Yammer Overview

Yammer is an employee communication platform within Microsoft Viva Engage. It enables organizational connections through communities and conversations.

Use Cases

Customers recommend Collaboration, Engagement Management, Communication Management, as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied with while using Yammer.

Other use cases:

  • Content Management
  • Knowledge Management
  • Sales Document Management
  • Social Media Management
  • Product Marketing
  • Training & Onboarding
  • Helpdesk Management
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Business Priorities

Improve Internal Communications and Scale Best Practices are the most popular business priorities that customers and associates have achieved using Yammer.

Other priorities:

  • Enhance Customer Relationships
  • Acquire Customers
  • Launch New Products
  • Grow Market Share
  • Improve Visibility
  • Improve Stakeholder Relations
  • Improve Digital And Social Presence
  • Establish Thought Leadership
  • Build Brand Awareness
  • Improve Brand Engagement
  • Improve Efficiency
  • Improve ROI
  • Increase Sales & Revenue
  • Manage Risk
  • Shorten Ramp Up Time
  • Enter New Markets Internationally Or Locally
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Yammer Use-Cases and Business Priorities: Customer Satisfaction Data

Yammer works with different mediums / channels such as E-Mail. and Social Media.

Yammer's features include Alerts: Popups & Notifications, Personalization, Recording, etc. and Yammer support capabilities include AI Powered, Phone Support, Email Support, etc. also Yammer analytics capabilities include Analytics, and Custom Reports.

Reviews

"Not only did we create $250,000 savings using Microsoft Endpoint Manager as part of our Microsoft 365 stack, we now provide a better experience for our clinicians with a streamlined login for all their applications, regardless of the platform. It’s ...a great win-win for us in an area that we wouldn’t have been able to address otherwise, and our Microsoft security consolidation saves us $865,000 all up." - Keith Blanchard

Yammer, Claromentis, Zapnito, Simpplr, Mural, etc., all belong to a category of solutions that help Team Collaboration. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

Popular Business Setting

for Yammer

Top Industries

  • Information Technology and Services
  • Education
  • Computer Software

Popular in

  • Large Enterprise
  • Mid Market
  • Enterprise

Yammer is popular in Information Technology And Services, Education, and Computer Software and is widely used by Large Enterprise, Mid Market, and Enterprise.

Comprehensive Insights on Yammer Use Cases

How does Yammer facilitate Collaboration?

How can Yammer optimize your Engagement Management Workflow?

How does Yammer facilitate Communication Management?

Why is Yammer the best choice for Content Management?

Why is Yammer the best choice for Knowledge Management?

53+ more Business Use Cases

11 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well Yammer solved their Team Collaboration needs. Cuspera uses 6816 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific Team Collaboration needs.

Customer Testimonials

CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
Yammer testimonial

Keith Blanchard

Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Amedisys
Not only did we create $250,000 savings using Microsoft Endpoint Manager as part of our Microsoft 365 stack, we now provide a better experience for our clinicians with a streamlined login for all their applications, regardless of the platform. It’s a great win-win for us in an area that we wouldn’t... have been able to address otherwise, and our Microsoft security consolidation saves us $865,000 all up.

Testimonial By Keith Blanchard
Yammer testimonial

Matthew Smith

Manager of Content and PR

Capitec
Teams has made our meeting culture even more effective than it was before. Testimonial By Matthew Smith
Yammer testimonial

Keisuke Goto

Systems Platform Department Manager, Corporate IT Strategy Division

Mitsubishi Electric
After shelter-in-place restrictions were adopted worldwide in response to COVID-19, the number of Teams users shot up sixfold to more than 100,000. We set new numerical targets to shift the center of gravity from one-way communications via email to bidirectional communications within teams or proje...cts.

Testimonial By Keisuke Goto
CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
Yammer testimonial

Keith Blanchard

Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Amedisys
Not only did we create $250,000 savings using Microsoft Endpoint Manager as part of our Microsoft 365 stack, we now provide a better experience for our clinicians with a streamlined login for all their applications, regardless of the platform. It’s a great win-win for us in an area that we wouldn’t... have been able to address otherwise, and our Microsoft security consolidation saves us $865,000 all up.

