Viva Glint: Copilot-enhanced topic assignment for employee feedback comments

Microsoft Viva Glint will introduce Copilot-enhanced topic assignment for employee feedback, adding five new topics to improve insights. Controlled by the existing VFAM toggle, it launches worldwide in late July 2026, affecting Viva Glint users and administrators, with recommendations to review governance and update processes accordingly. What and Why Microsoft is introducing Copilot-enhanced topic assignment in Viva Glint to improve the accuracy, consistency, and reliability of employee feedback categorization. Copilot will help identify relevant topics in survey comments, enabling organizations to gain richer insights from employee feedback. Microsoft is also expanding the standard topic taxonomy with five new topics: Psychological Safety, Artificial Intelligence, Privacy & Data Use, Hybrid Work, and Ethics. This feature is controlled by the existing Viva feature access management (VFAM) toggle for Copilot in Viva Glint; there is no separate feature-level toggle for Copilot-enhanced topic assignment.  This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 553224. Rollout Schedule General Availability (Worldwide): Beginning late July 2026; expected to complete by late July 2026 Impact on Your Organization Who is affected: Organizations using Microsoft Viva Glint Microsoft 365 administrators Viva and Glint administrators Survey program managers, analysts, and leaders Users of ad-hoc and recurring surveys Platforms/Services: Microsoft Viva Glint Microsoft Copilot in Viva Glint Employee feedback reporting and analytics What will happen: Copilot will improve topic assignment for employee feedback comments. Five new standard topics will be added: Psychological Safety Artificial Intelligence Privacy & Data Use Hybrid Work Ethics The existing Glint Copilot VFAM toggle controls feature availability. No separate toggle exists for Copilot-enhanced topic assignment. If the VFAM toggle is enabled, the feature becomes available to applicable users. If the VFAM toggle is disabled, there is no change to the current experience. The feature cannot be independently scoped to selected users. At launch, these enhancements will apply only to ad-hoc and recurring survey types. Support for always-on survey types will follow in a later release. Action Required / Recommendations Review the current Glint Copilot VFAM toggle setting. Determine whether Copilot in Viva Glint aligns with organizational governance requirements. Coordinate with privacy, HR, legal, and governance stakeholders before enabling […]

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