Yammer service description

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Engaging your people is more critical than ever. Yammer connects leaders, communicators, and employees to build communities, share knowledge, and engage everyone. Yammer helps you connect and engage across your organization, so you can discuss ideas, share updates, and network with others.

Available plans

For the full list of plans that include plan information on subscriptions that enable users for Yammer, see the full subscription comparison table.

Feature availability

The following table lists the major Yammer features available. This table may change without notice (certain caveats apply).

Feature Small Business Enterprise Education
Yammer feeds Yes Yes Yes
Communities Yes Yes Yes
Community Insights Yes Yes Yes
Discussions, Polls, Praise, Announcements, and Questions Yes Yes Yes
Topics and Hashtags Yes Yes Yes
Mark best answer to questions Yes Yes Yes
Files Yes Yes Yes
Live Events Yes Yes Yes
Inbox Yes Yes Yes
External Network & Guests Yes Yes Yes
Yammer platform Yes Yes Yes
Admin features Yes Yes Yes

Messaging

To stay informed of upcoming changes, including new and changed features, planned maintenance, or other important announcements, visit the Message Center. For more information, see Message center.

Communication channels

The channels used to communicate will depend on the impact.

Change type Office 365 Message center Microsoft 365 Roadmap Yammer Tech Community Blog, for example, Monthly Roundups External community, Twitter
Changes requiring action (plan for change) - Changes that require admin action to keep the service running, updates that may have an impact on your organization's compliance Yes Yes Yes Yes
Changes requiring awareness (stay informed) - Changes that do not require admin action, visual design changes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Note

With changes that affect a targeted set of users, we may notify those users directly.
Changes that are non-critical and do not require action or awareness will not be communicated broadly (even though they may be observable by some users).

Yammer enterprise service communications policy

Yammer adheres to the Microsoft 365 Change Management policy, but does not use Targeted release to roll out some Microsoft 365 updates. Yammer users are subject to A/B feature testing or flighting. This allows Microsoft to test features for stability, performance, and experience improvement across many environments and devices. Users within the same network may have varying experiences due to testing. It is not possible for customers to opt out of A/B testing.

Licensing terms

For licensing terms and conditions for products and services purchased through Microsoft Commercial Volume Licensing Programs, see the Product Terms site.

Accessibility

Microsoft remains committed to the security of your data and the accessibility of our services. For more information, see the Microsoft Trust Center and the Office Accessibility Center.

Learn more

For more information about Yammer, check out the following resources:

System requirements

For system requirements for Office 365, the monthly subscription-based service available for business, education, and government organizations, see Microsoft 365 and Office Resources.

Supported Clients and integrations

The following are generally available today: