What is Microsoft Yammer used for?
Yammer connects leaders, communicators, and employees to build communities, share knowledge, and engage everyone. Use the Home feed to stay on top of what matters, tap into the knowledge of others, and build on existing work. Search for experts, conversations, and files.
Is Microsoft discontinuing Yammer?
On 1 January, 2017, the Yammer Enterprise service tier will be discontinued but the social network will remain available and will be integrated with Office 365 services in a number of ways.
What are the benefits of Yammer?
Six Benefits
- 1 – Increase engagement. Yammer makes it easy to post updates, generate interest and increase engagement in your company.
- 2 – Reduce e-mail noise.
- 3 – Enhance culture and build connections.
- 4 – Web and mobile apps.
- 5 – Governance and security.
- 6 – Gifs, Emojis and Memes.
What is the difference between Microsoft Teams and Yammer?
The primary difference between Yammer and Teams is the number of users who participate in discussions. Teams are limited to 10,000 users, although the overwhelming majority consist of just a handful. In Yammer, as many users as needed can join a group, extending the possibility to communicate across the entire company.
Is Yammer still used?
Yammer is still available as a web page and a mobile client app, but if people are spending their time in Teams or in Outlook or SharePoint, they can access Yammer there too.
What is the best way to use Yammer?
Check out these tips:
- Tell people you’re on Yammer and how much you like it.
- Welcome newcomers as they join.
- Post links and articles that others will be interested in viewing.
- Post project files for easy access and let users know they are available.
- Poll people on important topics.
Can Yammer be used as a discussion board?
Yes, Yammer can definitely be used for this purpose, and as @Kevin Crossman mentioned, this is actually what I spoke about at Ignite.