Microsoft Yammer Acceptable Use Policy

Yammer provides a collaborative environment to connect with colleagues and bridge our departments and geographic locations to share meaningful information.

Your activity in Yammer is governed by the following requirements:

• Everything in Yammer stays in Yammer (No public posts or Tweets, and so on)
• Anything posted in Yammer is discoverable for FOI or Subject Access Requests (SARs)
• Do not post confidential information into the main feed
• Be respectful to other members. It is acceptable to disagree, but please do so in a respectful manner
• Add value with each post
• You are responsible for the material you post to Yammer
• It is important to substantiate ideas, but please keep messages brief and to the point

Get started by following these best practices:

• When you first join, select the colleagues you want to follow. Posts from these colleagues will appear in your Following feed. To see all company posts, select All
• Fill out your profile information. Complete the Expertise and Education sections and be sure to add a profile picture
• Customize your email preferences in the Notifications
• Before asking a question, use the search bar and explore the Topics feed to explore existing content. This will help limit repetitive messages
• Browse the Group directory and join groups that you find relevant. If a specific group does not exist, start a new one and invite members of your team to contribute. For best results, use groups as a replacement for existing email listservs
• Add Topics, Links, pictures, and Events to posts when applicable
• Use the Yammer FAQs, and How To Guide to help clarify common concerns
• Take time to explore Yammer. You'll get the hang of it!

You should report an inappropriate post to the service desk.