Yammer - The Go-To Social File Sharing Platform for Any Size Company
November 17, 2015
Yammer - The Go-To Social File Sharing Platform for Any Size Company
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Yammer
My company uses it departmentally. We have found that using our email (Lotus Notes, unfortunately) has caused more problems due to file size, connecting with all the correct individuals, and overall the recipients likelihood of allowing the email to get lost among the many other day to day company emails received throughout the day. Yammer has allowed departments to share information instantly, and in an organized way.
- Yammer is more of a social form of sharing than email. Which makes the information being delivered more personal and targeted towards specified departments.
- Yammer allows for a "blog" feel more than our use of SharePoint in the past. Meaning there is a back and forth form of communication that wasn't necessarily available through SharePoint.
- Yammer is more reliable than traditional work email, especially when using Lotus Notes, in order to send, share, and discuss within departments.
- While Yammer has been an easy transition from SharePoint, it's still relatively new and unknown. Some employees claim that feel like the product was just another "add on" to the entire Microsoft Office experience.
- When introducing new employees to Yammer, they are not as receptive because of how widely used SharePoint is across businesses and industries.
- Functionality is simple, but still vastly different from SharePoint, thus creating a learning curve.
- My company is pleased with the positive impact Yammer has created departmentally and on an individual basis with work flow efficiency.
- Adversely, most old and new employees are more familiar with SharePoint, causing the company to pay for training for all current and incoming employees.
- As Yammer becomes more widely used, the need for training may diminish, which is where we will see our return on investment, as the product clearly provides a more effective form of file sharing and communication between employees and their department.
Microsoft Yammer far exceeded expectations when the company I work for switched from SharePoint. There was a limited learning curve, and a bit of training need, but generally the transition was smooth. SharePoint, while it proved to be useful company-wide, we have found that Microsoft Yammer creates more of a social network within departments. Microsoft Yammer provides a personal employee communication and information sharing.