Is Yammer being discontinued?

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. Within Yammer itself, it will be possible for users to create Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents through Office Online.

Is Yammer for free?

Yes, you can use Yammer for free or without license as long as you can register a valid company email. If you only want to use Yammer Basic or without an Admin tools, you don’t need to register it with Office 365.

How do I join a Yammer group?

Find and Join a Yammer Group
  1. To find a group, select discover more groups on the bottom-left corner of the Yammer home page. Fig 1.
  2. A list of groups will be displayed.
  3. To become a member or request access to the group, select join on the thumbnail of the group.

How do I access Yammer?

In Office 365, go to Admin > SharePoint. Click Settings. Choose Classic settings page. Under Enterprise Social Collaboration, choose Use Yammer.com service.

What’s the difference between Yammer and Teams?

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.

Does Yammer require a license?

You can assign or unassign Yammer licenses only to Yammer users who are managed in Office 365. So, to block Office 365 users without Yammer licenses, it is required that all Yammer users are managed in Office 365.

What does Yammer cost?

Yammer Pricing is done on an annual basis. There are three plans available starting from $5.00 user/month, $8.25 user/month to $12.50 user/month. Each Yammer pricing plan comes with a free one month trial, after which users will be charged subscription fees.

What is the best way to use Yammer?

Prepare a plan to train the users on what and how to use Yammer. Roll it out team or department wise. Add Yammer posts on an intranet portal so that everyone can contribute to it easily. Yammer will help the organization’s employees to engage with everyone effectively.

Is Yammer easy to use?

The platform does a great job of being user-friendly with efficient communication. Yammer is extremely easy to use. End-user training should be relatively straight-forward.

Is Yammer any good?

Microsoft Yammer is a good business social network that any organization can try out for free. For dipping a toe in the business-social-network water, Yammer is a fine option, but Podio is better if you’re committed to implementing a platform with real potential to change how employees communicate and collaborate.

What companies use Yammer?

Companies Currently Using Microsoft Yammer
Company Name Website Top Level Industry
Coca-Cola Enterprises coca-colacompany.com Manufacturing
Smarsh smarsh.com Technical
Amgen amgen.com Healthcare
Humana aetna.com Healthcare

Can you invite external users to Yammer?

As a Yammer user, you can add an external participant to a discussion, and you can send a private message or instant message with an external participant. In Yammer, type your message or reply to an existing message. On the Cc line, type the email address of the person you want to invite to the conversation.

Should I use Yammer or teams?

You can collaborate with colleagues directly on documents and have conversations within a project-based team. Teams functions as our conference room.” Teams may be the better collaborative tool, while Yammer is useful to make general announcements and ask questions across a wider audience.

Will Yammer be replaced by teams?

Teams is Microsoft’s Office 365 chat-based collaboration tool that competes with Google’s Hangouts Chat, Facebook’s Workplace, and Slack. But Yammer still stands on its own, meaning that Teams can’t completely replace its use cases.

Why do companies use Yammer?

Yammer makes it easy to post updates, generate interest and increase engagement in your company. Staff members can post updates, polls, events and announcements; to which their colleagues can like, vote and comment.

How do I make Yammer successful?

The best way to get executive buy-in is by aligning Yammer with their business goals. Ask them what they want to achieve, then demonstrate that it can be advanced through Yammer. Show them that time invested in Yammer will deliver benefits to them and their business. Use the Use Case Deep Dive to engage your leaders.

What is the difference between Yammer and SharePoint?

SharePoint social features are employed mostly at the team site level and within Office 365 groups while Yammer is used as a standalone social network for knowledge sharing, company announcements, and interest-based communities.

How do you write a good yammer post?

Four Tips You Can Use Right Now to Make Your Yammer Posts More Engaging
  1. Provide a call to action. A successful Yammer post has a clear call to action and allows colleagues to think through their response.
  2. Use hashtags. By using a hashtag in your post, you create a topic.
  3. Mention your colleagues.
  4. Include a photo.

What should I post on Yammer?

Can I use hashtags in Yammer?