Microsoft Viva Insights: Is Active filter no longer applied by default in new Advanced Insights queries

🚨 The Signal: Viva Insights will no longer default to filtering 'Is Active' users in new Advanced Insights queries. This change requires analysts to explicitly select active users, improving accuracy for Copilot and behavioral analytics by preventing unintentional data exclusion.

The Impact

Viva Insights analysts are affected, with a low security risk related to data interpretation accuracy.

• Viva Insights analysts: Risk of misinterpreting Copilot adoption due to unfiltered data.
• Report authors: Potential for inaccurate behavioral analytics if 'Is Active' is not applied.
• Organizations using Copilot metrics: Risk of skewed usage statistics without explicit filtering.

The Action

1. Review existing Viva Insights Custom Query – Person queries to understand current 'Is Active' filter usage.
2. Communicate to Viva Insights analysts that 'Is Active' will no longer be default for new queries.
3. Update internal documentation for Viva Insights query creation to include explicit 'Is Active' selection guidance.
4. Validate Copilot and behavioral analytics reports after August 2026 to ensure data accuracy.

Domain: Other · Impact: low · Workload: Other