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

"Microsoft Viva Insights gives us the ability to look across all areas of the company and understand how we can deliver better work experiences for our associates." - Roger Cude

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

What Are the key features of Yammer for Collaboration?

Why is Yammer the best choice for Engagement Management?

What Are the key features of Yammer for Communication Management?

How does Yammer facilitate Content Management?

What benefits does Yammer offer 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

Roger Cude

Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Humana

Microsoft Viva Insights gives us the ability to look across all areas of the company and understand how we can deliver better work experiences for our associates. Testimonial By Roger Cude
Yammer testimonial

Ignacio Dolz

Product Manager

ENCAMINA

Thanks to Microsoft Teams, we have developed a complete project using Teams applications (TeamsChamp and PlayQuiz) in the other side of the world. Without this technology, we could not even imagine collaborating with DCS. In this project, Microsoft Teams has been crucial for communicating among the... users and administrators. Furthermore, through a gamification campaign, we spread the knowledge among the users of Microsoft 365, Compliances and the best security practices using Azure Information Protection.

Testimonial By Ignacio Dolz
Yammer testimonial

Joshua Motsuenyane

CIO

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA)

We’re now able to get these different customer engagement, security, and analytics modules within the same 3-in-1 platform. Testimonial By Joshua Motsuenyane
CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
Yammer testimonial

Roger Cude

Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Humana

Microsoft Viva Insights gives us the ability to look across all areas of the company and understand how we can deliver better work experiences for our associates. Testimonial By Roger Cude
Yammer testimonial

Ignacio Dolz

Product Manager

ENCAMINA

Thanks to Microsoft Teams, we have developed a complete project using Teams applications (TeamsChamp and PlayQuiz) in the other side of the world. Without this technology, we could not even imagine collaborating with DCS. In this project, Microsoft Teams has been crucial for communicating among the... users and administrators. Furthermore, through a gamification campaign, we spread the knowledge among the users of Microsoft 365, Compliances and the best security practices using Azure Information Protection.

Testimonial By Ignacio Dolz
Yammer testimonial

Joshua Motsuenyane

CIO

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA)

We’re now able to get these different customer engagement, security, and analytics modules within the same 3-in-1 platform. Testimonial By Joshua Motsuenyane

Case Studies

Hospital & Health Care

Case Study Amedisys

Amedisys prescribes Microsoft Security and a password-free solution to support clinical teams

Retail

Case Study REI Co-op

REI connects with customers for virtual outfitting to create a personalized experience using Microsoft Teams

Information Technology and Services

Case Study Avanade

Connecting content and expertise at a people-centric company: Viva Topics simplifies knowledge sharing at Avanade

Government Administration

Case Study New South Wales Department of Customer Service

NSW Governments ENCAMINA tools boost state agency productivity and worker engagement

Manufacturing

Case Study Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Mitsubishi Electric boosts connection among employees, speeds digital business transformation with Microsoft Teams

Consumer Goods

Case Study FrieslandCampina

Dairy cooperative brings better nutrition to the world with a workplace built on Microsoft 365

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 ★

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Analytics

4.80/5 ★

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Custom Reports

3.49/5 ★

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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)

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Microsoft Corporation News

Awards

Microsoft recognized for second consecutive year as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic ...

Microsoft has been named a Leader for the second consecutive year in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms. This recognition highlights the strength of Microsoft Azure's AI and machine learning capabilities, including Azure Machine Learning and related cloud-based analytics solutions.

Executive

LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky To Lead Microsoft's Productivity Initiatives

Microsoft appointed LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky to lead its new Productivity and Business Processes group, overseeing Microsoft 365, Teams, Copilot, and core productivity apps. Roslansky will retain his LinkedIn role while driving integration of AI tools and productivity software, aligning workplace solutions with LinkedIns platform.

Product

Microsoft commits to Google's interoperability protocol for AI agents - CIO Dive

Microsoft has joined Google's Agent2Agent (A2A) interoperability standards, collaborating with over 50 technology leaders to advance open AI agent protocols. Microsoft will soon launch a public preview of Agent2Agent in Foundry and Copilot Studio, enabling enterprise users to build multi-agent workflows across Azure AI and partner tools.

Financial

What Microsoft's Q3 Showed About Tariffs, Cloud, AI, Partners: Analysis - CRN

Microsoft reported Q3 2025 revenue of $70 billion, a 15% year-over-year increase, surpassing expectations. The company highlighted sustained demand for AI and cloud products, ongoing partner program improvements, and acknowledged macroeconomic uncertainty, particularly regarding tariffs and future outlook.

Microsoft Corporation Profile

Company Name

Microsoft Corporation

Year Founded

1975

HQ Location

Redmond, WA

Employees

10001+

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Financials

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