MS-900 Describe Microsoft 365 apps and services Practice Question
An organization wants to provide employees with a personalized news feed from internal and external sources. Which Microsoft 365 app should they use?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many exam-takers confuse Microsoft Viva Insights (which sounds like it provides personalized content) with Viva Engage, or they assume SharePoint’s news web part can aggregate external sources, but SharePoint lacks the social feed and external aggregation capabilities that Viva Engage offers.
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Microsoft Viva Engage
Microsoft Viva Engage (formerly Yammer) is the correct app because it provides a personalized news feed that aggregates content from both internal sources (e.g., company announcements, community posts) and external sources (e.g., RSS feeds, external news). It enables employees to discover relevant updates in a social-style feed, aligning with the requirement for a unified internal and external news experience.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Microsoft Viva Insights
Why it's wrong here
Microsoft Viva Insights is a workforce analytics platform that uses Microsoft Graph data to provide personal and organizational productivity insights, such as focus time, meeting habits, and collaboration patterns. It is not designed to deliver a personalized news feed; its purpose is to analyze and improve work patterns, so it does not satisfy the requirement for a social news feed.
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Microsoft Viva Engage
Why this is correct
Microsoft Viva Engage is the correct answer because it provides an employee experience platform with a social news feed that aggregates posts, stories, and updates from internal communities and external sources. Built on Yammer, it delivers a personalized feed of relevant news, conversations, and leadership messages directly within Microsoft 365. This matches the organization's need to provide employees with personalized news.
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Microsoft Stream
Why it's wrong here
Microsoft Stream is an enterprise video hosting and sharing service within Microsoft 365, designed for uploading, organizing, and streaming recorded meetings, training videos, and other multimedia content. It does not aggregate or personalize textual or social news items, nor does it provide a feed of posts from various sources. Therefore, it is not appropriate for delivering a personal news feed.
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Microsoft SharePoint
Why it's wrong here
Microsoft SharePoint is a document management and collaboration platform that hosts intranet sites, pages, lists, and content libraries. While SharePoint sites can display news web parts, those are per-site updates that site owners publish, not a personalized cross-tenant news feed from internal and external sources. Its core role is content management and collaboration, not social news aggregation.
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Key term
Viva
Viva is a Microsoft 365 employee experience platform that helps organizations connect, engage, and develop their workforce through personalized insights, communications, and learning tools.
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Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 is a subscription-based cloud service from Microsoft that combines productivity tools like Office apps with security, device management, and online storage.
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