Employee Experience Platform Specialist (MS-080)
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    Module 1: Design digital employee experiences

    • Evaluate existing systems and identify requirements
    • Identify stakeholders and users
    • Recommend employee experience solutions and strategies

    Module 2: Introduction to the Microsoft Viva suite

    • Describe the four experience areas of Connection, Growth, Purpose, and Insights supported by Viva
    • Explain what Microsoft Viva apps are
    • Identify resources needed to set up each Viva app
    • Create an adoption plan to use Viva to solve business scenarios for the four-employee experience areas of Connection, Insight, Purpose, and Growth

    Module 3: Introduction to Viva Connections

    • Describe the main features of Viva Connections
    • List technical requirements/prerequisites for Viva Connections implementation
    • Explain the differences between desktop and mobile experiences
    • Identify 2-3 business use cases for Viva Connections

    Module 4: Plan for Viva Connections

    • Identify key stakeholders for the deployment of Viva Connections
    • Align and prioritize scenarios for Viva Connections
    • Plan and design for the Dashboard, the Feed, and Resources by scenarios and audiences
    • Consider how your organization will scale adoption

    Module 5: Design skilling and growth experiences with Viva Learning

    • Assess your organization’s existing learning experiences
    • Plan and strategize for Viva Learning
    • Coordinate the implementation of Viva Learning
    • Recommend an adoption strategy for Viva Learning

    Module 6: Guided Project – Create a featured set of content in Viva Learning

    • Manage permissions and content sources for Viva Learning
    • Manage SharePoint as a content source
    • Build a new featured set of content in Viva Learning
    • Lab: Add Knowledge Administrator and Knowledge Manager
    • Lab: Configure learning content sources
    • Lab: Add SharePoint as a content source
    • Lab: Manage learning content in SharePoint
    • Lab: Create featured content set

    Module 7: Design productivity and well-being experiences with Viva Insights

    • Identify core team and business stakeholders
    • Assess existing employee productivity and well-being solutions
    • Define goals and target scenarios
    • Coordinate setup and configuration of Viva Insights
    • Understand best practices for communication and adoption planning

    Module 8: Introduction to Viva Topics

    • Describe how AI interacts with Viva Topics
    • Identify the administrator scenarios for Viva Topics
    • Optimize your SharePoint environment to take advantage of Viva Topics
    • Sign up for a trial of Viva Topics
    • Create a Topic center & assign licenses
    • Change the name of the Topic center

    Module 9: Plan roles, automation, and training for Viva Topics

    • Describe the different Viva Topics roles
    • Identify scenarios you can automate
    • List the skills your users need to get the most out of Viva Topics

    Module 10: Role of an OKR Champion

    • Define the role of an OKR Champion
    • Name and describe the four key responsibilities of an OKR Champion
    • Identify three strategies for effective communication
    • Identify the three timeframes for sending out resources and where to find these resources

    Module 11: Learn OKR essentials with Viva Goals

    • Define the key components of an OKR and articulate how they fit together in the OKR framework
    • Identify the five OKR Superpowers and how to leverage them
    • Explain best practices for getting started with OKRs and Viva Goals, including key phases of change management