With this change, when inserting a link of a Yammer conversation in a public community from their canonical (home) network, users with the Yammer Communities app for Microsoft Teams installed will now get a rich preview directly in Teams. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 82243.
Microsoft Teams admins can customize the branding for the Yammer Communities app for Microsoft Teams to suit their Yammer network with their preferred app logos, naming, accent color, and more. with this Communities app for Microsoft Teams, users see a rich Yammer preview in chats and channel conversations when the user pastes a URL of a conversation from a public Yammer community.
Affected Workloads
- Yammer Enterprise
- Microsoft Teams
When this will happen
This new functionality will be rolling out in early August (previously June). If you see that the Communities app version is greater than v.2.2.5, then the functionality has been enabled in your tenant.
How this will affect your organization
Users with the Communities app installed will now see a rich preview of the Yammer link they paste into the chat window. If a preview is not desired, simply remove the preview.
What you need to do to prepare
You might want to notify your users about this new capability and update your training and documentation as appropriate.
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Message ID: MC258425
Published: 27 May 2021
Updated: 01 July 2021
