. If not, please sign up at https://signup.azure.com.
NB: Microsoft may need to enter a credit card number, but we don't need you to do anything which costs money, so you won't be charged.

Step 1 - Connect your data to your Vibe

  1. Login to your admin console
  2. Open Developer tools > Modules > Global Module Settings

  3. In the global modules settings window, select Viva Engage API

  4. In the Viva Engage API Global Settings and complete the following:
    1) Select Application type As Azure Active Directory(AAD)
    2) Select Use Shared Azure AD App (Accept the alert after selecting)

  5. Click [OK] to close and save the settings
  6. Reopen the Viva Engage API global module settings and complete the following:

    1. Authentications
      1. New Authentication -  Click [Authenticate New User]* and log in to your Office 365 account
      2. Your Azure portal admin has to confirm the access from https://portal.azure.com
      3. If you have the admin permission in portal.azure.com you should be able to see an alert to confirm 

      4. Existing Authentications - Remove any existing authentications, click [Authenticate New User]* and log in to your Office 365 account
    2. Once you've successfully logged in to your Office 365 account:
      1. Select one or more Viva Engage groups to share on Vibe. Hold down the CTRL button to select multiple groups.
        NB: The highlighted groups will be available for selection when new 'Viva Engage' slides are created in the portal.

Notes:
  1. The Minutes to refresh API data setting determines how long it takes for Viva Engage data to be refreshed.
  2. The Number of posts per group setting sets the maximum number of posts that will be shown on Vibe (per selected group).

Step 2: Create/Manage your slide

When steps 1 & 2 are complete, content managers can log in to the portal and connect your Viva Engage data to one or more slides.

Create a Viva Engage slide

  1. Login to your portal 
  2. Create a new slide using the Social (Media) template
  3. Select your Viva Engage feed
    NB: If you cannot see the Viva Engage feed you're looking for, please check the global module settings in the admin console
  4. To go live, add your slide to one or more playlists

Design Considerations

  1. Add a default Viva Engage image for text only posts or Polls

    1. Create new graphics @ 703 w x 244 h (pixels), JPG, 72dpi
      TIP: Refer to the default JPGs attached to this article
    2. Send the new images our support team so they can update your Social Media template
  2. Customise the background image
    1. Confirm the resolution of your Vibe display and create a new image.
      e.g. Common sizes: Landscape (1920 w x 1080 h pixels, JPG, 72dpi) or Portrait (1080 w x 1920 h pixels, JPG, 72dpi)
    2. Login to your portal and edit your Viva Engage slide
    3. Edit the background image
  3. Tailor the layout of your slide
    1. Choose from one of the 5 default layouts in the slide settings
Viva engage only support specific emojis
 



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