Viva Engage: New option to hide a user's messages

[Introduction]

We’re introducing a new end-user moderation control in Viva Engage: Hide a user’s messages. This feature allows users to reduce visibility of messages from specific individuals, helping minimize unwanted or distracting interactions while preserving community engagement.

This message is associated with Roadmap ID 513276.

[When this will happen:]

General Availability (Worldwide): Rolling out late February 2026 and completing by late March 2026.

[How this affects your organization:]

Who is affected:

All Viva Engage users.

What will happen:

• The feature is on by default.
• Admins can turn this feature off in the Engage admin center.
• Users will have a new option to hide another user’s messages from:
  • Any message in Viva Engage

  

  • A user’s profile page

  

• When a user is hidden:
  • Their threadstarters will no longer appear in Home Feed or email digests.
  • In communities and other locations, their threadstarters will appear collapsed with a click‑to‑reveal option.
  • In all surfaces, comments appear collapsed with a click-to-reveal option.
• Some roles cannot be hidden, including:
  • Designated leaders (requires the Viva Communications & Communities or Viva Suite license)
  • Corporate communicators
  • Network/verified admins
  • Engage admins

[What you can do to prepare:]

No admin action is required.

We recommend:

• Informing users about this new moderation option.
• Updating internal documentation or guidance, as needed.
• Using the Engage admin center if you wish to disable the feature.

Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation.

[Compliance considerations:]

No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.