Community

Last updated Oct 17, 2026 Inventory

AI summary

Viva Engage communities in your tenant are inventoried in Rencore Governance, with properties tracked including member count, activity metrics, risk scores, and links to associated Microsoft 365 groups and SharePoint sites. You configure the scanning frequency (from daily to monthly or never) to determine how often the system updates this inventory data.

All Viva Engage communities in your tenant

Part of the Viva Engage inventory.

In Rencore Governance

Scan settings

Default scanning interval	Allowed scanning intervals	Data removal during incremental scan
Monthly	Daily, Weekly, Bi-Weekly, Monthly, Never, Initial	No

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Automation placeholder
Initially Scanned	DateTime	Shows when this object was initially found in a scan.	`{{Community.CreatedTime}}`
Description	String	Optional description of the community	`{{Community.Description}}`
Display Name	String		`{{Community.DisplayName}}`
Group	Group	Group associated to the Community	`{{Community.Group}}`
Group Id	String	The unique identifier for the group	`{{Community.GroupId}}`
Group Name	String	Name of the group associated to the Community	`{{Community.GroupName}}`
Id	String	The unique identifier for the community	`{{Community.Id}}`
Last Activity Date	DateTime	Date of last activity in the community (e.g. last message posted)	`{{Community.LastActivityDate}}`
Last scan update	DateTime	Shows when this object was last updated in a scan. If an object is found during a scan but no property has been changed this date will not change.	`{{Community.LastModifiedTime}}`
Liked Count	Int32	Number of messages liked in the community in the report period	`{{Community.LikedCount}}`
Member Count	Int32	Number of members in the community in the report period	`{{Community.MemberCount}}`
Posted Count	Int32	Number of messages posted in the community in the report period	`{{Community.PostedCount}}`
Privacy	String	The visibility of the group and community Allowed values: Private, Public.	`{{Community.Privacy}}`
Read Count	Int32	Number of messages read in the community in the report period	`{{Community.ReadCount}}`
Risk Score	Int32	Stores risk score	`{{Community.RiskScore}}`
Risk Score Update	DateTime	Stores risk score update	`{{Community.RiskScoreLastUpdate}}`
Risk Score Value	String	Stores risk score value like Low_Low	`{{Community.RiskScoreValue}}`
SharePoint Site Collection	Site collection	SharePoint Site Collection of the Community	`{{Community.SpSite}}`
SharePoint Site Collection Name	String	SharePoint Site Collection of the Community	`{{Community.SpSiteName}}`

Relations

Relation	Connector	Description
Group	Microsoft 365	All Entra ID groups in your Tenant (Security groups, Microsoft 365 groups)
User	Microsoft 365	Members of the Community
User	Microsoft 365	Owners of the Community
Site collection	SharePoint	All SharePoint site collections in your tenant

Segments

This object does currently not have any segments.

Actions

This object does currently not have any actions.

Policy	Severity	Description
Viva Engage communities without members	Information	Shows Viva Engage Communities that have no members

Frequently asked questions

What is the community object in Rencore Governance?

All Viva Engage communities in your tenant. Community is an object type in the Viva Engage inventory of Rencore Governance.

Which properties does Rencore Governance collect for community?

Rencore Governance collects 19 properties for Community, such as Initially Scanned, Description, Display Name and 16 more.

Which policies check community objects?

1 built-in policy checks Community objects, such as Viva Engage communities without members.

How often is community scanned?

By default monthly. You can change the scan interval of Community objects under Configure objects (daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, never or initial (collected once)). The interval is a target, not a guarantee: a scan can run later than planned.

Which module includes the Viva Engage connector?

The Viva Engage connector is part of the Digital Workplace module of Rencore Governance, which every Plan includes. The connector is generally available.

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