M365 Changelog: Experience improvements to the Topic Card

MC305101 – The Topic card will now expand to read longer descriptions, show the job title for contacts, and navigate in-context with the Live Persona Card. These improvements will help users stay in-context with their flow of work.

Features coming to the Topic card:

  • More action appears to expand a long description
  • Job title appears as additional information for the people listed
  • Tapping on a person navigates to in-context to the Live Persona card

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82175.

When this will happen:

Microsoft expects to begin rolling this out in early January and expect the rollout to be completed by mid-January.

How this will affect your organization:

This change will positively impact end users using the Viva Topic card in SharePoint Modern pages, as it is an improvement for usability.

What you need to do to prepare:

No action required.