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Microsoft Yammer

Overview

What is Microsoft Yammer?

Yammer is used for private communication within organizations or between organizational members and pre-designated groups, making it an example of enterprise social software. It originally launched as an enterprise microblogging service and now has applications on several different operating systems…

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Recent Reviews

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8 out of 10
December 08, 2022
Our organization uses Yammer for both impromptu meetings and scheduled conference calls. The ease and accountability with which every …
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9 out of 10
September 08, 2022
Our company has been using this product as it encourages employees to not be distracted by other social networks. It keeps the work and …
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Yammer Review Recap

8 out of 10
May 21, 2021
MS Yammer is currently utilized at my organization to ease interdepartmental communications between various users.
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Discussions (42)
    9.0
    90%
  • Chat (39)
    8.5
    85%
  • Notifications (43)
    8.3
    83%
  • Mobile Access (38)
    7.2
    72%
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Pricing

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What is Microsoft Yammer?

Yammer is used for private communication within organizations or between organizational members and pre-designated groups, making it an example of enterprise social software. It originally launched as an enterprise microblogging service and now has applications on several different operating…

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  • No setup fee

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  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Demos

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Features

Project Management

Project management software provides capabilities to streamline management of complex projects through task management, team collaboration and workflow automation

7.8
Avg 7.8

Communication

Features that allow team members to communicate about collaborative projects and keep each other informed of their opinions and progress.

7.8
Avg 8.0

File Sharing & Management

Features that allow collaborators to view, work on, and organize files.

8.4
Avg 8.1
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Product Details

What is Microsoft Yammer?

Microsoft Yammer Integrations

Microsoft Yammer Technical Details

Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Yammer is used for private communication within organizations or between organizational members and pre-designated groups, making it an example of enterprise social software. It originally launched as an enterprise microblogging service and now has applications on several different operating systems and devices. The company was acquired by Microsoft in 2012.

Atlassian Confluence, Jive, and OpenText Vibe are common alternatives for Microsoft Yammer.

