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 confirmed that it’s finally killing off Yammer, the enterprise social network it procured more than a decade ago for $1.2 billion. Yammer was initially created out of San Francisco ...

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 retiring the Yammer brand and moving its apps and features to Microsoft Viva Engage, which is part of its employee-experience platform for a hybrid work world. It's also rolling out ...

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 ...

Now that Microsoft’s much-anticipated $1.2 billion acquisition of Yammer is finally official, there are several interesting elements involving the Microsoft-Yammer union to consider.

Yammer competes with Jive Software, ... Microsoft confirms $1.2 billion purchase of Yammer, competitor to Jive Software. Updated: Jun. 25, 2012, 8:00 p.m.