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Viva Engage
Viva Engage (formerly Yammer) is an enterprise social networking service (Founder's David O. Sacks and Adam Pisoni) that is part of the Microsoft 365 family of products. It is used mainly for private communication within organizations but is also used for networks spanning various organizations. Access to a Yammer network is determined by a user's Internet domain, so only individuals with approved email addresses may join their respective networks.
The service began as an internal communication system for the genealogy website Geni.com and was launched as an independent product in 2008. Microsoft later acquired Yammer in 2012 for US$1.2 billion (~$1.62 billion in 2024). Currently,[when?] Yammer is included in all enterprise plans of Microsoft 365, and evolved into Viva Engage as of February 2023. Viva was re-launched as an "employee experience platform" and to make it more community-friendly.
In 2008, Yammer was built as an internal feature for Geni by David O. Sacks. After 6 months of use at Geni, Sacks brought Yammer to TechCrunch50 to showcase its abilities and launch the product as an independent service away from Geni. Yammer won top prize at TechCrunch50, which allowed them to invest more money into the project. It was determined early on that a corporate email address would be required to use Yammer.
In 2009, Yammer underwent its first redesign. The main feature set included profiles, profile photos for groups, following suggestions, and a product called "YammerFox", which was an extension for Firefox that alerted the end user when a message was received.
In 2010, new integrations were launched in the application, such as polls, chat, events, links, topics, Q&A, and ideas. Yammer also launched its own app store, which included Crocodoc and Zendesk. By this time, Yammer had grown to over 1 million total users on the platform. Yammer also released its SharePoint 2007 Integration and transitioned to Scala for its real-time work.
In 2011, Yammer made the move from Scala back to Java for its real-time work due to the complexity of implementing Scala. Yammer Notifications was released as a replacement for YammerFox. During this period, Yammer grew its user base to 4 million total users.
In 2012, Yammer acquired OneDrum, which enabled the implementation of real-time document editing and document edit history. Shortly after, Microsoft acquired Yammer for US$1.2 billion. Microsoft announced that the Yammer team would be integrated into the Microsoft Office division but would continue to report to Sacks.
In 2013, Microsoft integrated Yammer into Dynamics CRM and included Yammer subscriptions in their Office 365 enterprise plans. In 2014, Microsoft announced the transition of Yammer development to the Office 365 development team, while Sacks announced his departure from Microsoft and Yammer. Yammer also introduced the option to log in through Office 365, and there were plans to integrate Yammer into the Office 365 header for easy selection by end users.
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Viva Engage
Viva Engage (formerly Yammer) is an enterprise social networking service (Founder's David O. Sacks and Adam Pisoni) that is part of the Microsoft 365 family of products. It is used mainly for private communication within organizations but is also used for networks spanning various organizations. Access to a Yammer network is determined by a user's Internet domain, so only individuals with approved email addresses may join their respective networks.
The service began as an internal communication system for the genealogy website Geni.com and was launched as an independent product in 2008. Microsoft later acquired Yammer in 2012 for US$1.2 billion (~$1.62 billion in 2024). Currently,[when?] Yammer is included in all enterprise plans of Microsoft 365, and evolved into Viva Engage as of February 2023. Viva was re-launched as an "employee experience platform" and to make it more community-friendly.
In 2008, Yammer was built as an internal feature for Geni by David O. Sacks. After 6 months of use at Geni, Sacks brought Yammer to TechCrunch50 to showcase its abilities and launch the product as an independent service away from Geni. Yammer won top prize at TechCrunch50, which allowed them to invest more money into the project. It was determined early on that a corporate email address would be required to use Yammer.
In 2009, Yammer underwent its first redesign. The main feature set included profiles, profile photos for groups, following suggestions, and a product called "YammerFox", which was an extension for Firefox that alerted the end user when a message was received.
In 2010, new integrations were launched in the application, such as polls, chat, events, links, topics, Q&A, and ideas. Yammer also launched its own app store, which included Crocodoc and Zendesk. By this time, Yammer had grown to over 1 million total users on the platform. Yammer also released its SharePoint 2007 Integration and transitioned to Scala for its real-time work.
In 2011, Yammer made the move from Scala back to Java for its real-time work due to the complexity of implementing Scala. Yammer Notifications was released as a replacement for YammerFox. During this period, Yammer grew its user base to 4 million total users.
In 2012, Yammer acquired OneDrum, which enabled the implementation of real-time document editing and document edit history. Shortly after, Microsoft acquired Yammer for US$1.2 billion. Microsoft announced that the Yammer team would be integrated into the Microsoft Office division but would continue to report to Sacks.
In 2013, Microsoft integrated Yammer into Dynamics CRM and included Yammer subscriptions in their Office 365 enterprise plans. In 2014, Microsoft announced the transition of Yammer development to the Office 365 development team, while Sacks announced his departure from Microsoft and Yammer. Yammer also introduced the option to log in through Office 365, and there were plans to integrate Yammer into the Office 365 header for easy selection by end users.