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Yammer
What is all the fuss about
Topics
1 Introductions
2 What is Yammer
3 Getting Yammer
4 Groups
5 External Networks
6 Inline Conversations
7 Real World Use
8 Demo
9 Question
Introductions
• Senior Consultant• SharePoint MVP• 18 years experience in IT• Worked with SharePoint since team
services
uk.linkedin.com/in/richardsalan
@arichards_Saruk
www.edutechnow.com
+44(0) 782 483 1088
What is Yammer
• Social network for business
• Why do I want my staff to be social ?
• Time wasting product for employees ?
• They will just spend time chatting
• A draw on business productivity ?
• I block Facebook during business hours why would I give it to them internally
What is Yammer
• A tool to help employees communicate & collaborate• Ask questions
• Find a knowledge source
• Get answers quickly from anyone in the business• Global workforce
• Remote workforce
• Increase productivity by increasing the scope of people that can answer questions
• Make remote employees feel part of the business
Getting Yammer
• Yammer.com
• Standalone
• Sign up for free service
• Office 365
• Part of subscription
• Integrated (partly) into Office 365
• Further integration rolling out
Yammer Admin
• Office 365
• Integrated
• O365 global admin is automatically a Yammer admin
• Design
• Upload company logo
• Change colour scheme
• Configuration
• Email setting
• Features enabled
Yammer Admin
• Invites
• Send invites
• Manage approval
• Manage users
• Standalone – Full user management
• O365 integrated – Some elements managed in O365 admin portal
• Analytics
• Network Growth
• Active groups
• Top groups
Groups
• Any Yammer user can create a group
• Helps group conversations into logical containers
• Provides a level of order
• There is always an All Company group
External Networks
• Allow communication with external people to the business
• Contractors
• Consultants
• Secure place to communicate
• See who is online
• Admins or members can invite members into the network
Inline Conversations
• Part of the integration with Office 365
• Open document in Office Web Apps
• Side panel for Yammer conversation
Real World Use
• Foundation SP
• Offices in Reading / Rugby / Nottingham / Barcelona
• Remote users
• Shiny Goals
• Building bridges
• Creating happy
• Proud to belong
• Creative productivity
Real World Use
• Been using Yammer for last 12 months
• Groups within FSP network based on disciplines / business lines
• Developer
• Backlog
• CRM
• Managed services
• Personal
• Pulse
Real World Use
• Pulse
• Daily update of what each member of the team is up to
• Added by 9:30 every morning
• Helps remote staff know what is going on
• All Pulse updates discussed in the team meeting in the office every morning