Team Chat
Viva Engage on your desktop, inside Franz (formerly Yammer)
Run Yammer, now Microsoft Viva Engage, as a desktop app on Mac, Windows, and Linux, beside the rest of your chat in Franz.
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Yammer, the enterprise social network now folded into Microsoft as Viva Engage, is where larger organisations hold the company-wide conversations that do not fit in a single team channel: announcements, communities of interest, leadership Q&A. People still search for it as Yammer, and for many it is one more corporate tool to keep open beside Outlook, Teams, and everything else. Franz runs Yammer as a clean service tab in a single window, so the broader company conversation sits right next to your day-to-day messengers.
Yammer beside the rest of your work
Yammer tends to be the place you dip into rather than live in, which is exactly why it gets lost as a stray browser tab you forget to check. As a Franz tab it stays present without taking over your screen, and if you belong to more than one Yammer network, perhaps as a guest in a partner organisation, you can add it as a separate tab for each. Every tab keeps its own login session and its own unread badge, so one network's activity never blurs into another's, and switching between them is a single click in the sidebar.
Direct messages and announcements you notice
The whole value of a company network is catching the post or the direct message that matters to you. Franz raises native desktop notifications for Yammer, so a direct message or a reply in a community you follow reaches you the moment it lands, even when the tab is in the background. The unread badge reflects what is genuinely directed at you rather than every post across every group, so you can stay aware of the wider conversation without it pulling focus from your real work.
Yammer on macOS, Windows, and Linux
Franz is a native desktop app for all three platforms, and Yammer behaves the same on each: consistent notifications, a dock or taskbar badge, and fast switching between your tabs. Teams spread across operating systems all reach the same network the same way, with nothing to relearn per machine. You keep the full Yammer web experience, communities, conversations, and announcements included, now framed as a single tab in the one window where the rest of your work already lives.
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Frequently asked questions
Which platforms does Viva Engage work on in Franz?
Franz runs Viva Engage as a native desktop app on macOS, Windows, and Linux, with the same notifications, badges, and fast switching on every operating system.
Can I use multiple Viva Engage accounts at once?
Yes. Franz lets you add Viva Engage as many times as you need, one tab per account, all signed in at once. Each tab keeps its own session and unread badge, so you never sign out of one to check another.
Is Viva Engage in Franz free?
Franz is free to use with Viva Engage and every other service. A free account covers the essentials and takes minutes to set up; paid plans add extra features, but running Viva Engage in Franz costs nothing to start.