Observer role is being retired in Viva Goals

In an effort to simplify the access and permissions landscape in Viva Goals, the 'Observer' role will be retired from Viva Goals. Organization administrators can currently assign certain members in their organization in Viva Goals as observers who cannot create, edit, or own OKRs. Going forward, all members in Viva goals will behave like regular users. Organization administrators can use the existing permission settings to control who can create, edit or own OKRs in their organizations. The retirement of the observer role will start appearing as a banner for organization administrators starting early December 2023.

To prepare for this change, it is recommended to configure the "User type for new users" setting to "Regular users" and configure OKR creation settings according to the organization's requirements, keeping in mind that the Observer role will be retired. The "Invite policy" setting will only have three options going forward - "Only admins", "Only admins and team admins", and "Anyone in the organization".

Overall, the retirement of the Observer role is meant to streamline the access and permissions landscape in Viva Goals and is set to roll out in mid-December 2023.

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