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When you assign user licenses as part of a bundled Office 365 subscription plan such as Office 365 Enterprise E3, the Yammer license is automatically assigned to the user. You can remove or assign Yammer licenses for specific users in the Microsoft 365 admin center or by using Windows PowerShell cmdlets for Office 365. Yammer is an Enterprise Social Network (ESN) that is part of your Office 365 subscription. It allows for Facebook-style communication with users inside or outside of your organization. How can I access Yammer? Training: Yammer is a social networking tool to openly connect and engage across your organization. Use Yammer to stay on top of what matters, tap into the knowledge of others, and build on existing work. Bring the rich social experiences of Yammer to Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and other Microsoft 365 apps. Share, create, and edit files directly from Yammer conversations with Office for the web.

We have Facebook for sharing cute cat videos, Twitter for bullying and LinkedIn for solving 2nd-grade math problems. And now we have Yammer. What is Yammer and does your organization need it? This post will try to answer these questions.

What is Yammer?

Yammer is an Enterprise Social Network (ESN) that is part of your Office 365 subscription. It allows for Facebook-style communication with users inside or outside of your organization.

How can I access Yammer?

Desktop Browser

You can access Yammer on your desktop using the Yammer link from Office 365 App Launcher.

Mobile App

If you are a road warrior, you can also access Yammer and participate in conversations using your mobile device. Yep, there is an App for that! 🙂

How does Yammer integrate with SharePoint and Office 365?

Historically, Yammer was not very well integrated into other Office 365 assets. As a result, its user adoption suffered. However, recently, there were key improvements made by Microsoft, and now Yammer seems to be much better integrated with the rest of Office 365 components. Here are a few examples:

Integration with Office 365 Groups

If you like the flexibility of Yammer communication (instead of email), yet also enjoy the assets you get as part of Office 365 Group (SharePoint Site, Planner, OneNote, etc.), you can connect Yammer to an Office 365 Group. Here is what you need to do to make it happen:

1. In Yammer, click on Gear Icon > Network Admin
2. Under Content and Security, click on Security Settings
3. Under Office 365 Identity Enforcement, click the Enforce Office 365 identity
4. On the next screen, make sure to select Committed option (no the 7-day trial one)
5. Click Save button to save the changes

What will happen once you connect Yammer with Office 365 Groups

1. When you create a new Yammer Group, it will also provision an Office 365 Group with all the assets you would typically expect in Office 365 Group (SharePoint site collection, Planner, OneNote).
2. On the new Yammer Group page, you will notice Office 365 Group resources accessible on the right-side panel. Clicking on each will bring you to the corresponding Office 365 Group asset.
3. Likewise, when you click on Conversations feature from Office 365 Group, it will bring you back to the Yammer Group page! That’s correct, there will be no email distribution list or Outlook calendar with the Yammer-connected Group. The email will be replaced with Yammer chat conversation!

You can read more about the above feature here.

Integration with Microsoft Teams

You can also add a link to Yammer feed from Teams. Presently, there is no Yammer Tab to add to a channel, but you can embed Yammer just like a regular website via website tab. Please reference this post for instructions.

Integration with SharePoint

Lastly, you can embed Yammer conversation into a SharePoint page. While you could do this with classical Wiki pages by using Script Editor web part, if you are using modern pages (I hope you are), you have a special Yammer web part now!

Yammer Web Part on a modern Page

Yammer conversation embedded on a Modern SharePoint Page

Does our organization need Yammer?

Unlike Email, OneDrive and SharePoint which are more of a necessity and a backbone of company collaboration, Yammer is another layer of communication that exists out there. Unlike email, it is less “formal,” and more social/modern communication vehicle. In my opinion, it might be a valuable tool for many, especially larger organizations. Here are the uses cases for Yammer within the organization:

Senior Leadership – employee engagement

When I worked in the corporate world, I hated when some big wig exec would send email blasts with some company news or announcements. It was a one-way communication with no outlet for conversation. Yammer provides a nice alternative for execs to connect and gather feedback in an informal way from employees.

