Viva Engage

Not to be confused with Yanmar.

Viva Engage
Type of site
Enterprise collaboration
Founded10 March 2008; 16 years ago (2008-03-10)
Area servedWorldwide
OwnerMicrosoft
Founder(s)
General managerMurali Sitaram
IndustryInternet
URLyammer.com
RegistrationCompany Email
Launched8 September 2008; 16 years ago (2008-09-08)

Viva Engage (formerly Yammer) is an enterprise social networking service that is part of the Microsoft 365 family of products.[1][2][3] 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.[4][5][2]

The service began as an internal communication system for the genealogy website Geni.com[6] and was launched as an independent product in 2008.[7] Microsoft later acquired Yammer in 2012 for US$1.2 billion (~$1.57 billion in 2023).[8] Currently,[when?] Yammer is included in all enterprise plans of Microsoft 365, and evolved into Viva Engage as of February 2023.[5][9][10] Viva was re-launched as an "employee experience platform" and to make it more community- friendly.[10]

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