1. Yammer offers a premier social
experience across multiple device
platforms.
Overview
Yammer on
mobile devices
Yammer for mobile devices
Do you want to use Yammer when you are away from your desktop? You can use Yammer from
wherever you are, on whatever device you use. Access Yammer from:
 http://www.yammer.com
 The Yammer mobile app
 Yammer Now
Yammer mobile app
Use the Yammer mobile app to access your company's social network anytime, anywhere. The
Yammer mobile app offers on-the-go access to conversations happening inside your company on
your Yammer network. Use the Yammer mobile app to connect from any device, just as you would
from a desktop. View messages, post updates, preview important documents, and receive important
notifications.
Yammer features on mobile devices
Using Yammer s features on devices
Both the Yammer Now and Yammer mobile app offer features for users to engage in conversations with coworkers. Some features may only be available
in Yammer Now or the Yammer mobile app because these two apps serve different purposes. Yammer Now is used for real-time communication with
coworkers, while the Yammer mobile app is used for engaging in your company's social network. This section highlights features that mobile device users
have available to them in either the Yammer Now or Yammer mobile app.
Important: The user interface of these features may look different on the different mobile device platforms.
Authentication
Messaging Groups Localization *
People Sharing Files
In Yammer, all conversations and communications are made up of
messages. Users create and reply to messages, which are displayed in
the user s Inbox or Groups the user follows.
Messaging features in Yammer:
 Use the Inbox for tracking and managing your most important
conversations in Yammer. The Inbox automatically aggregates your
@mentions, group announcements, conversations, and private
messages.
 Users can quickly create new messages by clicking the Global
Compose button. The Global Compose button is available
throughout the Yammer mobile app.
 Email or push notifications are sent to your email address to
notify you about important activity taking place in Yammer as
soon as it happens.
 Private messages allow you to start a private dialogue with one or
more coworkers. You can add more coworkers to the message at
any time.
 Use Threaded Conversations to view multiple conversations with
replies directly below or beside the original message.
 Attach pictures from your mobile device to messages in Yammer.
 Reply to private messages, conversations or post an update to a
group directly from your Inbox.
 View Read and Unread messages in one split view in your Inbox.
Mark messages as unread to follow up later. Unread items appear
at the top of your Inbox.
 Search allows you to find items in your Inbox, files, notes,
conversations, and people in your Yammer network. *
Use Groups in Yammer to collect related conversations about
departmental communications, your next campaign launch, or an
upcoming company event. Group conversations may apply to a team,
a project, or area of common interest.
Group features in Yammer:
 Create, find, and join a group of interest to you. *
 Use your Inbox to view new group messages, along with other
messages sent to you from colleagues in Yammer (for example,
private messages).
 Invite a colleague that is not a member of a private group to take
part in a conversation in that private group.
Yammer supports global communication among coworkers by
providing:
 Localized Yammer apps. When you change the language
preference settings on your mobile device, Yammer apps will
render their user interface in the selected language.
 Translation of messages. When coworkers post messages in
languages that are different to your mobile device s language
preference settings, the Translate button appears below the initial
post. Clicking Translate converts the entire conversation, including
related responses, into the user s default language. Clicking Show
original text reverts the conversation to the initial language(s).
Languages supported for localization:
 Chinese Simplified
 Chinese Traditional
 Dutch
 English
 French (France)
 German
Engage with coworkers using Yammer. Yammer provides several
people features to quickly get in touch with people in your
organization.
People features in Yammer:
 Find coworkers contact information and call, text, or email.
 Send a private message directly to a coworker.
 Find and connect with people across your company using the
Members Directory.
 Edit your profile or upload your profile picture.
 Follow people who share common interests with you.
 See who s online now to start a private discussion with one or
more coworkers (available in Yammer Now only).
In Yammer, users may share files from their mobile devices with
coworkers.
File sharing features in Yammer:
 The supported file types include Office documents, PDFs,
images, and notes.
 Use the Viewed by Your Coworker feature to discover files
viewed by your colleagues. *
 Open and edit files using Office Web Apps (opens in a web
browser and you may have to provide credentials).
 Snap and share photos taken on your mobile device with
coworkers.
Use Yammer credentials.
