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While Yammer is an enterprise social network for collaboration across one’s organization, in its not-so-old look, I still despise the sight of the Suggested People, Suggested Group, Option to Invite Coworkers et all on the right navigation. They make me feel as one is mandated to remain officially engaged in the same fraternity, under the. Yammer is designed primarily for single domain use so if you work at an organisation which has multiple domain names such as regional domains for each country or territory that you operate in then you will need to activate your Yammer Enterprise network for one domain initially.
Yammer is a best-in-class, secure, and private enterprise social network. Yammer empowers employees to be more productive and successful by enabling them to collaborate easily, make decisions faster, and self-organize into teams to take on any business challenge. It's a new way of working that naturally drives business alignment and agility, reduces cycle times, engages employees, and improves relationships with both customers and partners.
For a list of plans that include Yammer, see Microsoft service families and plans.
For detailed plan information on subscriptions that enable users for Yammer, see the full subscription comparison table.
System requirements
For system requirements for Office 365, the monthly subscription-based service available for business, education, and government organizations, please see Microsoft 365 and Office Resources.
Yammer plans
Yammer is available through the following plans:
| Plan | Description |
|---|---|
| Yammer Basic | Enterprise social networking - anytime, anywhere. |
| Yammer Enterprise | Enterprise social networking with advanced security, administration, and integrations. |
What Is Yammer Enterprise
Note
The features and policies described in Microsoft 365 and Office 365 platform service description don't apply to the Yammer service.
Yammer enterprise service communications policy
Yammer adheres to the Microsoft 365 Change Management policy, but does not use Targeted release to roll out updates.
All Yammer users are subject to A/B feature testing. 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.
Any changes (A/B tests, new features, deprecations, compliance boundaries, workflow changes) that require customer action or are expected to have a significant impact on customers will be communicated in advance. We've identified a scenario where Yammer makes a change that impacts a limited subset of users. An example of this might be changing or removing a capability, such as the Yammer Chrome Extension, that has low engagement but which a small number of users have enabled. In these cases, we believe direct communication to these users in addition to the usual communication channels to Verified Admins as listed in the above policy will deliver a good user experience for the subset of users impacted by a change. For changes categorized as either 'Changes Requiring Action (Plan for Change)' or 'Changes Requiring Awareness (Stay Informed)' that only affect a targeted set of users, we may directly notify those users. The following table has been updated to reflect this change.
The channels used to communicate will depend on the impact:
| Change type | Communication channel |
|---|---|
| Changes requiring action (plan for change) Admin required to make changes to keep the service running, updates that may have an impact on your organization's compliance | - Office 365 Message center emails direct to Yammer verified admins - Microsoft 365 Roadmap - Yammer service updates - External group With changes that affect a targeted set of users, we may also notify those users directly. |
| Changes requiring awareness (stay informed) Changes that do not require admin action, visual design changes | - Office 365 Message center - Microsoft 365 Roadmap - Yammer service updates - External group With changes that affect a targeted set of users, we may also notify those users directly. |
| Non-critical Changes that are non-critical and do not require action or awareness, even though they may be observable by some users | Will not be communicated broadly. |
Feature availability across Yammer plans
Need help figuring out which Yammer plan best fits your organization's needs? Use the following table to see which features are available in each plan. Select a feature name to read a short summary of how that feature works in Yammer.
| Feature | Yammer Basic | Yammer Enterprise |
|---|---|---|
| Groups | Yes | Yes |
| Related groups | Yes | Yes |
| Announcements | No | Yes |
| User profiles | Yes | Yes |
| Expertise | Yes | Yes |
| Member directory | Yes | Yes |
| Org chart | Yes | Yes |
| Praise | Yes | Yes |
| Leaderboards | Yes | Yes |
| Publisher | Yes | Yes |
| @Mention | Yes | Yes |
| Online now | Yes | Yes |
| Private messages | Yes | Yes |
| Share conversations | Yes | Yes |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Polls | Yes | Yes |
| Files | Yes | Yes |
| Recent changes | Yes | Yes |
| Official content | No | Yes |
| Inbox | Yes | Yes |
| Inbox search | Yes | Yes |
| Feeds | Yes | Yes |
| Ticker | Yes | Yes |
| Topics | Yes | Yes |
| Universal search | No | Yes |
| Instant type-ahead | Yes | Yes |
| External networks | Yes | Yes |
| Fast network switching | Yes | Yes |
| Yammer connect login | Yes | Yes |
| Embeddable feeds | Yes | Yes |
| Like and Follow buttons | Yes | Yes |
| Browser extension | Yes | Yes |
| Activity stream API | Yes | Yes |
| Custom network branding | No | Yes |
| User management | No | Yes |
| Single identity | Yes | Yes |
| Directory synchronization | No | Yes |
| Data export | No | Yes |
| Keyword monitoring | No | Yes |
| Analytics | No | Yes |
| Organization resources | Yes | Yes |
| Password policies | No | Yes |
| Session management | No | Yes |
| Logical firewall | No | Yes |
| Usage policy | No | Yes |
| FastTrack Center | No | Yes |
| Customer support | Yes | Yes |
| Administrator support | No | Yes |
| Admin private content mode | No | Yes |
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 App For Windows 10
You can block users who don't have Yammer licenses from accessing Yammer by turning on the security setting Block Office 365 users without Yammer licenses (see Start blocking users who don't have Yammer licenses).
