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.

Other use cases:

  • Content Management
  • Knowledge Management
  • Sales Document Management
  • Social Media Management
  • Product Marketing
  • Training & Onboarding
  • Helpdesk Management
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Business Priorities

Improve Internal Communications and Scale Best Practices are the most popular business priorities that customers and associates have achieved using Yammer.

Other priorities:

  • Enhance Customer Relationships
  • Acquire Customers
  • Launch New Products
  • Grow Market Share
  • Improve Visibility
  • Improve Stakeholder Relations
  • Improve Digital And Social Presence
  • Establish Thought Leadership
  • Build Brand Awareness
  • Improve Brand Engagement
  • Improve Efficiency
  • Improve ROI
  • Increase Sales & Revenue
  • Manage Risk
  • Shorten Ramp Up Time
  • Enter New Markets Internationally Or Locally
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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)

"...You may feel excited if you never used any collaboration tools and are not on Facebook...." Peer review by Jerry H., Project Manager, Computer Software
"...It has definitely helped employees engage and bond with other co-workers!. Yammer needs an effective administrative team / passionate user base...." Peer review by Joshua M, Corporate Trainee, Marketing and Advertising
"...Also you can publish poll for a particular group or for all company...." Peer review by Jose B, Encargado de Soporte, Computer Software

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

How can Yammer enhance your Collaboration process?

How does Yammer facilitate Engagement Management?

How can Yammer enhance your Communication Management process?

What solutions does Yammer provide for Content Management?

How does Yammer facilitate Knowledge Management?

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.

CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
Yammer testimonial

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.

Testimonial By Doug Stalter
Yammer testimonial

Erik Passchier

Global Head of IT Infrastructure

Rabobank

Going with a best-of-platform security approach from Microsoft was the right choice because of the rapid innovation across the platform. Testimonial By Erik Passchier
Yammer testimonial

Joshua Motsuenyane

CIO

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA)

We’re now able to get these different customer engagement, security, and analytics modules within the same 3-in-1 platform. Testimonial By Joshua Motsuenyane
CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
Yammer testimonial

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.

Testimonial By Doug Stalter
Yammer testimonial

Erik Passchier

Global Head of IT Infrastructure

Rabobank

Going with a best-of-platform security approach from Microsoft was the right choice because of the rapid innovation across the platform. Testimonial By Erik Passchier
Yammer testimonial

Joshua Motsuenyane

CIO

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA)

We’re now able to get these different customer engagement, security, and analytics modules within the same 3-in-1 platform. Testimonial By Joshua Motsuenyane
 

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What buyers ask before choosing 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?

Yammer is a Team Collaboration Software mainly used by its customers to Improve Internal Communications and Scale Best Practices by Collaboration, Engagement Management and Communication Management .

What are the top features of Yammer?

Alerts: popups & Notifications, Personalization and Recording are some of the top features of Yammer.

Who uses Yammer?

Yammer is used by Information Technology And Services, Education and Computer Software among other industries.

What are Yammer alternatives?

Claromentis, Zapnito, Simpplr and Mural are popular alternatives for Yammer.

Where is Yammer located?

Yammer is headquartered at Redmond, WA.
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Peers used Yammer for collaboration and engagement management

Yammer Features

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FEATURE RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

4.87/5

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Analytics

4.80/5

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Custom Reports

3.49/5

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CAPABILITIES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

4.87/5

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Analytics

4.80/5

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Custom Reports

3.49/5

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Microsoft Corporation Profile

Company Name

Microsoft Corporation

Year Founded

1975

HQ Location

Redmond, WA

Employees

10001+

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Financials

IPO