Yammer Overview
Yammer is an employee communication platform within Microsoft Viva Engage. It enables organizational connections through communities and conversations.
Use Cases
Customers recommend Collaboration, Engagement Management, Communication Management, as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied with while using Yammer.
Business Priorities
Improve Internal Communications and Scale Best Practices are the most popular business priorities that customers and associates have achieved using Yammer.
Yammer Use-Cases and Business Priorities: Customer Satisfaction Data
Yammer works with different mediums / channels such as E-Mail. and Social Media.
Yammer's features include Alerts: Popups & Notifications, Personalization, Recording, etc. and Yammer support capabilities include AI Powered, Phone Support, Email Support, etc. also Yammer analytics capabilities include Analytics, and Custom Reports.
Reviews
"We have various communities across the company, and we see people broadcasting through Yammer, email, or Teams chats asking, ‘Who knows about this offering?’ We have multiple knowledge hubs—some are Centers of Excellence or community-specific and ar...e quite valuable, whereas others are old and pollute our search results." - Doug Stalter
Peer review evidence (same sources as the product rating summary)
"...Social Network collaboration makes very simple and easy to monitor the status of teammates...." Peer review by Veeresh S, Test Engineer
"...Offer frequent user meetings during deployment to engage, explore and share experiences with the product...." Peer review by Chris O, Sr. Specialist, Operations Integrity (Petroleum Services)
"...Every time we had to send messages to groups of other apps and it was very complicated...." Peer review by DIEGO F, TAX SECTOR ANALYST
Yammer, Claromentis, Zapnito, Simpplr, Mural, etc., all belong to a category of solutions that help Team Collaboration. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.
Popular Business Setting
for Yammer
Top Industries
- Information Technology and Services
- Education
- Computer Software
Popular in
- Large Enterprise
- Mid Market
- Enterprise
Yammer is popular in Information Technology And Services, Education, and Computer Software and is widely used by Large Enterprise, Mid Market, and Enterprise.
Yammer Customer wins, Customer success stories, Case studies
What makes Yammer ideal for Collaboration?
How can Yammer optimize your Engagement Management Workflow?
How does Yammer address your Communication Management Challenges?
What benefits does Yammer offer for Content Management?
How can Yammer optimize your Knowledge Management Workflow?
11 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well Yammer solved their Team Collaboration needs. Cuspera uses 6816 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific Team Collaboration needs.
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We have various communities across the company, and we see people broadcasting through Yammer, email, or Teams chats asking, ‘Who knows about this offering?’ We have multiple knowledge hubs—some are Centers of Excellence or community-specific and are quite valuable, whereas others are old and pollu...te our search results. |
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After shelter-in-place restrictions were adopted worldwide in response to COVID-19, the number of Teams users shot up sixfold to more than 100,000. We set new numerical targets to shift the center of gravity from one-way communications via email to bidirectional communications within teams or proje...cts. |
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Microsoft Viva Insights gives us the ability to look across all areas of the company and understand how we can deliver better work experiences for our associates. Testimonial By Roger Cude |
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Doug Stalter Senior Solution Architect Avanade |
We have various communities across the company, and we see people broadcasting through Yammer, email, or Teams chats asking, ‘Who knows about this offering?’ We have multiple knowledge hubs—some are Centers of Excellence or community-specific and are quite valuable, whereas others are old and pollu...te our search results. |
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Keisuke Goto Systems Platform Department Manager, Corporate IT Strategy Division Mitsubishi Electric |
After shelter-in-place restrictions were adopted worldwide in response to COVID-19, the number of Teams users shot up sixfold to more than 100,000. We set new numerical targets to shift the center of gravity from one-way communications via email to bidirectional communications within teams or proje...cts. |
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Roger Cude Senior Vice President, Human Resources Humana |
Microsoft Viva Insights gives us the ability to look across all areas of the company and understand how we can deliver better work experiences for our associates. Testimonial By Roger Cude |
Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)
for Yammer
What is Yammer?
Yammer is an enterprise social networking platform for employees to connect and communicate across their organization.
It provides the ability to connect and engage with employees within the organization. It can deliver live and on-demand events and share rich social experiences to Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and other Office 365 apps. It allows employees to share, create, and edit files directly from Yammer conversations within the Office for the web. It comes with web as well as mobile app.
It uses virtual office and can be integrated with Microsoft sharepoint for creating social layer across all enterprise applications.
What is Yammer used for?
What are the top features of Yammer?
Who uses Yammer?
What are Yammer alternatives?
Where is Yammer located?
Peers used Yammer for collaboration and engagement management
Yammer Competitors
Yammer Features
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| FEATURE | RATINGS AND REVIEWS |
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| AI Powered | Read Reviews (64) |
| Analytics | Read Reviews (158) |
| Custom Reports | Read Reviews (349) |
| CAPABILITIES | RATINGS AND REVIEWS |
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| AI Powered | Read Reviews (64) |
| Analytics | Read Reviews (158) |
| Custom Reports | Read Reviews (349) |
Yammer Integrations
Yammer integrates with a wide range of software applications through its robust data import and export capabilities.
Few API Integrations for Yammer
Software Failure Risk Guidance
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Overall Risk Meter
Top Failure Risks for Yammer
Microsoft Corporation News
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Launches mobile digital lab in partnership with Microsoft
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, in partnership with Microsoft and South Africa's Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, launched a Mobile Digital Lab at the Royal Bafokeng Institute. This initiative aims to enhance digital skills and economic opportunities through Microsoft certifications and training in AI and digital literacy, focusing on Microsoft 365, Teams, and Power Platform. The lab supports digital inclusion and economic participation in underserved communities.
Scammers are sending phishing emails from a real Microsoft address
Scammers are exploiting a legitimate Microsoft email address, [email protected], to send phishing emails. This address, typically used for 2FA codes and notifications, has been compromised, making it difficult to detect fraudulent messages. Users are advised to verify any Microsoft account warnings directly through official websites or apps. Microsoft is investigating the incident.
Microsoft Revises OpenAI Partnership With New Terms
Microsoft and OpenAI have revised their partnership, altering commercial and technological terms to enhance flexibility. Microsoft remains OpenAI's primary cloud partner, with OpenAI products debuting on Azure unless unsupported. OpenAI can now offer its products on other clouds. Microsoft retains non-exclusive access to OpenAI's models until 2032. Financial terms have changed, ending Microsoft's revenue share to OpenAI, while OpenAI continues payments to Microsoft. The collaboration persists in areas like data centers and AI applications.
Microsoft Corporation Profile
Company Name
Microsoft Corporation
Company Website
https://www.microsoft.com/en-usYear Founded
1975
HQ Location
Redmond, WA
Employees
10001+
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Financials
IPO
