What replaced Yammer?

Yammer as part of the Microsoft 365 super-team

Yammer profiles are now just Microsoft 365 profiles with the same People card interface.

Is Microsoft discontinuing Yammer?

You would be forgiven for thinking the platform had gone underground given the recent focus on Microsoft Teams and Viva. And in some ways Yammer has gone underground. It now acts as the engine room behind Viva Connections and increasingly is accessed through other Microsoft 365 tools like Outlook and Teams Channels.

What ever happened to Yammer?

Microsoft later acquired Yammer in 2012 for US$1.2 billion. Currently Yammer is included in all enterprise plans of Microsoft 365.

Does anyone still use Yammer?

Yammer quickly caught the eyes of many eager buyers before it was ultimately acquired by Microsoft in 2012. Microsoft rolled the new product into their Office 365 suite in 2014, and today it is used by 85% of fortune 500 companies worldwide.

What is the difference between Yammer and Microsoft Teams?

Teams channels close to a messaging app with features to help small teams to work on projects together. On the other hand, Yammer encompasses a wider audience and functions more like an enterprise social network. The messages on Teams are usually addressed to a specific person or a group of people.

The new Yammer

What is the difference between Yammer and SharePoint?

SharePoint social features are employed mostly at the team site level and within Office 365 groups while Yammer is used as a standalone social network for knowledge sharing, company announcements, and interest-based communities.

What is Kaizala for?

Microsoft Kaizala is a secure messaging and work management app that lets you collaborate with others in and outside of your organization. Send and receive instant messages, coordinate tasks, submit invoices, and use special tools to interact with your team wherever you are.

Is Microsoft sway going away?

Microsoft is retiring the Sway for iOS app December 17, 2018. We're advising all our valued iOS users to use Sway online at sway.office.com. With this change, we're consolidating our Sway experience. Sway online provides the same, most up-to-date feature set across platforms and devices.

Is Yammer part of Microsoft Teams?

Yammer communities are now available in Microsoft Teams via the Communities app. Yammer communities enable you to share knowledge and build relationships across your organization.

Why did Microsoft buy Yammer?

Microsoft announced on Monday that it would buy Yammer, a social network service for businesses, for $1.2 billion in cash, as it seeks to strengthen its enterprise software business and compete more directly with Salesforce.com.

Is Yammer like slack?

Yammer is similar to Facebook of the organization, where the conversation is initiated by posting a picture in a newsfeed, and the employee of the enterprise can react to it. Slack is a communication tool where the employees can interact within their company send files and attachments instead of a mail chain.

What is Microsoft Viva?

Microsoft Viva is an employee experience platform that brings together communications, knowledge, learning, resources, and insights in the flow of work. Powered by Microsoft 365 and experienced through Microsoft Teams, Viva fosters a culture that empowers employees and teams to be their best from anywhere.

Do you need Microsoft 365 to use Yammer?

Yes, as Yammer is Enterprise Social Network will need to have a Office 365 business subscription.

Is Yammer being deprecated?

On 1 January, 2017, the Yammer Enterprise service tier will be discontinued but the social network will remain available and will be integrated with Office 365 services in a number of ways. Within Yammer itself, it will be possible for users to create Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents through Office Online.

What is Microsoft Office SharePoint?

Microsoft SharePoint is a cloud-based service that helps organizations share and manage content, knowledge, and applications to: Empower teamwork. Quickly find information. Seamlessly collaborate across the organization.

How do you use Yammer in ms Teams?

Add a Yammer tab to a Microsoft Teams channel

In the Teams channel, select + on the tab bar. Select the Communities tab. In the Content Type section of the Communities dialog box, select one of the following: Yammer Group: all messages visible to the user in the selected community.

What is Microsoft white board?

Microsoft Whiteboard is an infinite, collaborative canvas for effective meetings and engaging learning. You can use Whiteboard to collaborate with other people and accomplish many activities, from brainstorming and planning to learning and workshops.

What is the Google equivalent of Microsoft sway?

The best alternative is LibreOffice - Impress, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Microsoft Office Sway are Prezi, Microsoft Powerpoint, Google Slides and Keynote.

Does anyone use Sway?

Sway: Sway can be used for free by anyone. It can be accessed on the web or via an iOS app (there currently isn't an Android option), or on Windows 10. Sway can also be used as part of an Office 365 plan for businesses and schools.

Does Office 365 include Microsoft sway?

Sway is free to use for anyone with a Microsoft Account (Hotmail, Live, or Outlook.com). You can create more sophisticated Sways with more content when you use Sway as part of an Microsoft 365 subscription. For more information, see Add more content to your Sways with Microsoft 365.

Will Teams replace Kaizala?

Kaizala Pro will be replaced by Microsoft Teams in Office 365. Besides, there is also a free version of Kaizala available for everyone.

What is the difference between Microsoft teams and Kaizala?

While Teams and its Shift solutions provide support for employees that are authorised with a Microsoft Account, or in the Active Directory, Kaizala is intended for transient workers that you don't want to embed into the corporate hierarchy.

Is Microsoft Kaizala free?

Kaizala is free for Office 365 users and provides premium features. Another aspect of Kaizala that's been resonating with organizations is that the basic version is free.

Can I integrate Yammer with SharePoint?

Yammer integration may be used in both on-premises and Office 365 SharePoint environments. You can use the remote provisioning pattern to create Yammer groups and/or Yammer OpenGraph objects to facilitate conversations when you create new SharePoint sites.