The truth is, many companies (especially large ones) use Yammer in their day-to-day operations on top of using other tools like Teams or Slack. In this article, let’s discuss what Microsoft Yammer is good for and why companies use it. I’ll also share how it integrates with Share. Point and other Microsoft apps.
Can Microsoft Yammer use Yammer?
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What is Yammer and how do I use it?
Yammer is Microsoft’s Enterprise Social Network, embedded into your Office 365 environment, unlike most of the other tools within Office 365 the exact purpose of Yammer and how to get the most out of it isn’t entirely obvious, this document outlines some best practices for getting started with yammer and how to make your implementation a success.
You might be asking “What is Yammer group?”
Yammer helps employees get answers fast even when they don’t know who to ask. Yammer enables organizations—particularly ones with multiple offices —to collaborate across locations. Instead of sending an email asking who to ask about X, you can now just post it in a Yammer Group.
This of course begs the question “What is a Yammer champion?”
Champions are your community of people who have bought into using Yammer from day one. Champions also are people who would contribute to and benefit from the value created by this group. Some examples could be: Create a Yammer group in your network for your champions.
How do I interact with people in my Yammer network?
Creating a poll, praising a coworker, making an announcement, or asking a question are all great ways for you to interact with people in your Yammer network. Create a poll Use polls to create a quick survey and get answers fast.
What is new in yammer?
Yammer has been completely redesigned, with dozens of new capabilities that power leadership engagement, company-wide communication, and communities. New Yammer delivers a beautiful, intelligent experience across devices and deep integration with Microsoft Teams and Outlook. As part of Microsoft 365, people can connect and share knowledge across the organization with open conversations backed by enterprise-grade privacy, security, and compliance.
The new Yammer experience is built fully in Fluent, the Microsoft design language, strengthening coherence between Yammer and other Microsoft 365 apps. Along with the UI, we’ve added new capabilities, such as:.
This of course begs the query “What’s new in Yammer for 2021?”
Jun 23 2021 09:00 AM We’re excited about what Yammer has launched recently. Take a look at some of the latest updates to Yammer. Now you can upload One. Drive files into Yammer discussions and select files from shared libraries. Learn more details here.
While reading we ran into the question “Where can I find the latest updates for Yammer?”.
You can also find recent updates for Yammer from Microsoft Ignite in this session on-demand. The new Yammer is generally available, and starting next week, all users on web will default to the new Yammer experience. Check out our new Yammer resources for tips and a guide what’s changed.
Does Yammer add value to your business?
Here are just a few of the ways Yammer adds value. Yammer helps employees get answers fast even when they don’t know who to ask. Yammer enables organizations—particularly ones with multiple offices—to collaborate across locations.
, at ave Point, we have entire Yammer groups dedicated exclusively to asking and answering questions, an initiative that has made us noticeably more agile. Yammer enables informal employee training. Have you ever watched national geographic and walked away with 20 facts about lizards?
How can I integrate Yammer with Microsoft Teams?
In addition, Yammer can be integrated with Microsoft Teams, as a Communities app in the left rail and on mobile devices, enabling you to access organization-wide communities without leaving the hub for teamwork. Integration with Outlook lets you read, like, and reply to Yammer conversations from within your Outlook inbox.
In a nutshell, use Teams for collaborating with specific colleagues. For networking, company-wide visibility, or watercooler talk, use Yammer. Here at Brain. Storm, we love using Yammer. To give you an idea of how we’re using Yammer, here are some of our communities.