Item: Microsoft Yammer
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Yammer across the whole organization. It's a great tool used by a variety of teams, departments and niche interest groups to share information and build company culture. One of the great problems it solves for us is knowledge retention and sharing across the globe. If someone reads a great article or watches an impactful webinar, they are able to share it for all to see. When working on specific teams, Yammer is a great way to communicate with team members and collaborate on project work or overall team objectives.

Pros and Cons

Content sharing (across all media types)
User notifications and private messaging
Group collaboration and social elements (likes, shares, conversation threads, etc.)

Some of the GIF functionality is slow, but this is not a heavily used feature in our company.
Discovering new groups or conversation threads can be a challenge unless you know exactly what you are looking for. "Browsing" can be difficult.

Return on Investment

Great tool to retain knowledge
Great tool to quickly collaborate across the globe
Builds company culture in a positive manner which promotes employee retention

Alternatives Considered

Teams, Slack and Basecamp

Yammer, although not as strong for project management, has been a great tool to help our teams collaborate and build camaraderie across the organization.

Other Software Used

Basecamp, Slack, Skype for Business

Likelihood to Recommend

Yammer is a great tool for sharing content and knowledge across the organization in a way that captures and retains knowledge for all to see. A thread can happen between two colleagues and anyone interested or needing similar knowledge or information can follow the thread and stay informed.

Weird Name, Great Tool!

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Yammer