{"id":162091,"date":"2015-08-13T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T16:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/?p=162091"},"modified":"2024-08-30T14:03:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T21:03:20","slug":"optimizing-yammer-for-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2015\/08\/13\/optimizing-yammer-for-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimizing Yammer for teams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s post was written by Juliet Wei, senior product marketing manager for the Yammer team.<\/em><\/p>\n

When we first set out to create Yammer, we started with the simple idea that information is more valuable when it\u2019s shared. As an enterprise social network, Yammer revolutionized information sharing in the workplace by giving millions of people a platform to make their voices heard and discover what others across the company are working on.<\/p>\n

Recently we announced Yammer\u2019s on a mission to bring the benefits of open collaboration to teamwork. Since then, we\u2019ve introduced Office Online integration for better document collaboration in Yammer; external messaging, which lets teams easily connect with people outside their company; and Yammer for Apple Watch to enable a whole new way of staying connected with your team. Today we\u2019re unveiling another set of exciting changes to Yammer, including a fresh new look and feel that\u2019s designed for teamwork from the ground up.<\/p>\n

As teams spin up around a project or initiative, they need a way to filter out the noise and focus on the task at hand. Yammer groups provide a great setting for teamwork by empowering people to share and collaborate within the right context and with the right set of people. However, the default experience in Yammer to date has been the home feeds which were intended for broad network-wide sharing. To encourage teams to make Yammer groups their go-to destination, we\u2019re delivering a number of UI enhancements and improving the experience inside groups. Some of the changes we\u2019re delivering on the web include:<\/p>\n