Microsoft Viva: Focus Area simplification and enhancements

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Who is affected: The audience described by the Microsoft update is represented by: Microsoft Viva: Focus Area simplification and enhancements 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. GA date: January CY2026 Launched General Availability Worldwide (Standar

Why it matters: The change matters because the official source describes: Microsoft Viva: Focus Area simplification and enhancements 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. GA date: January CY2026 Launched General Availability Worldwide (Standar

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