Microsoft Viva is the employee experience platform built into Microsoft Teams. It covers four pillars: Connections, Learning, Insights, and Goals. Pricing ranges from free (included with Microsoft 365) to $12/user/month for the full Viva Suite. EPC Group advises enterprises on Viva licensing selection and deployment.
Key Facts
- Viva Insights personal features: included with Microsoft 365 E1/E3/E5.
- Viva Learning: included with Microsoft 365 E3/E5; premium features add $4/user/mo.
- Viva Connections: included with SharePoint Online (no extra cost).
- Microsoft Viva Suite: $12/user/month — full platform including Insights, Learning, Goals, and Engage.
- EPC Group configures all Viva modules. 29 years Microsoft consulting. 10,000+ deployments.
- Microsoft Solutions Partner: core designations including Modern Work.
Microsoft Viva Pricing and Plans Guide: Employee Experience Platform
Microsoft Viva Pricing and Plans Guide
Microsoft Viva is the employee experience platform built into Microsoft Teams. It covers four pillars: Connections, Learning, Insights, and Goals. Pricing ranges from free (included with Microsoft 365) to $12/user/month for the full Viva Suite. EPC Group advises enterprises on Viva licensing selection and deployment.
Key facts
- Viva Insights personal features: included with Microsoft 365 E1/E3/E5.
- Viva Learning: included with Microsoft 365 E3/E5; premium features add $4/user/mo.
- Viva Connections: included with SharePoint Online (no extra cost).
- Microsoft Viva Suite: $12/user/month — full platform including Insights, Learning, Goals, and Engage.
- EPC Group configures all Viva modules. 29 years Microsoft consulting. 10,000+ deployments.
- Microsoft Solutions Partner: core designations including Modern Work.
Viva plan pricing breakdown
Microsoft Viva licensing in 2026 follows a modular structure. You can license individual modules or the full suite.
- Viva Connections — included with SharePoint Online. No separate license required.
- Viva Insights (personal) — included with Microsoft 365 E1/E3/E5 and Business plans.
- Viva Insights (manager/leader) — requires Viva Insights add-on or Viva Suite.
- Viva Learning — included with E3/E5. Premium connectors (LinkedIn Learning, SAP) require add-on at $4/user/mo.
- Viva Goals — $6/user/month as standalone add-on.
- Viva Engage — included with Microsoft 365 plans that include Yammer.
- Microsoft Viva Suite — $12/user/month; includes all modules plus advanced analytics.
What each Viva module does
Viva Connections
Delivers company news, policies, and resources inside Microsoft Teams. Works as a personalized intranet inside the Teams app bar.
Viva Insights
Provides workplace productivity and wellbeing analytics. Personal insights are private. Manager and leader views show aggregated team trends. Advanced analytics includes organizational network analysis.
Viva Learning
Integrates training from LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Learn, and third-party LMS platforms inside Teams. Employees browse, assign, and complete training without leaving Teams.
Viva Goals
Connects individual and team objectives (OKRs) to business strategy. Tracks progress and surfaces goal status in Teams and Microsoft 365 dashboards.
Viva Engage
A community and employee engagement platform for org-wide conversations, leadership communications, and knowledge sharing. Successor to Yammer.
How to choose the right Viva plan
EPC Group guides organizations through Viva licensing decisions based on their specific use cases.
- Just starting with wellbeing analytics: Start with Viva Insights personal (included with M365).
- Manager and leader analytics needed: Add Viva Insights manager/leader tier or Viva Suite.
- Enterprise training platform: Viva Learning premium add-on at $4/user/mo.
- OKR and goal alignment: Viva Goals at $6/user/mo.
- Full employee experience platform: Microsoft Viva Suite at $12/user/mo.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Microsoft Viva cost?
Basic Viva features (Connections, personal Insights) are included with Microsoft 365 at no extra cost. The full Microsoft Viva Suite is $12/user/month. Individual modules like Viva Goals are $6/user/month. EPC Group helps you choose the right tier.
Is Viva Insights included with Microsoft 365?
Personal insights are included with Microsoft 365 E1/E3/E5. Manager and leader analytics — which show team-level trends — require the Viva Insights add-on or the full Viva Suite license.
What is the difference between Viva Suite and individual Viva modules?
The Viva Suite at $12/user/month bundles Insights, Learning, Goals, Engage, and advanced analytics in one license. Individual modules range from $4–$6/user/month. The suite is cost-effective for orgs that want three or more modules.
Can EPC Group deploy Viva Learning with our existing LMS?
Yes. EPC Group integrates Viva Learning with Cornerstone, SAP SuccessFactors, LinkedIn Learning, and other LMS platforms. Premium connector licensing ($4/user/mo) is required for third-party content libraries beyond Microsoft Learn.
Schedule a consultation
EPC Group advises on Microsoft Viva licensing and deploys Viva for enterprise organizations. Call (888) 381-9725 or request a 30-minute discovery call.
Why Organizations Choose EPC Group
EPC Group is a Houston-based Microsoft consulting firm with 29 years of enterprise implementation experience and over 10,000 successful deployments across Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, SharePoint, Azure, Microsoft 365, and Copilot. We serve organizations across all industries including Fortune 500, federal agencies, healthcare, financial services, government, manufacturing, energy, education, retail, technology, and global enterprises.
What sets EPC Group apart is our governance-first approach. Every engagement begins with a security and compliance assessment. Our team of senior architects brings hands-on delivery experience across HIPAA, SOC 2, FedRAMP, and CMMC environments. We own outcomes, not hours.
- Fixed-fee accelerators with predictable pricing and defined deliverables
- Senior architect engagement on every project, not rotating juniors
- Compliance-native delivery for regulated industries
- End-to-end coverage from strategy through 24/7 managed services
- 11,000+ enterprise engagements refined into repeatable, risk-controlled patterns
Call (888) 381-9725 or email contact@epcgroup.net for a free assessment.
Engagement Models: 2026 Considerations for Microsoft Viva Pricing And Plans Guide Employee Experience Platform
EPC Group 29-year Microsoft consulting heritage matters specifically because Microsoft platform decisions today are layered on top of 25 years of architectural choices: Active Directory schema decisions from 2005 affect Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access policy design in 2026; SharePoint 2003 information architecture decisions affect Copilot grounding quality in 2026. The firms that can navigate that depth (fewer than a dozen Microsoft Solutions Partners in North America) have a structural advantage on enterprise Microsoft migrations.
Microsoft Solutions Partner status (six designations: Data and AI, Modern Work, Infrastructure, Security, Digital and App Innovation, Business Applications) replaced the legacy Microsoft Gold Partner program in 2022. EPC Group held Gold Partner status from 2003 to 2022 (the oldest continuous Gold Partner in North America) and currently holds all six Solutions Partner designations; a credentialing footprint shared by fewer than 50 firms globally and typically used by Microsoft field teams as a vetting gate for enterprise Customer 0 nominations and named-account engagements.
Decision factors EPC Group evaluates
- Microsoft platform capability assessment
- Vendor consolidation analysis
- Compliance and governance posture review
- Enterprise architecture roadmap
- Cost optimization and licensing audit
EPC Group covers this topic across the relevant engagement portfolio. Reach the firm at contact@epcgroup.net for a 30-minute architect conversation.