{"id":14921,"date":"2026-02-11T09:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/?p=14921"},"modified":"2026-02-11T09:06:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:06:41","slug":"mc1230453-retirement-of-include-attachments-and-include-external-networks-options-for-data-export-in-viva-engage-admin-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/2026-02-11-mc1230453-retirement-of-include-attachments-and-include-external-networks-options-for-data-export-in-viva-engage-admin-center","title":{"rendered":"MC1230453 | Retirement of \u201cInclude attachments\u201d and \u201cInclude external networks\u201d options for data export in Viva Engage Admin Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<hr>\n<table id=\"section\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th width=\"95%\">MC1230453 | Retirement of \u201cInclude attachments\u201d and \u201cInclude external networks\u201d options for data export in Viva Engage Admin Center<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<table id=\"data\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Classification<\/th>\n<td>planForChange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Last Updated<\/th>\n<td>02\/10\/2026 23:04:54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Start Time<\/th>\n<td>02\/10\/2026 23:04:15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>End Time<\/th>\n<td>04\/15\/2026 07:00:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Message Content<\/th>\n<td>\n<p><b>[Introduction]<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>To reduce confusion and align the data export experience with <b>Viva Engage networks operating in native mode<\/b>, we\u2019re retiring two legacy options from the data export experience in the Viva Engage admin center. These options only applied to  <b>legacy Yammer networks<\/b> and are not applicable to Viva Engage networks in native mode. Removing them simplifies the admin experience and aligns exports with how data is stored and accessed today.<\/p>\n<p><b>[When this will happen:]<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<ul>  <\/p>\n<li><b>March 13, 2026<\/b>: The <b>\u201cInclude attachments\u201d<\/b> and <b>\u201cInclude external networks\u201d<\/b> options will be retired (removed) from the Viva Engage admin center data export UI.<\/li>\n<p>  <\/ul>\n<p><b>[How this affects your organization:]<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:20px\"><b>Who is affected:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left:40px\">  <\/p>\n<li>Admins who manage data exports in the Viva Engage admin center<\/li>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<li>Organizations with legacy Yammer networks or modern external Viva Engage networks<\/li>\n<p>  <\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-left:20px\"><b>What will happen:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left:40px\">  <\/p>\n<li><b>File attachments<\/b><br \/> \n<ul>  <\/p>\n<li>Data exports will continue to include SharePoint file links for attached files.<\/li>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<li>Admins who need the actual files must download them directly from the SharePoint location referenced by the link in the export.<\/li>\n<p>  <\/ul>\n<p>  <\/li>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<li><b>External networks<\/b><br \/> \n<ul>  <\/p>\n<li>Admins must sign in to each modern external network and initiate the export from within that network.<\/li>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<li>You can\u2019t export data from a modern external network while signed into a different or home network.<\/li>\n<p>  <\/ul>\n<p>  <\/li>\n<p>  <\/ul>\n<p><b>[What you can do to prepare:]<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<ul>  <\/p>\n<li>Review any scheduled or documented export procedures that reference:<br \/> \n<ul>  <\/p>\n<li><b>\u201cInclude attachments\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<li><b>\u201cInclude external networks\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<p>  <\/ul>\n<p>  <\/li>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<li>For attachments, ensure that teams responsible for eDiscovery, compliance, or export workflows understand that:<br \/> \n<ul>  <\/p>\n<li>Exports contain SharePoint links for files.<\/li>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<li>Files must be retrieved directly from SharePoint using those links.<\/li>\n<p>  <\/ul>\n<p>  <\/li>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<li>For external networks, ensure admins understand they must:<br \/> \n<ul>  <\/p>\n<li>Sign in to each modern external network individually.<\/li>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<li>Trigger exports separately for each network.<\/li>\n<p>  <\/ul>\n<p>  <\/li>\n<p>  <\/ul>\n<p>Learn more:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/\/viva\/engage\/configure-your-viva-engage-network\/modern-external-networks\">Set up modern external Viva Engage networks | Microsoft Learn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/rest\/api\/yammer\/network-data-export\" target=\"_blank\">Network Data Export API | Microsoft Learn<\/a><\/li>\n<p>  <\/ul>\n<p><b>[Compliance considerations:]<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MC1230453 | Retirement of \u201cInclude attachments\u201d and \u201cInclude external networks\u201d options for data export in Viv [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}