Yammer is an enterprise social networking service used mainly for private communication within organizations but is used for networks spanning various organizations.
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12 Facts About Yammer
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In 2008, Yammer was built as an internal feature for Geni by David O Sacks.
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Yammer won top prize at TechCrunch50, which allowed them to seed more money into the project.
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Yammer launched their own app store which included Crocodoc and Zendesk.
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Yammer released their SharePoint 2007 Integration, and moved to Scala for their real-time work.
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In 2011, Yammer made the move from Scala back to Java for their real-time work due to the complexity of rolling out Scala.
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In 2014, Microsoft announced that Yammer development was being moved into the Office 365 development team, and Sacks announced that he was leaving Microsoft and Yammer.
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Yammer allowed login through Office 365, as well as plans to have Yammer show up in the Office 365 header for selection by end users.
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In 2015, Yammer removed several features related to how it worked with SharePoint, including support for SharePoint Server 2013.
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In 2016, Yammer removed the Yammer Enterprise Plan, due to a shift in using the more general Office 365 subscription structure.
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In 2019, Microsoft announced "the new Yammer", which featured a redesign based on Microsoft's Fluent Design System.
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