I'd recommend implementing Yammer if it's part of your Office 365 subscription and you're not using it. It's a fantastic communication hub that you're already licensed for.

Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten.

Yammer is a great tool. It works exceptionally well. If you want to work with a large number of people within your own organization, it works really well. It's simple to use, and it's absolutely brilliant.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Yammer is deployed on-cloud in our organization.

I would advise users to move away from third-party workplace collaboration services by using Yammer. It's already used as an SSO. It would be easier for your organization to deploy Yammer and for end-users to use it.

Overall, I rate Yammer a seven out of ten.

We requested the IT department to set up a channel, and the IT team created it for us. If we had product issues, the IT department was responsible for figuring it out and working with Microsoft. The solution worked great for me. I would definitely recommend it. Overall, I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

I use the solution primarily for alerting purposes. It doesn't have multiple integrations similar to Slack and Discord. It requires more widespread adoption across third-party platforms.

I rate it a six out of ten.

My recommendation to others to use the product or not depends on whether it is the only tool that they would use or if they have any other tools that they use in their environment. It is important to keep in mind why Yammer or any other tools are used to share documents or updates because otherwise, there is a risk if you split your work between different tools, as it can be difficult to collect everything and get a complete overview of a project. I think that you need to define the goal for what you need for the platform.

With Yammer, it is easy to get in touch with colleagues in other countries because it serves as an open-community tool on which you can see posts shared from everywhere. Yammer helps its users to get in touch and know other people from other countries. It is also easier to communicate with colleagues even if you don't have any projects in common or if you don't know some people in other countries.

I rate the overall tool an eight out of ten.

I recommend Yammer since it is a good solution. I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

I am using the latest version of Yammer.

I would recommend Yammer to other users because it's a good application. What matters more is the rules you create around it and how well you socialize it with your business.

You can either have an application where people are a bit scared to share because they don't know what is allowed and what's not. Or you can have it where people are too free to share things that shouldn't even really be shared on the platform. How well you educate and socialize it in your business will determine how good and effective it is.

Overall, I rate Yammer an eight out of ten.

If someone wants an easy way to communicate changes, promotions, and news in general, it's a good product. You can post pictures of events people go to, a big job that got completed, anniversaries, and things like that. It doesn't really get easier. It works just like any other social media platform. Overall, I rate the product a six out of ten.

The solution is deployed on-cloud in our organization.

Overall, I rate Yammer a five out of ten.

Since Yammer is internal to the organization, the posts are all relevant to the organization.

Yammer's maintenance depends on how large the content is. For a small organization, just one person should be sufficient for the solution's maintenance.

The solution is deployed on-cloud in our organization.

Yammer is not an essential tool unless the marketing division feels it's nice for the organization.

Overall, I rate Yammer a six or seven out of ten.

It is a great communication tool, but if you have too many ways to communicate, then this may be a burden. It is also difficult with users who are already using Facebook, LinkedIn, Skype for Business, SharePoint, Twitter, etc.

If you're a business that has Office 365, then utilizing Yammer should be a no-brainer. I'd recommend allowing users to create groups as they see fit, but it may be worth setting up the naming and branding standards when doing so. This ensures, that regardless of where the users go on Yammer, they'll have similar experiences across all the groups.

There wasn't any maintenance required for Yammer from my end.

To those planning to use Yammer, I can say that it is fun to work with because it's easy to maneuver while being quite understandable for a layman who hasn't used any enterprise applications. It's quite easy to understand, considering that it provides indications to users on where to go and where to find something.

There are some features that I don't recall but feel could be improved.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Understand the limitations and embrace them.

• It is all about creating a strong culture from the leadership down, where collaborating and sharing on Yammer is encouraged.
• Adoption will be the key between success and failure of the Yammer network uptake and usefulness.
• It also needs someone to manage it and encourage positive sharing, whilst monitoring usage.

Research the market. There are more interesting products out there that have better UX and are more interactive and engaging.

Here are just a few benefits of Yammer

Closes Gap between Management and Customer facing employees

Lean process improvements and quality control are built into Yammer

Instant process improvements

Built in quality controls

Removes redundancy in daily workflows

Continuous improvement is built in

Every user streamlines daily workflows with specific people/orgs they interact with. Users adapt and change dynamically as initiatives and daily work flows change.

I recommend the solution to others and rate it a seven out of ten. It has good UI and UX features.

I would recommend this solution if it fits the purpose. It is a great tool, but you need to look at whether it overlaps with other tools. 

