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

alan.richards@foundation-sp.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