Microsoft Viva Engage (Yammer)

What differentiates Microsoft Viva Engage (Yammer) from other similar products?

Since we are already using Microsoft software's like Teams to connect. It makes sense to use social networking software from Microsoft it provides good features, security and easy implementation

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

This provides a good way to connect with fellow employees. Its company internal social network and very user friendly. It can be used for announcements, fun posts, and contests. This platform also has the option to make groups based on interest or hobby. User can decide to make posts either to whole company or a specific group. The ability to like and comment makes the posts interactive, and users can share media files like photos and videos.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Some of the posts get lost when visiting next time. Default feed can be improved on which posts get shown on home page Reply on comments are not nested, so it could get confusing sometimes. Email notification is also too overwhelming sometimes, there should be a easy way to control the number of emails. notification also has two categories, they can make it a simple notification under one option.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would highly recommend this tool for any organization as social network is a key part of people in this digital world. employees are already used to using social network, so having a ready to use private social network would add great value. this can be used in multiple way and gives people the ability to connect with each other.

What differentiates Microsoft Viva Engage (Yammer) from other similar products?

I don't know. Tell me, and we will both know. I found it to be redundant and not practical. There are plenty of other apps which are a better fit. Microsoft's Teams is better to use, in my opinion.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

There aren't any. I dread using the product. I avoid it as much as I can.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It seems to be a waste of time and energy to me. It is very confusing and "noisy."

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Look at Microsoft's Teams product first. Yammer seems limited to me and not well integrated into the rest of the Office 365 suite.

What differentiates Microsoft Viva Engage (Yammer) from other similar products?

Yammer and Workplace by Facebook are two market leading Social Media platform for companies. Due to complete O365 package Yammer makes it to most of companies. Due its rich feature set it is highly useable in market.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Yammer is a like Facebook for office where you can n create communities and can discuss topics. Make announcements, make department groups for department level communication and in bigger picture on company level as well. Create Polls to make it more collaborative and interesting for all users. Praise your teammates and create fun activates as well using Yammer.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Sometimes integrations with 3rd party tools makes it difficult.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Effective communication is essential and pandemic made it sure. Yammer is perfect tool to engage your employees for information sharing at department level and at company level as well. So this is go to platform for any kind of enterprise. Healthy Communication among employee creates healthy environment to work.