Install and pin the Viva Insights app

If the Viva Insights app is pre-installed in Teams by your admin, you won't need to install it. However, if you need to install for yourself, do the steps in in Install the app.

After the app is installed, you can discover and pin Viva Insights to your Teams app bar for easy access. To learn how, see Discover and pin the app.

Prerequisites

Before you can use the Viva Insights app, you must have the following:

  • Access to Microsoft Teams
  • An Exchange Online account

Install the app

This section describes how to install the Microsoft Viva Insights app for yourself. If you're an admin who will install the Viva Insights app for an organization, see Admin tasks.

  1. Open Microsoft Teams on the web or in a desktop client.

  2. At the bottom of the Microsoft Teams app bar (on the left), select Apps:

    Apps icon in Teams.

  3. In the search field under Apps, type Microsoft Viva Insights:

    Search for Insights.

  4. Select the Insights app:

    Select Insights app.

  5. Select Add:

    Add for me button.

This step adds the Insights app to all the places where you might use Microsoft Teams: the Teams desktop client, Teams on the web, and Teams on a mobile device. After you've added the Insights app, you have access to all of its features, including Praise, Protect time, Reflect, Stay connected, and Virtual commute.

Note

You can also locate the Insights app through this link: https://aka.ms/InsightsTeamsApp.

  • Access to Microsoft Teams
  • An Exchange Online account

Discover and pin the app

Based on the platform you'll use to view your insights in Teams, select and complete the steps in one or both of the following sections:

On desktop and web clients

  1. Select More (the ellipsis) on the Teams app bar (left navigation).

  2. In the search field, type Viva Insights.

    Type Viva Insights.

  3. Select Insights to open the app.

  4. Right-click the app icon and select Pin (Pin an app.) to make and keep your app visible in the Teams app bar.

    Pin an app in Teams.

Tip

You can reorder apps in the Teams app bar by dragging the apps' icons. For more information about pinning and unpinning apps in Microsoft Teams, see Pin an app for easy access.

On the iOS and Android mobile platforms

  1. Select More (the ellipsis) on the Microsoft Teams app bar.

  2. Select Insights to open the app.

  3. Select Reorder and then drag the app's icon to remove it from the More section.

    Reorder android app icon.

  4. Select Done to save your changes.

Install the app

This section describes how to install the Microsoft Viva Insights app for yourself. (If you're an admin who will install the Viva Insights app for an organization, see Admin tasks.)

  1. Open Microsoft Teams on the web or in a desktop client.

  2. At the bottom of the Microsoft Teams app bar (on the left), select Apps:

    Apps icon in Teams.

  3. In the search field under Apps, type Microsoft Viva Insights:

    Search for Insights.

  4. Select the Insights app:

    Select Insights app.

  5. Select Add:

    Add for me button.

This step adds the Insights app to all the places where you might use Microsoft Teams: the Teams desktop client, Teams on the web, and Teams on a mobile device. After you've added the Insights app, you have access to all of its features, including Praise, Protect time, Reflect, Stay connected, and Virtual commute.

Note

You can also locate the Insights app through this link: https://aka.ms/InsightsTeamsApp.

Uninstall the app

This section describes how to uninstall the Microsoft Viva Insights app from Teams.

  1. In Teams, select the ellipsis (...) on the left pane:

    Select ellipsis

  2. If the Viva Insights app is not visible in your most recent view, find it by using search:

    Search for Insights app

  3. Right-click the Insights app and then select Uninstall on the shortcut menu:

    Shortcut menu -- select Uninstall

  4. In the window that appears, select Uninstall:

    Confirm menu -- select Uninstall

The Viva Insights app is now uninstalled from Teams:

App is no longer in left menu bar

Viva Insights introduction