Disable SharePoint News notifications in Teams
Symptoms
You see many notifications in Microsoft Teams about News that's posted to Microsoft SharePoint sites. These notifications link to the Microsoft Viva Connections app in Teams.
Cause
The Viva Connections app delivers notifications in Teams about SharePoint News posts. The notifications link to the Viva Connections app, where you can read the News items.
Because of a recent update, the Viva Connections app is now preinstalled for all Teams users. Therefore, you now receive notifications about SharePoint News when:
- News is published to a SharePoint team site or a communication site that you follow or that someone who works closely with you follows.
- News that's targeted to you is boosted.
- Someone comments on a new News item that you posted.
- Someone "Likes" a News item that you posted.
- Someone is @mentioned in a comment on a News item that you posted.
Workaround
Viva Connections notifications follow the Teams notification settings, including the Quiet Hours settings.
You can control which notifications you want to receive in the following manner:
- On Teams desktop and in Teams on the web, you can selectively enable or disable specific notification types under Settings > Notifications and activity > Apps > Viva Connections. These settings are also respected on Teams mobile.
- On Teams mobile, you can't selectively enable or disable notifications. However, you can toggle all push notifications (including Viva Connections) in the Teams mobile app under Settings > Notifications > General Activity > Apps on Teams. Even after you disable the notifications, they're still visible in the Teams activity feed.
Note
There is no organization-wide method for an administrator to control Viva Connections notifications.