Yammer – an introduction
Unlike traditional project management software , which also includes features such as budget planning, task management and time tracking, Yammer is about collaboration and networking.
Although some project management solutions contain tools such as chat or file sharing options, their focus is on project management. Not so with Yammer. Yammer is intended to be used in addition to a classic project solution.
Yammer has an interesting history. The tool, which is now owned by Microsoft, began as an in-house communications platform for the genealogy website Geni.com . Sacks and his co-founder Adam Pisoni soon realized how unique Yammer was and that it could be useful to other companies, too. So they marketed it as a standalone program., the software reached 5 million users in 4 years .
Microsoft noticed this and the software giant bought Yammer for $1.2 billion in 2012. The australia telegram data program is now integrated into certain packages of the Office 365 suite , so it is probably already slumbering on your company computers between Excel, Word, PowerPoint and the like.
According to Microsoft, 85% of the world's most successful companies use Yammer for internal communications. This is not surprising considering that Office 365 is the most widely used cloud service in the world .
And if you are using a different Office package, that is no problem either: A current Microsoft subscription is not required, you can simply log in with your email address . However, companies with a valid Office package have expanded options and receive, to a certain extent, admin rights.
Why Yammer?
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The Yammer homepage
Anyone familiar with the Office 365 suite is probably wondering why (and whether) it really needed another collaboration tool when it already includes Delve , SharePoint and Teams . Especially since there are still a number of independent alternatives .
Having lots of choice on the menu or when planning a vacation is a good thing, but when it comes to choosing a new platform and making it appealing to a team, it can also be a pain.
We all know it: A conversation across different channels such as email, chat and a collaboration tool is quite a nightmare and quickly leads to misunderstandings and errors.