Microsoft Teams on the new Surface Studio computer. Credit: Microsoft. It was only four years ago that Microsoft dropped a cool $1.2 billion on Yammer, which bills itself as a social network for work.

Microsoft. Yammer is being positioned as an app that can let business leaders better connect with employees. “It is not a product you go to to build a small team or group, ...

Microsoft has acquired Yammer for $1.2 billion, the companies announced Monday, June. 25. The deal had been an open secret for more than a week.

Microsoft is in the midst of making Yammer the news feed inside SharePoint for Office 365/SharePoint customers, not just its own employees, as officials have acknowledged.

Microsoft isn’t disclosing Yammer’s revenue in dollar figures, but the growth and momentum—Yammer added 312 new customers in the quarter—is a validation of the $1.2 billion it paid for ...

Microsoft plans to ship Yammer Enterprise with all Office 365 products (E1 to E4), at no extra cost, but only for Enterprise Agreement licensing customers. Yammer Milestones for Office 365 ...

Microsoft has been looking to acquire a platform that is social in nature, and with confirmation of its purchase of Yammer for $1.2 billion it is going a long way towards achieving its aims.

Microsoft just paid $1.2 billion for Yammer. But it still plans on giving away the company's social-networking service for free. At least, that's the word from David Sacks, the CEO of Yammer, a ...

— -- Microsoft's announcement Monday that it will acquire Yammer, a social network for corporate use, sparked concerns about whether it paid too much, too late. The $1.2 billion buyout comes ...

Microsoft is acquiring enterprise social networking company Yammer Inc. for $1.2 billion in cash. Completion of the deal still depends on regulatory approvals being cleared, but Microsoft ...

Microsoft is in the process of integrating Yammer’s cloud suite with those products now. The mobile improvements include a revamped iPad application and tweaks to the Windows 8 and Windows Phone ...

For the first time in a long time, Microsoft is the tech company stealing all the headlines, and it’s doing it again this week, making its rumored $1-billion acquisition of Yammer official ...