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

"People are connecting, writing comments, voting, posting polls, learning how to use tabs and chats. My staff gain new digital skills every day." - Sergey Dunaev

Peer review evidence (same sources as the product rating summary)

"...It definitely fills a void that is present in Sharepoint, enabling the portals to be collaborative with a social aspect tied into it...." Peer review by Michael G, Business Analyst
"...We use it a lot for events and contests in the site - this drives a lot of engagement!..." Peer review by Justine C, Billing & Payment Production Validations - Business Analyst, Internet
"...Various works are done via yammer like discussion of issues people are facing in their profession work, knowledge sharing, asking for help from people regarding different technologies, different social groups created and organized accordingly, publishing and promoting news letters and events...." Peer review by Prity V, Senior System Engineer, Information Technology and Services

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 optimize your Collaboration Workflow?

What Are the key features of Yammer for Engagement Management?

Why is Yammer the best choice for Communication Management?

What benefits does Yammer offer for Content Management?

What benefits does Yammer offer for 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

Sergey Dunaev

CIO

Severstal

People are connecting, writing comments, voting, posting polls, learning how to use tabs and chats. My staff gain new digital skills every day. Testimonial By Sergey Dunaev
Yammer testimonial

Ignacio Dolz

Product Manager

ENCAMINA

Thanks to Microsoft Teams, we have developed a complete project using Teams applications (TeamsChamp and PlayQuiz) in the other side of the world. Without this technology, we could not even imagine collaborating with DCS. In this project, Microsoft Teams has been crucial for communicating among the... users and administrators. Furthermore, through a gamification campaign, we spread the knowledge among the users of Microsoft 365, Compliances and the best security practices using Azure Information Protection.

Testimonial By Ignacio Dolz
Yammer testimonial

Kemal Cetin

Global Chief Information Officer

FrieslandCampina

Microsoft 365 has been a massive enabler in helping us reach more consumers, streamlining our internal processes, and providing our employees a great environment to work. Testimonial By Kemal Cetin
CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
Yammer testimonial

Sergey Dunaev

CIO

Severstal

People are connecting, writing comments, voting, posting polls, learning how to use tabs and chats. My staff gain new digital skills every day. Testimonial By Sergey Dunaev
Yammer testimonial

Ignacio Dolz

Product Manager

ENCAMINA

Thanks to Microsoft Teams, we have developed a complete project using Teams applications (TeamsChamp and PlayQuiz) in the other side of the world. Without this technology, we could not even imagine collaborating with DCS. In this project, Microsoft Teams has been crucial for communicating among the... users and administrators. Furthermore, through a gamification campaign, we spread the knowledge among the users of Microsoft 365, Compliances and the best security practices using Azure Information Protection.

Testimonial By Ignacio Dolz
Yammer testimonial

Kemal Cetin

Global Chief Information Officer

FrieslandCampina

Microsoft 365 has been a massive enabler in helping us reach more consumers, streamlining our internal processes, and providing our employees a great environment to work. Testimonial By Kemal Cetin
 

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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?

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

Read Reviews (64)
Analytics

4.80/5

Read Reviews (158)
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

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