Human Resources communication vehicle

Human Resources might use Yammer for, say, benefits enrollment deadline messages or new hire announcements (the stuff that no one cares about when sent via email).

Alternative for company-wide Email Newsletter

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Does your company have an email newsletter? The one that some admin or intern sends around 4 PM on Friday afternoon. The one that no one reads and automatically deletes. I bet it does! Yammer could be a great alternative by introducing an informal way to share the news that you would typically spend weeks to organize into an email newsletter.

Communication with External Stakeholders

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Another great benefit of Yammer is that you can create external groups or complete external networks to collaborate with external stakeholders, like clients and vendors.

This is how you create an External Group

This is how you create an External Network

As Yammer becomes a core service for your organization, you'll want users to be able to log into it seamlessly, just like any other Office 365 service. Additionally, you'll probably want to maintain a single identity for all Office 365 users for easier user management. You can achieve both of these goals by enforcing Office 365 identity in Yammer. By enforcing Office 365 identity in Yammer and configuring password hash sync, pass-through authentication, or Understanding Office 365 identity and Azure Active Directory for Office 365, admins can achieve single sign-on (SSO) capabilities for all services in Office 365, including Yammer.

How enforcing Office 365 identities in Yammer works

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The following flowchart shows what happens when a user logs in to Yammer.

Below is the user's login experience when Office 365 identity is and is not enforced for Yammer:

1. A user tries to login to Yammer, and is presented with a login dialog box.

2. The user enters his or her email address.

3. When Office 365 identity is enforced, the user is prompted to login with his/her Office 365 identity. If the customer has implemented the federated identity model in Office 365, the user will log in with single-sign-on.

4. When Office 365 identity is not enforced (this is the default setting), if there is an Office 365 account corresponding to the user's email address, the user is prompted to log in with his or her Office 365 identity.

5. When Office 365 identity is not enforced (this is the default setting), if there is no Office 365 account corresponding to the user's email address, the user is prompted to log in with his or her Yammer identity (email and password)

The following table compares the user login behavior when Office 365 Identity is enforced or not enforced. Note that Office 365 identity is not enforced by default.

Start enforcing Office 365 identity in Yammer

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It takes just a few steps to start enforcing Office 365 identities in Yammer. However, turning this setting on can accidentally disrupt users' access to Yammer. So before you begin, do the following to make sure your Yammer users can continue working smoothly:

• Make sure all current Yammer users have a corresponding Office 365 identity. When you enforce Office 365 identities for Yammer, any user without a corresponding Office 365 identity will be locked out of Yammer. So before you begin, make sure that all of your current Yammer users have corresponding Office 365 identities. One method to check this is to go to the Export Users page in Yammer and export all users. Then compare that list to the list of users in Office 365 and make any changes required.

• Tell your users about this change. We strongly recommend that you tell users that you are switching to enforce Office 365 identities, because it can disrupt their day to day usage of Yammer. We have provided a sample email you can use in the settings below.

You must be a global administrator on Office 365 who was synchronized to Yammer as a Verified Admin to perform these steps. To check if your account was synchronized, you can go to the Network Admin page on Yammer and check the Admins section. Global administrators will sync to Yammer only if their user principal name (UPN) in Office 365 matches a domain on Yammer. The following screenshot shows what a synced admin looks like on the Admins page in Yammer.

If you are ready to enforce Office 365 identity in Yammer, follow the steps below.

To start enforcing Office 365 identity in Yammer

1. In Yammer, go to the Network Admin section, and choose Security Settings.

2. In the Security Settings page, go to the Office 365 Identity Enforcement section and select Enforce Office 365 identity.

   You must be both a Yammer verified administrator and a global administrator to see this section.

3. You see a confirmation message that asks you to select the most appropriate level of enforcement:

   • Committed Enforcement: Choose this option if all of your Yammer users already have an Azure Active Directory (AAD) account.

     Important

     Once you save this change, you won't be able to undo it, and your users won't be able to log in using their Yammer usernames and passwords anymore.

