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What do you like best about Yammer?

A platform where you can exchange knowledge, share photos of your firm.

Also it is integrated with outlook so you can easily get the alerts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yammer?

User Interface should be improved so that users find it more interesting to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Yammer solving and how is that benefiting you?

A firm having offices at multiple location can use Yammer as one platform to keep everybody on the same page. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yammer Overview

What is Yammer?

Yammer is a Private Social Network for Your Company Collaborate securely across departments, geographies, content and business applications.

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Yammer is a private social network that helps employees collaborate across departments, locations and business apps.


Seller Details
Seller
Microsoft
Year Founded
1975
HQ Location
Redmond, Washington
Twitter
@microsoft
14,058,553 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
238,990 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
MSFT
Phone
+1 (877) 276-2464
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$204,090
Description

Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately

8,000 passionate employees worldwide.

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Verified UserEnterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Corporate Social Media App"
Yammer helps in connecting with the members of your organization thus helping networking. It also enables users to share knowledge and insights via...
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Verified UserEnterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Yammer is a social networking tool for your employees"
Yammer is a platform which makes corporate communications easier as well as allowing people to connect with external world. It can easily integrate...
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Priyanshul G.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Great platform to share information with your associates Globally."
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Verified User in Accounting
UA
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Yammer?

Yammer helps in connecting with the members of your organization thus helping networking. It also enables users to share knowledge and insights via groups. Signing in on Yammer is easy and help with being logged in until user wishes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yammer?

I see that Yammer is becoming more of a personal social media app rather than being professional. The app can get addictive with increased screen time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Yammer solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helps building network within the organisation. Helps with sharing views and discussions on like minded groups. There is a community that can be built basis of similar likes and dislikes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Yammer?

Yammer is a platform which makes corporate communications easier as well as allowing people to connect with external world. It can easily integrate into Microsoft 365 seamlessly without any hassle Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yammer?

The search is not up to the mark and may not end up showing expected results. The platform is confusing for most of the folks and is less engaging as compared to other tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Yammer solving and how is that benefiting you?

Yammer is helping the organisation to setup collaborative activities and connect people with similar interests which helps in boosting their morale as well as helping them to engage in social awareness activities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Yammer?

I liked the user-friendliness of yammer it's have feature of collaboration within organization.

It have other features of group discussions and file sharing, enhancing team productivity.

It's promoting collaborative work culture which is good thing.

Implementation of yammer is easy.

It's integration aslo very easy to handle and manage for developers.

I have been using yammer daily to stay updated within organization Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yammer?

It promotes social media kind thing so using in such way may reduce productivity of some users may also dislike this.

It does have Simple UI but still Its not great as other platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Yammer solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's solved my problem of networking with senior people within organization.

It also solve problem of collaboration with other people of interest and departments.

Using yammer keeps me updated.

We can share our experiences within organization only.

Its solves problem of concern related to security also. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

HG
Jr. Software Engineer
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What do you like best about Yammer?

Yammer now changed in name of Viva Engage promotes virtual socializing within organization. It's very easy to use UI with extensive customer support. It equips you with multiple features like photo upload, file sharing etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yammer?

It provides multiple updates on your teams and outlook which is irritating and at the same time it distracts you from your professional work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Yammer solving and how is that benefiting you?

Yammer worked as a platform for us within organization where we can post internal opening and requirements for our project and same way other people also post so relevant candidate wo are on bench or looking to internally switch can follow up. This helped us getting relevant skills for your requirement within your organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Yammer?

Likes:

Push email notifications.

Embedded images/GIFs.

Subgroups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yammer?

Dislikes:

Does not feel 'current'; feels like 2010s internet.

Clunky interface Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Yammer solving and how is that benefiting you?

Quick announcements to large number of users that utilise images and colour better than email. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SJ
Associate Consultant
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What do you like best about Yammer?

Yammer allows the employees in the organization to socially connect with everyone and keep us updated on the latest establishments in the organization. It is safe to use and provides everyone a good exposure to happenings around. Easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yammer?

It seems rare that we login to yammer to check the happenings as other uses such as communications etc are not very used services of the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Yammer solving and how is that benefiting you?

Yammers provides an easy way to connect with colleagues and keep us updated on the most recent establishments inside an organization. Sometimes it helps in situations such as a technical issue or query resolutions also. We can also connect with an available resource when the organization size is big. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DJ
Courseware Developer
E-Learning
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Yammer?

I have seen this application used at Canada Post. I have tried it years ago. But it is out of my radar. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yammer?

Too many apps for collaboration. I would let IT departments consider and use the best application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Yammer solving and how is that benefiting you?

I do not use it anymore. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MB
Associate Software Engineer
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What do you like best about Yammer?

The best about yammer is we can have informal communications just like any other social media platform with in the organisation. You can interact via posts and pictures and you can share your thoughts in the comment section. It helpls to relieve stress. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yammer?

the integration with outlook and teams is not great with yammer compared to other tools. when an update comes in comment section the notification is not recieved in teams and outlook immediately. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Yammer solving and how is that benefiting you?

When a common problem occurs in the organisation I no need to contact the team and manager instead I can go post in the yammer and I will get multiple solutions from organisation employees. The search feature is also great in yammer where I can search previous posts. This saves a lot of time for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consulting
UC
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What do you like best about Yammer?

New Social networking site introduced with security feature so that everyone within the organization is happy posting sucess, challanges, stories, notifications , achievements and much more within the organization or specific group. Its very easy to use for every team member and most of them use it frequently like other personal social network Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yammer?

There are very limited options to personalize the content as its bounded by organization policy. Users should have oportunity to make some necessary changes based on personal interest keeping in mind their preferences Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Yammer solving and how is that benefiting you?

Start collaborating more closer with team on sharing professional/achievements achievements, group with other team about challanges and keep updated on things going on thoughout organization without scrolling organization intranet. Its more easy and helpful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JG
IT Support
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What do you like best about Yammer?

Yammer is one the best platform for sharing knowledge, engaging and collaborating with work colleagues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Yammer?

It is somewhat difficult to filter and sort information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Yammer solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps us to inform our employees for important announcement and any work related updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.