Reviewers rate Discussions and Audio files and Device sync highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of Microsoft Yammer are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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Jennifer Lamas | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The company uses Yammer as a social network only in some departments that are involved, to be able to share projects and among all the people involved to share the experience, solutions to problems if they arise or simply to give opinions about it.
  • It works to find solutions quickly to problems that arise in a project or work that is performed
  • The people involved can comment and give opinions to projects and shared documents
  • All the work team that is involved can be kept informed
  • As it is very similar to the social networks that are currently used, it is very easy to use for all users
  • It helps you reduce time in those meetings later and are not boring as the conversations are more interactive through Yammer
  • Without an internet connection, you can not have interaction with other co-workers
  • Only used if you have Office 365
  • Many companies install it and do not use it because it seems unhelpful
Project Management (7)
60%
6.0
Task Management
100%
10.0
Gantt Charts
20%
2.0
Scheduling
20%
2.0
Workflow Automation
40%
4.0
Mobile Access
100%
10.0
Search
100%
10.0
Visual planning tools
40%
4.0
Communication (7)
57.142857142857146%
5.7
Chat
100%
10.0
Notifications
100%
10.0
Discussions
100%
10.0
Surveys
30%
3.0
Internal knowledgebase
70%
7.0
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts
N/A
N/A
Integrates with Outlook
N/A
N/A
File Sharing & Management (8)
70%
7.0
Versioning
100%
10.0
Video files
N/A
N/A
Audio files
100%
10.0
Document collaboration
100%
10.0
Access control
100%
10.0
Advanced security features
60%
6.0
Integrates with Google Drive
N/A
N/A
Device sync
100%
10.0
  • It allows several teams of the company to work together and keep them organized
  • We can share projects and topics that we are working on in real time
  • You can create a group for each subject or for each department
  • Select what to share and with whom
  • The best thing is that it helps with the communication of the company employees and bosses since it is a communication in real time
  • Increases productivity and satisfies employees and customers
  • Helps us to reduce sent emails and printing in paper
Basically, all these applications have the same functions, to share jobs and projects in real time and have functioned very similar to social networks that are used daily such as Facebook, Instagram, and others. Yammer was chosen because it is very easy to use, fast and safe.
  • You can view the information on your mobile devices and computers
  • You have to have an internet connection to be able to communicate
Yes
The mobile interface works very well when you have data or wifi. Sometimes, when there is a lot of information, the connection gets a bit slow. You can download it in Android phones, Apple and Microsoft applications.
Because it is an excellent, fast, modern application and allows a lot of integration.
Stefano Tempesta | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use Yammer for team collaboration and document sharing. Being an international company spread over 4 regions, communication in different time zones is always a challenge. Yammer helps us making teams be in contact, collaborate on writing and reviewing documents, inform team members about news and project progress. We use groups a lot, both public and private. Groups are typically project-based or product-based. Some groups live for the duration of the project and then are archived. Other product oriented groups are open all the time as the product develops. Very useful functionality is the possibility to notify people in other groups of changes to a project or product that may impact others.
  • Document reviewing: We use a lot the functionality of versioning documents and adding comments.
  • Notification: Notify only relevant people about news and project progress, this is critical to us and it reduces clutter in our own inbox but still keeps people informed.
  • Tagging: Files and posts can be tagged and categorized for a better searchability. Over time we have built a fully structure taxonomy of tags that allows us to find information very quickly in the system.
  • Document editing is still poor. The rich text editor is far from being rich, compared to other online editors in the market.
  • Import/export of data is limited. Often we are challenged with the need for importing a massive repository of documents, from file system or SharePoint for example. When closing a group, we also need to archive all posts and documents contained.
  • Layout personalization: Very little can be changed to the layout of a Yammer site. We'd like to introduce more advanced branding of the site and increase the portal identity.
1) Is Yammer a replacement of SharePoint for enterprise collaboration and document sharing, or can the two platforms work together, and how?
2) Can I do full editing, versioning and reviewing of documents directly on Yammer, or do I still need Office-like applications for editing?
3) How robust and complete is the mobile offering?
  • Reduced waste of time and emails generated in communication among geographically disperse teams.
  • Improved searchability of information, files and discussions.
  • Feeling of being connected to the overall organization and across departments.
I wasn't involved in the selection of Yammer, but compared to Saba Social, Yammer offers overall best performance, deeper level of programmability and ease of searching information. On the converse, Yammer is less user-centric and more group-centric, so it is more challenging, compared to the Saba offering, to know what a specific person has been doing. However, the flow of posts and documents in a group feed is better structured in a Yammer group than it is in a Saba group.
Overall happy with our experience of Yammer, although integration with SharePoint is still not great, and document editing is far from being satisfactory. If document editing and versioning is a strong requirement, other tools in the market do it better. Yammer excels in the collaborative part of it, allowing quick comments and sharing of documents, tagging and notification.
No
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
I was not involved in the purchasing process, but the key factors that influenced the decision of my company to adopt Yammer for enterprise social networking were:
  1. Possibility to post news and status updates to individuals and groups
  2. Grouping of people in project teams that are close and limited in duration, or open and never-ending for conversation
  3. Reviewing and versioning of documents, with advanced taxonomy classification and search features
  4. Easy to implement and use, integrable with SharePoint (used for our intranet) and accessible from mobile devices not connected to the corporate VPN
No significant changes, the selection process was satisfactory. I would review better the mobility offering, as the current mobile apps still present limitations compared to the fully-fledged browser-based product, which we expected to be addressed by now.
Also, integration with SharePoint is still limited, despite both being Microsoft products. Expectation was to have the possibility to store documents on SharePoint, using Yammer as the collaboration interface, and to run SharePoint workflows that perform actions on Yammer. This level of integration is only achievable by using third-party tools, like our own Nintex Workflow and Nintex Live solutions.
  • Posting news and status updates
  • Uploading files
  • Tagging contributions
  • Editing documents
  • Data import/export
  • Mobile use
Yes
Limited functionality, no document editing, very different functionality from platform to platform. The app for Windows 8 is strongly limited to the news feed only to make it practically useless. There is no integration with other apps to make the experience richer (for example Office apps, or Lync/Skype for contacting people directly).
Overall easy to use and intuitive, although limited in the possibility to personalize layout and look & feel of a site. Some functionalities are not easy to use, like document editing, but some others are quick and effective (posts and tagging above all). Performance and responsiveness of the Yammer site is typically acceptable, in my experience.
September 04, 2013

Free Version of Yammer

Danielle Brigida | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • Chat feature.
  • Integrate with other programs.
  • Serve as a platform to teach new users how to use social media.
  • Make communications less formal than email.
  • No longer connects to gchat or outlook
  • Makes management more difficult in the free version
Great tool, wish they had alternate pricing structures.
  • Improving communications
  • maximizing our internal power to promote intiatives
Present.ly and a few others-- but Yammer was the best.
As long as they have a free version -- we'll use it-- and if they change the way they charge we would probably upgrade.
150
Marketing to program staff- but only about 20 people use it every day.
0
N/a
  • Internal Communications.
  • Chat for coworkers.
  • Backend Organizing.
No
n/a just the web version and what's available through the free version.
  • Don't know
We organically implemented the product
  • Self-taught
Yes.
No
We haven't implemented the paid version.
They are very eager to get us to pay.
Very easy to use and integrate
Very available
It's a simple product but it does provide value.
  • Outlook
They won't negotiate their pricing structure so it makes it unlikely for us to purchase.
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