1. Who needs Yammer when there is
SharePoint?
#SPSBE34
Martina Grom, Toni Pohl
April 26th, 2014

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5. Dream…
#worklikeanetwork

6. Reality

7. The most important social tool is….

8. The most important social tool is….
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Usage of Social Tools
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9. SharePoint vs. Yammer
SharePoint
• Structured Data
• Top Down
• Corporate News
• Forms, Policies, Procedures, Processes
• Wiki
• Internal Blogs
Yammer
• Many to many communication
• BYOD
• Simple and Fast
• Less Hierarchical
• Informal
• Easy adoption

10. How most SharePoint Projects look
like

11. What the User expects

12. SharePoint Social or Yammer?
Social in thecloud Social on-premises

13. Why not SharePoint AND Yammer?

14. However, teams are overwhelmed.
38%
time lost
duplicating
work.
58%
spend over an
hour per day
looking for
information.
61%
office time spent
coordinating
collaboration.
Sources: IDC; Forrester Research; McKinsey.

15. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIqA_YKeboc

16. Practical Examples & Demo

17. How Microsoft uses Yammer?
Social instead of Distribution lists
Know-How Documentation
X-group Team Collaboration
External Networks
Result-driven
Pull-Method
Organic Development
Less Regulations

18. „We handle offensive social
posts exactly the same way we
would an offensive email.”
ChrisSlemp, Microsoft IT

19. Tipps and Best Practices

21. Be smart
Be polite
Be aware
Get connected
Guidelines in any social network
Reply to new ideas or suggestions
Collaborate on Content
Share Best Practices
Connect locations in the same region
Ask questions
Welcome new team members
Share Challenges & Success
Post photos of team members in action
Share Knowledge

22. Which Tool When?
Audience size
Urgency

24. Listen and Learn

25. https://about.yammer.com/certifications/

26. Four Factors for a Successful Journey

29. http://developer.yammer.com/create-an-
application/
How it works

30. A. https://www.yammer.com/dialog/oauth?client_id=[:clie
nt_id]&redirect_uri=[:redirect_uri]&state=[:selfgenerate
dtoken]
B. App Authorization – User Interactions (assuming
Allow)
http://[:redirect_uri]?code=[:code]
C. https://www.yammer.com/oauth2/access_token.json?
client_id=[:client_id]&client_secret=[:client_secret]&co
de=[:code]
OAuth2 flow
a) User
Authentication
b) App
Authorization
c) App
Authentication

31. Creation of your Yammer App
https://www.yammer.com/client_applications/47595

32. Give permission to your Yammer App

33. http://yammersdk.codeplex.com/
The YammerSDK (.NET)

34. The Yammer App Directory

35. http://developer.yammer.com/mobile/#winphone-sdk
http://developer.yammer.com/mobile/#win8-sdk
http://yammercontractmeow.codeplex.com/
http://yammersdk.codeplex.com/
Yammer .NET SDK References

36. Thank you!