What is happening with Yammer?
You would be forgiven for thinking the platform had gone underground given the recent focus on Microsoft Teams and Viva. And in some ways Yammer has gone underground. It now acts as the engine room behind Viva Connections and increasingly is accessed through other Microsoft 365 tools like Outlook and Teams Channels.
Who still uses Yammer?
Yammer quickly caught the eyes of many eager buyers before it was ultimately acquired by Microsoft in 2012. Microsoft rolled the new product into their Office 365 suite in 2014, and today it is used by 85% of fortune 500 companies worldwide. You can think of Yammer as being the Facebook of the corporate world.
What is the difference between Yammer and Microsoft Teams?
Teams channels close to a messaging app with features to help small teams to work on projects together. On the other hand, Yammer encompasses a wider audience and functions more like an enterprise social network. The messages on Teams are usually addressed to a specific person or a group of people.
Did Microsoft buy Yammer?
and Yammer Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Yammer, a leading provider of enterprise social networks, for $1.2 billion in cash.
How is Yammer different from teams?
While Yammer is more focused on connection, Teams is mainly intended for the functional exchange of information and documents. In other words: social versus practical. Yammer focuses on ‘slow communication’. You post a message and you can expect responses within a few days.
Is Yammer still popular?
Is Yammer encrypted?
In addition to being encrypted in transit, Yammer data is encrypted at rest with AES-256 bit key encryption. Current versions of the Yammer iOS and Android mobile apps use Apple and Google services for final delivery to end user devices.
Is Teams better than Yammer?
Why is Yammer over Teams?
Yammer allows employees to post messages, and their colleagues to respond, in a similar way to a social media platform like Facebook. One big advantage of Yammer, is that you can communicate easily and quickly with the entire organisation.
Can Yammer be used as an intranet?
The Yammer connected Office 365 Groups will provide each new group with a SharePoint team site, which could be used to build a loosely connected intranet. If you’re looking for a more formal intranet structure, you could embed an associated Yammer group to provide the conversation platform.
How do I monitor Yammer?
To get started, open the Microsoft 365 admin center, and then launch the Yammer admin center. Upon doing so, select the Monitoring Keywords option found in the Content and Security section. You can see what this looks like in the figure below. All you have to do now is enter a list of the keywords you want to monitor.
Which is better Yammer or Teams?