For organizations that wish to curate and regulate the types of conversations that take place in All Company posts, Viva Engage has introduced admin settings to restrict posting in All Company. When these settings are enabled, only All Company admins can post in All Company, while employees in All Company can still respond to conversation starters or reactions.
Restricting posting applies only to All Company.
How to restrict All Company conversation posts (All Company admins only)
To restrict who can post in All Company, an All Company admin needs to set the following in All Company:
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In All Company, select the More options icon, and then select Settings.
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Under Posting Permissions, select Restricted: Only admins can start a conversation in this community. All members can comment and reply to a comment.
After you've selected this option, non-admins won't see the option to post in All Company.
What non-admin employees see in All Company
When All Company is set to Restricted, non-admins won't be able to post conversation starters in All Company. They'll see that All Company is Restricted; they may also see 'Only admins can start a conversation.'
All employees will still be able to respond to conversation starters and reactions.
FAQ
Q: Who can restrict All Company posts?
A: Only All Company admins can restrict who can post in All Company.
Q: How does restricting posts in All Company work with Live Events?
A: Live events are only available in connected All Company communities. Should you choose to restrict posts in a connected All Company community and run a Live Event, note that all the questions and comments from the Live Event will show up in the community feed as well.
For more information about how connected groups work, see Viva Engage and Microsoft 365 Groups.
Q: How does this feature work with the Microsoft Teams integration?
A: Restricting posts in All Company is supported with the Teams Communities app integration.
Q: How does this feature work with the Microsoft Outlook integration?
A: Restricting posts in All Company is supported with Microsoft Outlook integration. If a user tries to post via email to All Company when it's restricted, the email won't post to All Company.
Only All Company admins can post by using Outlook, although anyone can reply by using Outlook.
Q: How does this feature work with the SharePoint web part and/or embed scenarios?
Restricting posts in All Company is supported with the Conversations V2 web part. To see a breakdown of how restricting posts in All Company works with each SharePoint web part or embed feature, see the table below.
For more information about the various SharePoint web parts and embed features, see Use a Viva Engage web part in SharePoint Online.
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Feature |
Supported |
Notes |
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Conversations V2 |
Yes |
The experience looks and feels like the All Company feed in Viva Engage. |
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Conversations V1 |
No |
We recommend that you use the Conversations V2 web part if you restrict posts in All Company. |
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Embed |
No |
We recommend that you use the Conversations V2 web part if you restrict posts in All Company. |
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Highlights Web Part |
No |
We recommend that you use the Conversations V2 web part if you restrict posts in All Company. |
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Highlights Classic Web Part |
No |
We recommend that you use the Conversations V2 web part if you restrict posts in All Company. |
