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BA Insight

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56 views|42 comparisons
100% willing to recommend
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Yammer

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1,827 views|987 comparisons
75% willing to recommend
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Indexing and Search
March 2024
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Refiners help to easily narrow down results based on metadata applied to content. Previews allow users to take action...
Refiners help to easily narrow down results based on metadata applied to content. The preview feature helps users to take action from the search... Read more →
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A scalable tool beneficial for making overall communication within an organization easy
The benefits I experienced using Yammer stemmed from the ease of communication since everyone in the company used to get notifications. The overall... Read more →
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  • "I don't know about the pricing. Now that Microsoft has bought Yammer, it should be a part of our subscriptions for Office 365."
  • "The pricing is not bad."
  • "Its cost is included in the license bundle for Microsoft."
  • "Yammer is a pretty cheap solution, and it's included in multiple subscriptions."
  • "Compared to other products like Amazon, Yammer's pricing is fine."
  • "We get it as part of our Office 365 subscriptions, so I don't think we pay any additional cost for Yammer. It's included in the Office 365 subscriptions."
  • "I think that there is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs of the solution."

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    Yammer vs. SP Social in 2013
    There are several discussions on SharePoint’s social strategy going on at the moment. I had some great discussions with my MVP mate Adis during Summit last week. Since #SPC12 almost every SharePoint addicted developer, it-pro, power user has reviewed Yammer. If you don’t know what Yammer is, here a short introduction. Yammer is an enterprise social network, which allows you and your coworkers to communicate in a modern way as on Facebook. The huge difference between Facebook and Yammer is, Yammer is private. That means only people from your organization or the people you’ve invited to join your network can see and take part of the conversation which is going on in your Yammer network. With the common understanding of Yammer, you should be able to follow up the ongoing discussions. Adis wrote a great post, summarizing his thoughts on SharePoint and Yammer integration and the upcoming social future. I totally agree with Adis, there are a lot of things missing at the moment. But here my thoughts on Yammer vs. SPSocial Leak of integration In my eyes there is still too much missing, of course you can integrate yammer into your SharePoint, but key features are missing such as SSO, seamless look ‘n feel integration. Prebuild views on Yammer depending on the current SharePoint context or the mobile story. Microsoft shipped mobile Apps for SharePoint 2013 OnDemand and OnPrem. AFAIK are these apps currently available in preview, but each of them is based on SPSocial. SharePoint… Read more →
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    What do you like most about Yammer?
    Top Answer:We can send out notifications and ask questions using Yammer.
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    What needs improvement with Yammer?
    Top Answer:Sometimes, we lose access to the solution for unknown reasons.
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    What is your primary use case for Yammer?
    Top Answer:We can create channels in Yammer and attach them to a particular team in Microsoft Teams. Anyone can join the channels, get notifications, and collaborate. We can send out notifications and ask… more »
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    Ranking
    20th
    out of 25 in Indexing and Search
    Views
    56
    Comparisons
    42
    Reviews
    0
    Average Words per Review
    0
    Rating
    N/A
    4th
    out of 38 in Enterprise Social Software
    Views
    1,827
    Comparisons
    987
    Reviews
    13
    Average Words per Review
    374
    Rating
    7.3
    Comparisons
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    Also Known As
    BA Insight Enterprise Search Essentials, BA Insight Enterprise Search
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    BA Insight
    Microsoft
    Overview

    Our Enterprise Search Essentials delivers capabilities that enhance SharePoint to behave more like internets. By leveraging it to improve your intranet, you can drive adoption (more usage, more users), increase user satisfaction, and improve productivity without the need for costly and time-consuming custom development.  Software can be implemented together, or individually, and each addresses a specific internet capability.

    Yammer is an enterprise social network that allows employees,managers, executives, teams and different office branches to engage,collaborate and innovate over one interactive virtual network.

    Yammer creates a social workplace that drives innovationthrough the sharing of ideas and business intelligence, boosts productivity inteams and projects, and encourages communication and connectivity betweenemployees, no matter where they are located.

    Sample Customers
    AARP, Amgen, Blank Rome, Chevron, Australian Government, EY, Hogan Lovells, Keurig Green Mountain, OFWAT, Pfizer, Stanford University, US Army, White & Case
    Verizon, Rakuten,Nationwide, DHL, Westfield, Telefonica, 7-Eleven, Red Robin, Intuit, eBay,Darden, Suncorp, Tyco, Xerox, and ModCloth.
    Top Industries
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    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Comms Service Provider16%
    Insurance Company13%
    Non Tech Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Company Size
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    REVIEWERS
    Small Business39%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise43%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise63%
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    BA Insight is ranked 20th in Indexing and Search while Yammer is ranked 4th in Enterprise Social Software with 60 reviews. BA Insight is rated 8.0, while Yammer is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of BA Insight writes "Refiners help to easily narrow down results based on metadata applied to content. Previews allow users to take action from search results without opening the document". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Yammer writes "Ease of use and a familiar user interface". BA Insight is most compared with Elastic Search, whereas Yammer is most compared with Workplace by Facebook, SAP Jam, Chatter, Jive and Interact Intranet.

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