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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 systems…

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Good Social media tool at enterprise-level

Rating: 8 out of 10
February 24, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Our organization uses it as a social media tool for collaborations, announcements, and staying connected. The product solves the requirement of a secure social platform within...
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Asad Khan
Professional - Engineering
Systems Solution Architect
Ericsson
Microsoft Yammer3 years of experience
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The use of Microsoft Yammer in our organization

Rating: 7 out of 10
December 17, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We uses Microsoft Yammer to enhance internal communication, faster collaboration, and share knowledge across teams and departments. This platform helps streamline project upda...
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Verified user
Engineer
Microsoft Yammer5 years of experience

Yammer is great!

Rating: 8 out of 10
December 20, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We struggle in a remote posture to get to know each other in a friendly and meaningful way. We use Yammer internally to get to know each other, and share funny pictures, recip...
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Daniel Ryave
Professional - Corporate
Consultant
Booz Allen Hamilton
Microsoft Yammer3 years of experience

Thank you!!!!

Rating: 8 out of 10
December 8, 2022
Vetted ReviewVerified User
Our organization uses Yammer for both impromptu meetings and scheduled conference calls. The ease and accountability with which every conversation can be documented and unders...
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Mike Reilly
Administrator - Human Resources
Risk Claims Management Specialist
North Clackamas School District
Microsoft Yammer1 year of experience

Yammer Makes the World Go Round

Rating: 10 out of 10
June 30, 2022
Vetted ReviewVerified User
Yammer has been at Manhattan Associates for over 2 years. It is used across the globe and across all departments so that we can work more effectively and efficiently. Key init...
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Dawn Gartin
Program Manager - Information Technology
Collaboration Manager
Manhattan Associates
Microsoft Yammer1 year of experience
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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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  • 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

5.6
Avg 7.7

Communication

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

8.1
Avg 8.0

File Sharing & Management

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

6.8
Avg 7.9
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Product Details

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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 Internal knowledgebase highest, with a score of 9.4.

The most common users of Microsoft Yammer are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Yammer is the way to go!

Rating: 10 out of 10
August 19, 2015
VT
Vivian Thacker
Productivity Consultant
Eastman Chemical Company (Chemicals, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft Yammer
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Yammer is being used throughout our entire company.

Yammer gives us the ability to break down communication silos throughout our organizations and allow everyone to have a 'voice' whether you are in upper management or on the production floor. Yammer also gives us the ability to collaborate anytime, anywhere through their easy to use mobile apps.
Pros
  • Yammer offers a mobile app. This gives our employees an opportunity to review documents and collaborate on those documents anywhere at anytime.
  • Yammer provides a user interface that is very easy to use. Not only is the interface easy to use, but it is very similar to Facebook. Therefore, there is very little training that needs to occur with the user population.
  • Yammer offers an excellent user community called the YCN (Yammer Community Network). Once you become a member of this network, you can ask any question and a response is delivered within minutes. This is especially valuable when you may not understand certain features/functionality that Microsoft has delivered. The community has experts that are extremely helpful.
Cons
  • An area of opportunity is within the Yammer analytics. Yammer does offer a dashboard type view for basic analytics, but this needs to be improved upon in order for companies to obtain better usage statistics.
  • Another opportunity for improvement is with the mobile apps. While Microsoft is continuing to make improvements within the mobile environment, certain functionality can only be performed within the browser.
Likelihood to Recommend
I can't think of a specific scenario where Yammer would not be beneficial. In order to be successful in deploying Yammer, one recommendation would be to utilize Microsoft's CSM (Customer Service Managers). They were instrumental in their valuable advice/suggestions and rollout of Yammer on a global basis. The CSM's were willing to work with our core team on a bi-weekly basis and perform site visits on specific occasions in order to make sure our implementation was a success.

Yammer Makes the World Go Round

Rating: 10 out of 10
June 30, 2022
DG
Dawn Gartin
Collaboration Manager
Manhattan Associates (Computer Software, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft Yammer
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Yammer has been at Manhattan Associates for over 2 years. It is used across the globe and across all departments so that we can work more effectively and efficiently. Key initiatve to break down silos, help departments work together, find answers when we don't always know who to ask.
Pros
  • Easy to set up, easy to work with, each to use. Not much of a learning curve, which makes it easy to get rolling in your organization.
  • Works with text, photos, videos, files.
  • In the cloud, and on mobile.
Cons
  • Would be helpful to edit a post once it's been published (correcting typos, adding a few more sentences rather than start another post)
  • Mobile app is good, but not as robust of an experience with critical needs such as "search" and accessing Yammer Notes
  • When files are uploaded, there is no way to organize/view them say by alphabetical title, author, etc.
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited to have one place for many people to collaborate and contribute. Project teams can use it as a online repository, hold discussions that people can get to on their time, reduce the need for distribution list email blasts, give public praise to team members.

Yammer - Business use evaluation

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
August 04, 2017
Verified User
Director in Corporate
Financial Services Company, 11-50 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft Yammer
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Whole business used Microsoft Yammer to address the most effective way to manage communications in the business and to also act as a central data access point.
Pros
  • Great way to manage an internal contact directory.
  • Permissioned access to sensitive information/groups.
  • Great comms tool with discussions threads and social interaction interface which is user friendly.
  • Useful central storage solution for document sharing.
Cons
  • Mobile app not very user friendly.
Likelihood to Recommend
See value use cases ["Pros"] in relation to centralised comms, restricted access and file sharing.

YAMMER - alone in the market .

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
December 21, 2017
TG
TARUN GUPTA
Solutions Architect
Nokia (Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft Yammer
3 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Yes, we in Nokia use Yammer as a centralized tool for discussions. Since it also provides the cloud storage, you can access from laptop/Mobile while you are traveling and be connected to all the staff you are in the loop with. GREAT tool and innovation from Microsoft.
Pros
  • Cloud Storage
  • Access from anywhere
  • Outlook Integration, important for Calenders
  • Centralized management
Cons
  • Visibility
  • Improvement in the user interface
  • Need to do out of the box
Likelihood to Recommend
Discussions within the company. Yammer allows employees to have an internal public discussion which may sometimes violate the internal policies of an organization. It offers cloud-based discussion which means you are always connected no matter where you are in the world. Need to get attention from the public since there are many players already in the market doing the same.

Yet another "space" across the organization

Rating: 3 out of 10
Incentivized
October 12, 2018
IP
Ilya Popovich
QA Test Lead
Action-MCFR Mediagroup (Information Services, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Microsoft Yammer
2 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
As a part of Microsoft 365 subscription Yammer is using across the whole organization.
Marketing, HR and some other departments are not into another "team messagers", so through Yammer all departments can be notified with a important / interesting information. Yammer provides an effective way of communication in both small and large groups of people at one time. It's kinda like a company's "Facebook"
Pros
  • Office365 content is shared with others
  • Communication across the whole organization
  • Acccess to private content
  • Outlook integration
Cons
  • UI is old
  • UX is not perfect
  • Mobile app is not user friendly
Likelihood to Recommend
It has no impact on staff performance and even evades our attention. Tech staff is using different apps, so this is yet another messager for them - almost total ignorance of using this solution.
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