Microsoft Viva: Focus Area simplification and enhancements Beta
Data as of 2 hours ago (9 September 2026)
Status Launched
Release month January 2026
Release ring General Availability
Products Microsoft Viva
Cloud instances Worldwide
Platforms Web
Description
Beginning with this feature release, Focus Areas will be associated with survey cycles and goal periods will be retired. Users will be able to select the same Focus Area across multiple cycles. The Focus Area Overview report will be filterable to groups of interest (e.g. managers only). Draft/deleted Focus Areas will no longer be included in Focus Area calculations.
Change history
Added to the roadmap 24 July 2025. Tracked here since 1 September 2026. Earliest target we recorded: January 2026 (since tracked — Microsoft may have moved it before we started watching).
Nothing has changed on this item since tracking began on 1 September 2026. Changes appear here as Microsoft updates the feed.