Exciting press release published yesterday as well as a set or articles on Yammer’s momentum, also please check Yammer’s newly designed customer success page: https://www.yammer.com/customers   Yammer Accelerates Momentum Following Microsoft Acquisition Sample of articles published on February 20th: Yammer tops 7M users, sales spike after Microsoft deal – GeekWire, Todd Bishop Microsoft: Yammer Generates Big Business After Buy – eWeek, Pedro Hernandez Yammer has 7 million users as SharePoint integration continues – CITEworld, Matt Rosoff Yammer Touts Record Year – Seattle Times, Janet Tu  

Mark your calendars for this event on February 27th: Don’t miss the Feb. 27 Virtual Launch Event for the new Office 365 for business #Office365 Please find below a summary of recent case studies we published during the past weeks and yes plenty more to come!: Xerox Uses Social Networking to Quickly Share Ideas, Save Time, Spur Innovation Westfield Uses Social Networking to Boost Teamwork and Customer Satisfaction Global Environmental Organization Uses Social Networking to Help Protect the Planet Manhattan Associates – Solutions Provider Weds Social Functionality with Business App, Boosts Bottom Line

Following my recent career move (see Hello Social, goodbye Project! #msproject #yammer ) focused on Enterprise Social and the recent SharePoint Conference 2012 last month, I’d like to share important announcements we made at that event that provides insights into our strategy around enterprise social. Putting Social to Work (Business Value, Vision, SharePoint + Yammer Roadmap, Yammer Packaging and Pricing ), Jared Spataro : https://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2012/11/12/putting-social-to-work.aspx SharePoint Conference 2012 Opening Keynote : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLsIjvIyAxo It’s an awesome two hour keynote you should be watching end to end but specifically watch these segments on Enterprise Social (I’ve put the approximate start times): Why we acquired Yammer? Jeff Teper- 0:36 Enterprise Social Network – David Sacks – 0:42 Transform your business, Experiences & Platform – Adam Pisoni – 0:46 3 social demos:  Yammer & SharePoint/ Open Graph , Yammer & SkyDrive Pro integration,Yammer Windows 8 app– Adam Pisoni – 0:51 Roadmap – Jeff Teper – 0:56 Nationwide Insurance – Yammer & SharePoint video – 1:00 A great blog to subscribe to: https://blog.yammer.com/blog/ Exciting years ahead and get started with Yammer today! Happy holidays!