Testimonial By Keith Blanchard
Yammer testimonial

Matthew Smith

Manager of Content and PR

Capitec
Teams has made our meeting culture even more effective than it was before. Testimonial By Matthew Smith
Yammer testimonial

Keisuke Goto

Systems Platform Department Manager, Corporate IT Strategy Division

Mitsubishi Electric
After shelter-in-place restrictions were adopted worldwide in response to COVID-19, the number of Teams users shot up sixfold to more than 100,000. We set new numerical targets to shift the center of gravity from one-way communications via email to bidirectional communications within teams or proje...cts.

Testimonial By Keisuke Goto

Case Studies

COMPANY INDUSTRY CASE STUDIES
Yammer case study

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Ltd
Consumer Goods
Consumer Goods
Case Study Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Ltd

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa streamlines its operations with Microsoft solutions

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Yammer case study

Severstal
Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Case Study Severstal

Steel and coal manufacturer Severstal shifts to seamless remote collaboration with Teams

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Yammer case study

Humana
Health, Wellness and Fitness
Health, Wellness and Fitness
Case Study Humana

Better organizational health through data: Humana uses Microsoft Viva Insights to help improve employee experience

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Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)

for Yammer

What is Yammer?

Yammer is an enterprise social networking platform for employees to connect and communicate across their organization.

It provides the ability to connect and engage with employees within the organization. It can deliver live and on-demand events and share rich social experiences to Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and other Office 365 apps. It allows employees to share, create, and edit files directly from Yammer conversations within the Office for the web. It comes with web as well as mobile app.

It uses virtual office and can be integrated with Microsoft sharepoint for creating social layer across all enterprise applications.

What is Yammer used for?

Yammer is a Team Collaboration Software mainly used by its customers to Improve Internal Communications and Scale Best Practices by Collaboration, Engagement Management and Communication Management .

What are the top features of Yammer?

Alerts: popups & Notifications, Personalization and Recording are some of the top features of Yammer.

Who uses Yammer?

Yammer is used by Information Technology And Services, Education and Computer Software among other industries.

What are Yammer alternatives?

Claromentis, Zapnito, Simpplr and Mural are popular alternatives for Yammer.

Where is Yammer located?

Yammer is headquartered at Redmond, WA.
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Peers used Yammer for collaboration and engagement management

Yammer Features

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FEATURE RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

4.87/5 ★

Read Reviews (64)
Analytics

4.80/5 ★

Read Reviews (158)
Custom Reports

3.49/5 ★

Read Reviews (349)
CAPABILITIES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

4.87/5 ★

Read Reviews (64)
Analytics

4.80/5 ★

Read Reviews (158)
Custom Reports

3.49/5 ★

Read Reviews (349)

Software Failure Risk Guidance

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Overall Risk Meter

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Top Failure Risks for Yammer

Microsoft Corporation News

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Microsoft's Copilot AI will no longer assist users in pirating Windows 11, indicating a change in its functionality to prevent unauthorized software use.

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Microsoft launches Dragon Copilot, AI voice assistant for healthcare - The Hindu

Microsoft has introduced Dragon Copilot, an AI voice assistant designed for the healthcare sector.

03/03/2025 - source

Microsoft Corporation Feeds

Analysis: What Microsoft's Q2 Says About Its Channel, AI, Cloud, DeepSeek - CRN

Microsoft's Q2 results show Azure's growth slowed to 31%, partly due to focus on AI. This impacted cloud revenue, missing Wall Street expectations by $300 million. Challenges are expected to continue into the next quarter.

02/02/2025 - source

Microsoft Corporation ( MSFT ): Strong AI - Driven Revenue Growth Expected in Upcoming Quarterly Report

Microsoft Corporation is expected to report strong AI-driven revenue growth in its upcoming quarterly report, according to Insider Monkey.

26/01/2025 - source

Microsoft announces quarterly earnings release date - Stories

Microsoft announces the date for its quarterly earnings release.

08/01/2025 - source

Microsoft Corporation Profile

Company Name

Microsoft Corporation

Company Website

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us

Year Founded

1975

HQ Location

Redmond, WA

Employees

10001+

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Financials

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