Information Technology Services Microsoft Yammer Quick Start Guide Purpose: Microsoft Yammer is a unique social networking service designed with enterprise communication in mind. Yammer was created with the sole purpose of helping employees connect and communicate across their organization. Yammer can be thought of as being the Facebook of the corporate world. Quick start for Microsoft Yammer Sign in with your Office 365 school credentials (GCSC network credentials). After you have signed in to Office 365 look for the Yammer icon and click on it to start the app. If the Yammer app is not listed select and select Yammer from the expanded app list. If Yammer is already being used by other people in your company they might have created a Company Network Home page and started “Groups” that you might want to join. A Group is an area within your corporate social network, with people who share common interests. An example of a group can be a department, a project team, or a group sharing certain expertise. By default, you will be added to the “All Company” Group, which includes all employees from Gulf Coast State College who have joined Yammer. Revised 4/2/2020 Page 1 of 3 Information Technology Services Microsoft Yammer Quick Start Guide Example of a Company Network Home page: Note how the above home page has three distinct areas. The left portion of the page is where you would navigate to other Groups as well as use the icons to check emails or use other tools. To change any of your account settings then you would click on the ‘Setting and More’ icon ( ) and select one of the options in the menu to modify. The middle portion is where you would follow all the conversations in the selected group or from the persons or people you selected to follow. The right portions is the portion that lists some of the suggested people you could follow and also suggested groups you could ask to join. Revised 4/2/2020 Page 2 of 3 Information Technology Services Microsoft Yammer Quick Start Guide Yammer provides advanced social capabilities like uploading documents and videos, posting polls, praising people and posting events where you can track who is attending. Compared to the collaboration capabilities of other social networking tools Yammer’s ease of use makes sharing appealing. Some information for this guide was downloaded from https://www.businessproductivity.com/getting-started-with-yammer/ on March 31, 2020. Revised 4/2/2020 Page 3 of 3 .