I would rate Yammer a seven out of ten.

Look closely at the Office 365 context you are in, and be sure that the accessibility or the availability of the system will be spread as much as possible throughout the organization.

I would rate Yammer at eight out of 10 because it's good, it works, it's reasonably easy to use. But, again, the weak point would be that the user interface is not as fancy as people are used to having, like when using social networks. It is less social network-oriented than Facebook, for instance, in terms of ease of use and user interface. And again, there is the point that users need to be in the Acting Directory to exploit the features.

Split your functional teams into Yammer groups. If those teams have small groups within them, then give them their own Yammer group too.

Have a Yam Jam or other type of exciting event to get user adoption rates up with give aways or other special incentives for signing up, posting, and adding information.

You will need a strategy on how to bring people on board. For example, you can use short trainings/webinars to explain the importance of the tool and how to do the basics. Before all of that, the management has to believe in it and agree to use it.

Make sure that you have at least 1000 licenses so you have a large enough user group to pilot the product.

If you are looking for a business collaborative tool, start with Yammer today.

Talk to business to understand how it can help them, get an executive sponsor (the higher is the better), be open for discussion as there will be a lot of skepticism and opponents essentially around two subjects: "Email is prime and I don't want a new channel of information" and "I'm not used to social spirit and tools." What is key: find what use they will love.

We use the cloud deployment model.

I've heard people say that we have lots of tools for doing things that are quite similar to Yammer. People in our organization don't really understand if they have to go on SharePoint, the internet, or Yammer. My advice to others would be to inform people how to use the tools and the purpose of these tools and give their team training. 

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.

Yammer is suitable for an organization that has many branches or offices. Most of the users are already familiar with social media communication. The application is useful to virtually make friends and to share information/experiences.

However, the company needs to set and educate the usage policy. This is a system for an organization and not for fun.

I'll give it a six out of ten because I'm comparing it to what's out there. It's not the best solution out there. It doesn't compare well to the new tools that are in the market. It's not the best, but it's getting there.

First consider whether you plan to purchase a license. If not, then I'd look into other software to suit your needs. If, however, you are investing in Microsoft software for your business, then Yammer is a great product.

Really understand what you need in terms of socially connecting your people and teams. If your teams are spread across a country or around the world, this is a great way of connecting everyone together.

Make sure you invest a bit of time to train, guide, and build up a solid and competent community manager network.

Undertake a small trial before rolling it out to an enterprise. This will help build interest. Don't attempt to control what gets posted, apart from the usual ethical/legal guidelines and rules.

You should exchange experiences with other companies who have implemented this solution. You might also participate in the Yammer Community Manager training as well. However, the exact way to launch Yammer depends on the needs of the organization.

Go for it, especially if you are a Microsoft shop.

I've found Team or Skype for Business are more useful than Yammer.

I'd rate the solution three out of ten.

I did not find Yammer too useful for my type of business. You cannot sell a Ferrari to someone who does not drive very fast, for example, as they would give Ferrari a low rating because they aren't using as it's meant to be used. For my type of business, I need something to be more flexible on integration. I'm not on the marketing side and do not need to publish something on Yammer for everyone to see, or for everyone to share their opinion on. 

If Yammer were to have more integration, the product might be more useful for me. I'd probably rate it at a nine or ten in that case. However, for me, in terms of helping my type of business, it's not ideal and I'm rating it rather low.

• Test with users
• Know your use case
• Get management support for use case

Create a good governance mechanism and be weary of group/community explosion in the initial fad days. Need to ensure duplicate groups are not created.

I would recommend Yammer to new users.

If you are a Microsoft Shop, then Yammer has the potential to tie up with SharePoint and address a lot of the enterprise needs, in terms of messaging and content management.

This is an excellent choice if you have made the investment into Office 365. Announcement of teams should offer even better functionality. If you are not an Office 365 shop, then there are probably better options (i.e., Slack, Facebook for Work).

Take the time to decide why your organisational culture will benefit from social enterprise. Let your workforce know that it is coming, communicate your organisational vision for it, and have a launch plan, training, champions and encouragement.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

You need an upper-level management buy-in and a good communication plan for end users to make this successful.

On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate Microsoft Yammer as a four-out-of-ten. It was probably not useless, but it was of no help for our company and our situation.   

It is okay as a company initiative, but it can be bypassed as some teams move to other options like Slack.

Find a core purpose for it so employees know why they are using it.