Learn what Microsoft Viva Connections is, how your organization will benefit from using it, and how to enable it in your Microsoft 365 tenant.
By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Understand what Microsoft Viva Connections is and the experiences that it offers on desktop and mobile devices
- Enable Microsoft Viva Connections desktop and mobile in a Microsoft 365 tenant
Learn how to extend Viva Connections with custom web parts by using your existing web development skills. You'll learn about the scenarios where web parts are most suitable and how to build them.
By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Install development tools for building Viva Connections extensions.
- Extend Viva Connections desktop with web parts.
- Deploy and test custom web parts in Viva Connections desktop.
Learn how to extend Viva Connections with custom application customizers by using your existing web development skills. You'll learn about the scenarios where they're most suitable and how to build them.
By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Install development tools for building Viva Connections extensions.
- Extend Viva Connections desktop with application customizers.
- Deploy and test custom application customizers in Viva Connections desktop.
Learn how to extend Viva Connections with custom Adaptive Card Extensions using nothing but your existing web development skills. You'll learn about the scenarios where they're most suitable and how to build them.
By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Install development tools for building Microsoft Viva Connections extensions.
- Extend Microsoft Viva Connections desktop with Adaptive Card Extensions.
- Deploy Adaptive Card Extensions to Viva Connections.
- Test custom Adaptive Card Extensions in the Viva Connections desktop and mobile experiences.
This module will teach you how to create custom Adaptive Card Extensions (ACEs) with the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) for Viva Connections dashboards. These ACEs will work in all Viva Connections clients, including desktop and mobile apps.
At the end of this module, you should be able to:
- Understand Viva Connections extensibility options
- Create custom ACEs using SharePoint Framework
- Create dynamic data-driven ACEs using all three ACE card templates
- Use the Viva Connections location capabilities in custom ACEs

Syllabus

Get started with Microsoft Viva Connections
- Introduction
- What is Microsoft Viva Connections?
- Exercise - Enable Viva Connections in your Microsoft 365 tenant
- Understand Viva Connections extensibility capabilities
- Module assessment
- Summary
Extend Microsoft Viva Connections with web parts
- Introduction
- Exercise - Install development tools for extending Viva Connections
- Extend Viva Connections desktop with web parts
- Exercise - Extend Viva Connections desktop with web parts
- Module assessment
- Summary
Extend Microsoft Viva Connections with application customizers
- Introduction
- Exercise - Install development tools for extending Viva Connections
- Extend Viva Connections desktop with application customizers
- Exercise - Extend Viva Connections desktop with application customizers
- Module assessment
- Summary
Extend Microsoft Viva Connections with Adaptive Card Extensions
- Introduction
- Exercise - Install development tools for extending Viva Connections
- Extend Microsoft Viva Connections with Adaptive Card Extensions
- Exercise - Extend Microsoft Viva Connections with Adaptive Card Extensions
- Module assessment
- Summary
Create Adaptive Card Extensions (ACE) for Microsoft Viva Connections
- Introduction
- Basics of ACEs: card templates, CardViews, properties, and states
- Exercise - Create SPFx Basic Card ACE showing SharePoint list data
- ACE QuickViews and working with view navigators
- Exercise - Create a SPFx Image Card ACE displaying image carousel
- Viva Connections Actions for media selection and locations
- Exercise - Create a SPFx ACE with geo-location capabilities
- Summary