You need to be an Office 365 global administrator or user management administrator to do the following operations.
Only users with a Yammer license will see a Yammer tile in the Office 365 app launcher.
Manage Yammer licenses in the Microsoft 365 admin center
You assign or remove the Yammer license to users the same way you assign any other Office 365 Enterprise E3 license.
- Sign in to Office 365 Enterprise E3, navigate to the Microsoft 365 admin center, and on the Users > Active Users page, assign or remove the Yammer license for users.
See Assign licenses to users in Office 365 for business and Remove licenses from users in Office 365 for business for more information.
Manage Yammer licenses by using Windows PowerShell
You can use cmdlets in Windows PowerShell to assign Office 365 licenses. With Windows PowerShell, you can more easily see who has a license, and assign licenses for multiple users at the same time. For more information, see Use Office 365 PowerShell to assign licenses to user accounts. You can also bulk update licenses based on a CSV file. For more information, see Bulk license assignment to Office 365 users based on CSV.
Below are some example Windows PowerShell script snippets that you can use to manage Yammer licenses. Use them to develop a complete script for your organization.
The following example assigns a license from the litwareinc:ENTERPRISEPACK (Office 365 Enterprise E3) licensing plan to the unlicensed user belindan@litwareinc.com.
The following example unassigns the Yammer Enterprise license from the litwareinc:ENTERPRISEPACK (Office 365 Enterprise E3) to the user belindan@litwareinc.com.
If you'd instead like to enable Yammer for a user without affecting anything else in their license, you can run the above script but change:
to
The following example returns information about any users who are not currently licensed for Office 365.
Start blocking users who don't have Yammer licenses
It takes just a few steps to start blocking Office 365 users who don't have Yammer licenses. 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 that you have turned on the setting to enforce Office 365 identity for Yammer users. You can assign or unassign Yammer licenses only to Yammer users who are managed in Office 365. So, to block Office 365 users without Yammer licenses, it is required that all Yammer users are managed in Office 365. The setting Block Office 365 users without Yammer licenses can be turned on only when the Enforce office 365 identity for Yammer users setting is turned on.
Make sure all current Yammer users have a Yammer license. When you start blocking Office 365 users without Yammer licenses, any user without a Yammer license will be unable to access Yammer. So before you begin, make sure that all of your current Yammer users have Yammer licenses. 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. For more details, see the article How to audit Yammer users in networks connected to Office 365.
Tell your users about this change. We strongly recommend that you tell users that you are starting to block Office 365 users without Yammer licenses, because it can disrupt their day to day usage of Yammer.
You must be a global administrator on Office 365 who was synchronized to Yammer as a verified admin to perform these steps.
If you are ready to block users who don't have Yammer licenses, follow these steps.
In Yammer, go to the Network Admin section, and choose Security Settings.
In the Security Settings page, go to the Enforce Office 365 Identity section, select the Enforce Office 365 identity in Yammer checkbox and confirm the selection. Enforcing Office 365 identity is a pre-requisite step to block users without Yammer licenses.
After the Enforce Office 365 identity in Yammer checkbox is selected, the Block Office 365 users without Yammer licenses checkbox will be available. Select the Block Office 365 users without Yammer licenses checkbox and then choose Save.
You see a confirmation message that asks if you are ready to start blocking Office 365 users without Yammer licenses.
The confirmation message shows the number of active users on the Yammer network. Make sure all the current Yammer users have Yammer licenses. For more details, see How to audit Yammer users in networks connected to Office 365.
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 and have a Yammer license. If you choose to do this, select the Log out all current users checkbox. We strongly recommend doing this at a time of minimal user activity (because users might be logged out in the middle of their work) and communicate it to them ahead of time.
If you are ready to start blocking Office 365 users without Yammer licenses, select Yes, I am ready to confirm your choice. This returns you to the Security Settings page where the Block Office 365 users without Yammer licenses checkbox is now selected.
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.
FAQ
Q: Why are Yammer licenses per-user?
A: Per-user licenses let you assign Yammer to a subset of users in your company - typically for a geographical or team-by-team rollout. Only users with a license can see the Yammer tile in the Office 365 app launcher.
Q: How does this affect Yammer users who sign-in with their email and password?
A: Licenses are enforced only for users who sign-in with Office 365 identity.
Q: What if I do not want anyone in my company to use legacy Yammer identity?
A: You can Enforce Office 365 identity for all your Yammer users.
Q: How can I tell if all of my Yammer users have accounts in Office 365?
A: You can export your list of users from Yammer and check for users who are not in Office 365. For more information, see Audit Yammer users in networks connected to Office 365.