   • Temporary 7-Day Enforcement: Choose this option if you're testing the enforcement of Office 365 identity on your network, and may need to revert it back. Once you save this change, a temporary enforcement period of seven days will begin, and your users won't be able to log in using their Yammer usernames and passwords anymore. After seven days, your network will automatically be committed to Office 365 Identity enforcement.

4. If you want, you can automatically log out all current users, so that you can be sure that everyone using the Yammer service has logged in with their Office 365 identities. If you want to do this, select the Log out all users checkbox. If you choose to do this, we recommend that you communicate this change to your users by using the following sample email.

   Subject Line: [Action Required] Log back in to Yammer

   Hi,

   This email is to let you know that [ORGANIZATION'S NAME] is making changes to the way we all access Yammer. If you're currently working on Yammer, then we may temporarily interrupt you by logging you out. It's necessary for us to securely set up Office 365 sign-in for Yammer.

   You can resume your work immediately by logging in to Yammer using your Office 365 username and password.

   We've made this change so that you can access all of Office 365 with a single identity. If you're unable to log in using your Office 365 username and password, please let your network administrator know.

   Thank You,

   [SIGNATURE]

5. If you are ready to start enforcing this setting, select Okay. This returns you to the Security Settings page where the Enforce Office 365 identity in Yammer checkbox is now selected.

   Note

   You can also select Start blocking users who don't have Yammer licenses to ensure that only users with Yammer licenses can login to Yammer.

6. Choose Save to save all your settings on the page.

   If you don't choose Save but instead navigate away from the page, your settings will not take effect.

Stop enforcing Office 365 identity in Yammer

Important

You can only stop enforcing Office 365 identities in Yammer when you are in the temporary 7-day enforcement period.

When you stop enforcing Office 365 identities in Yammer:

• Any users who were already logging into Yammer with their Office 365 identities will be unaffected by this change.

• Other users can join your network by signing up with their work email and verifying it.

If you no longer want to enforce Office 365 identities, you can follow the steps below to stop. You must be both a Yammer verified admin and a global administrator to perform these steps.

To stop enforcing Office 365 identity in Yammer

1. In Yammer, go to the Network Admin section, and choose Security Settings.

2. In the Security Settings page, go to the Office 365 Identity Enforcement section and clear the Enforce Office 365 identity checkbox.

   You see a confirmation message so you can verify that you are ready to stop enforcing Office 365 identity.

3. Select Okay to confirm your choice.

   This returns you to the Security Settings page where the Enforce Office 365 identity in Yammer checkbox is now cleared.

4. Choose Save to save all your settings on the page.

   If you don't choose Save but instead navigate away from the page, your settings will not take effect.

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FAQ

Q: Once Office 365 Identity Enforcement is set to 'Committed Enforcement', why can't I revert it back?

A: Once your organization has committed to enforcing Office 365 identity and has one Office 365 tenant associated with a single Yammer network, connected groups will be enabled for this network.. In this configuration, whenever a group is created in Yammer, a connected Microsoft 365 group is also created, and users can take advantage of tools like SharePoint, Planner and OneNote connected to the group. At this point, reverting the Enforce Office 365 Identity setting will be disruptive to the user experience, since users who login with their user names and passwords cannot access these connected resources any more.

Q: How will this change impact guest and external users?

A: Guests and external users will continue to follow the login settings and requirements of their home network, and will be unaffected.

Q: How long does it take for this setting to be applied?

A: Enforce Office 365 Identity is applied immediately after the setting is set.

Q: We use the same ADFS configuration in Yammer and Office 365. Should we log users out during the transition?

A: Yes. Logout ensures all users logged in after that are connected to their Office 365 identity, which connects users for user lifecycle management from Office 365 and also provides a consistent experience for them, with things like Office 365 suite navigation.

Q: What is the experience for users being logged-out when enforcing Office 365 identities?

A: Users will be logged out of their web and mobile sessions immediately and will be required to login in all their devices and browser sessions again, this time using their Office 365 identity configuration and credentials.

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Q: How can I audit and clean up Yammer users when compared to Office 365 and Azure AD?

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A: You can audit Yammer users in networks connected to Office 365 and take appropriate actions based on it. See more information and examples in How to audit Yammer users in networks connected to Office 365.