Yammer credentials Yammer Directory Sync Single sign-on
Use your email address (with
Directory Sync).
Use your organization
assigned network
credentials.
User logs in with their
Yammer user name and
password.
User logs in to Yammer with
their email address and
password.
Redirect authentication
request to your
organization s SAML 2.0
single sign-on server.
If authenticated, user is
allowed access to their
Yammer network.
If authenticated, user is
allowed access to their
Yammer network.
(Optional) Your user may
be redirected to an
authentication page
requesting user
credentials. User logs in
using Active Directory user
name (or email address)
and password.
If authenticated, return
login token to Yammer
and allow the user access
to their Yammer network.
 Yammer credentials - Using Yammer credentials enables you to create user accounts and passwords in
Yammer's directory service. These credentials are different from the credentials used to log in to your
organization's network. Choose this option if you prefer to keep your organization s user accounts separate
from Yammer s user accounts.
 Yammer's Directory Sync - Use your organization assigned email address to log in to Yammer by
implementing Yammer's Directory Sync tool. Directory Sync extracts some information from your
organization's Active Directory, creates matching directory information in Yammer, and then monitors the
change log in Active Directory for any changes to user accounts. For example, Directory Sync creates new
accounts in Yammer when new accounts are added to Active Directory, and accounts are suspended in
Yammer when accounts are disabled in Active Directory. Choose this option if you want users to use the
same credentials they use to access your organization s network, and you don t use a federated identity
management system (for example, Active Directory Federation Services).
 Single sign-on - When using single sign-on in Yammer, users log in to Yammer using the same credentials
they use to access your organization s network. When authenticating, Yammer redirects the authentication
request to your organization s SAML-based single sign-on server. Your organization s single sign-on server
automatically logs in users based on your authentication mechanisms. Choose this option if your
organization uses a federated identity management system (for example, Active Directory Federation
Services).
How to set up single sign-on in Yammer:
1. Export and send the metadata file from your identity provider, or provide the following information to
Yammer: Entity ID, Endpoint URI, public certificate, and SAML version (2.0).
2. Yammer then creates an Identity Provider (IdP) connection by importing your metadata file created in
step 1. Yammer will then export the Identity Provider metadata to another file, which is sent to you.
3. Import the Identity Provider metadata file sent to you to create a Relying Party Trust. When complete,
contact Yammer to enable single sign-on for your Yammer Network.
4. Yammer activates single sign-on for your Yammer network. When this is done, users with Yammer
credentials will no longer be able to use them to authenticate. Instead, users must use their organization's
network credentials to access Yammer. To log in on a mobile device, use the log in screen, not the sign up
screen.
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Yammer Now app
Yammer Now enables real time, instant message communication with your coworkers on Yammer.
Start communicating with coworkers by installing Yammer Now, and logging in to Yammer. To
contact coworkers, you don't need their email addresses or phone numbers. All you need is the
Yammer Now app. Yammer Now does not provide access to your Inbox, Groups, and so on. You
can use the Yammer mobile app for that.
Use Yammer Now to:
 Send a quick message to your coworker or team
 Get or provide an immediate response to a coworker
Key features of Yammer Now include:
 Online presence - see coworkers who are online to contact for an instant response
 Group messaging - add multiple participants to a conversation
 Share images - snap a picture and share it with coworkers
 Push notifications - get real-time alerts for new messages
 Stickers - communicate thought, feeling, or sentiment to coworkers using stickers
Authentication for mobile devices
Users must be authenticated before they can access their Yammer network. The authentication option you
choose to authenticate users visiting http://www.yammer.com is also used for authenticating mobile device
users.
Yammer s three authentication options
The Yammer mobile app is available for Windows Phone 8, Windows 8, iOS, and Android.
Yammer Now is currently available for iOS only.
 Italian
 Japanese
 Korean
 Portuguese (Brazil)
 Russian
 Spanish
* To be implemented gradually on all platforms.
Mobile apps SharePoint
on-premises
SharePoint Online
in Office 365
Messaging in Yammer
on Windows Phone 8
Groups in Yammer on
iPhone
People in Yammer on
iPhone
File sharing in Yammer
on Android
Localized Yammer user
interface on Android