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 365 has been a massive enabler in helping us reach more consumers, streamlining our internal processes, and providing our employees a great environment to work." - Kemal Cetin

Peer review evidence (same sources as the product rating summary)

"...Platform allows a Facebook like experience where co-workers can collaborate quickly with text, GIF's, file uploads, etc...." Peer review by Phillip Lazenby
"...And if you set up Yammer Enterprise, users can engage in Yammer conversations about documents directly from Delve. ..." Lost that document?
"...It allows teachers to communicate with a group instead of sending out emails...." Peer review by Lynsey Vestal, Education

Yammer, Claromentis, Zapnito, Mural, Chanty, 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.

Yammer Customer wins, Customer success stories, Case studies

How does Yammer facilitate Collaboration?

How does Yammer address your Engagement Management Challenges?

What solutions does Yammer provide for Communication Management?

How can Yammer optimize your Content Management Workflow?

How can Yammer enhance your Knowledge Management process?

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.

CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS
Yammer testimonial

Kemal Cetin

Global Chief Information Officer

FrieslandCampina

Microsoft 365 has been a massive enabler in helping us reach more consumers, streamlining our internal processes, and providing our employees a great environment to work. Testimonial By Kemal Cetin
Yammer testimonial

Tracy Platt

Chief Human Resources Officer

Cerner

We see a hybrid work approach supported by Microsoft tools as an opportunity to combine the best of both worlds and create a flexible workplace that reflects the way people want to work today. Testimonial By Tracy Platt
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

Kemal Cetin

Global Chief Information Officer

FrieslandCampina

Microsoft 365 has been a massive enabler in helping us reach more consumers, streamlining our internal processes, and providing our employees a great environment to work. Testimonial By Kemal Cetin
Yammer testimonial

Tracy Platt

Chief Human Resources Officer

Cerner

We see a hybrid work approach supported by Microsoft tools as an opportunity to combine the best of both worlds and create a flexible workplace that reflects the way people want to work today. Testimonial By Tracy Platt
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
 

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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, Mural and Chanty 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

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Analytics

4.80/5

Read Reviews (158)
Custom Reports

3.49/5

Read Reviews (349)

Software Failure Risk Guidance

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Microsoft Corporation News

Product

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Product

Microsoft: April updates trigger BitLocker key prompts on some servers

Microsoft has confirmed that the April 2026 KB5082063 Windows security update is causing some Windows Server 2025 devices to boot into BitLocker recovery mode. This issue affects systems with specific BitLocker Group Policy configurations and is primarily found in enterprise-managed environments. Microsoft is working on a solution and has provided temporary workarounds, including removing certain Group Policy configurations before deploying the update.

Awards

Microsoft wins Franz Edelman Award for transforming its cloud supply chain

Microsoft received the 2026 Franz Edelman Award from INFORMS for its innovative cloud supply chain optimization. The award recognizes Microsoft's significant impact in operations research and analytics, highlighting its use of generative AI to streamline cloud fulfillment processes, cutting cycle times by over half and enhancing decision-making.

Company

Microsoft Adapts Business Model Amid AI Disruption

Microsoft is adapting its business model to address AI disruption by shifting from per-seat to per-workload monetization. The company is leveraging its broad enterprise distribution, access to enterprise data, and custom silicon like Maia 200 and Cobalt 200 to optimize cloud efficiency. This strategic shift aims to capture increased usage through products like Copilot and automation, despite potential revenue compression from AI.

Microsoft Corporation Profile

Company Name

Microsoft Corporation

Year Founded

1975

HQ Location

Redmond, WA

Employees

10001+

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Financials

IPO