![]() ![]() I have used Yammer, Outlook Groups and Slack (used here for comparison purposes) of these platforms fairly heavily in the past year. In my opinion, we have an “or” vs an “exclusive or” situation. The problem is that they tend to be positioned as competitors. Although there are some areas of overlap, I see them at complementary, with each serving a niche depending on requirements, or at the same time. The reality, in my opinion, is that these tools are not exclusive. What happens now with Outlook conversations? Microsoft Teams would seem to only make it worse. The recent Ignite 2016 made it pretty clear that Microsoft is doubling down on Yammer as its social strategy, but that does little to clear up the confusion. ![]() It was pretty clear that Groups were going to be the underpinning of the next generation of features in Office 365, and this led to quite a bit of uncertainty about Microsoft’s social strategy. This was essentially a group inbox with a number of social features added such as likes, etc. ![]() However, at Ignite 2015, Microsoft introduced Groups for Office 365, which included a conversation platform based on Exchange (Outlook conversations). Microsoft bought Yammer in 2012 and quickly championed it as the cornerstone of its social computing strategy moving forward, replacing the social features of SharePoint Online, and making them optional in SharePoint on-premises. So how does this product compare with its existing Social tools, Yammer and Outlook Groups? When would you use one vs the other? However, it’s simplicity is its strength and its value proposition, and Microsoft hasn’t had anything in the market quite like it. Slack doesn’t even support threaded discussions. Of course, none of this really matters, what matters is that Slack fills a need for immediate, almost synchronous communication with very little structure. Now, given the demographic that Slack is popular with, they are likely not old enough to remember IRC. Functionally, Slack doesn’t really bring anything to the table that we didn’t have 30 years ago with IRC chat. When I did first use it, my thoughts were, “That’s it? That’s all there is to it?”. I had heard about it, and the buzz around it was that it was the “next big thing”, so my expectations were high. I was first exposed to Slack a little over a year ago. What would be the reasoning for this new product? At one level, Microsoft Teams is aimed at the same group of users that find value in Slack, which is a social tool that has grown in popularity recently and is particularly popular with developers. Why would Microsoft want to introduce yet another social computing tool? They already have Yammer, Skype (for business and personal), and Outlook Group conversations. If you’re keeping count, this represents Microsoft third tool in the Social Computing space. Microsoft Teams allows teams of people to quickly get together to collaborate in real time. Experience tyGraph today by downloading this Power BI Template App or visiting Microsoft debuted Microsoft Teams. Customers who subscribe to tyGraph Enterprise will gain the added benefit of signals from other Office 365 workloads like Skype, Yammer, Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive and more. All Teams data can be augmented with signals from HRIS such as role, region and organizational structure for deeper insights into organizational usage patterns. tyGraph gives visibility into Teams and Channel activity, member interactions, external users and even sentiment tracking. tyGraph for Teams provides rich and meaningful reporting and analytics, allowing leadership to take immediate evidence-based action to maximize their ROI from their investments. These organizations need help with understanding where adoption has happened and how they can best support their user community. Microsoft Teams is the fastest growing business App in Microsoft history and Enterprises who have deployed Teams are now struggling to keep up with this rapid adoption phenomenon. Get tyGraph for Teams to better understand usage and adoption patterns of Teams in your Enterprise. ![]()
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