<p>Enterprise social networking software, which offers social media capabilities adapted for workplace collaboration like employee profiles, activity streams, microblogging and document sharing, has evolved from a "nice to have" to a "should have" status in enterprises.</p><p>Picking up on that shift, Microsoft plunked down more than $1 billion last summer to buy Yammer - at the time a leading independent provider of ESN software - in order to boost ESN capabilities primarily in its collaboration server SharePoint and also in other products like Office, Lync, Outlook and Dynamics.</p><p>While Microsoft has been busy working on integrating Yammer with SharePoint behind the scenes, it's now clear that the effort is complex and that a fusion of the products will take at least two more years to complete.</p><p>For now, the integration deliverables will be modest. Microsoft said in March that Office 365 customers will get the option this summer to replace SharePoint Online's activity-stream component with Yammer's activity stream.</p><p><a href="http://www.cio.co.uk/insight/enterprise-apps/five-ways-improve-your-enterprise-social-networking-strategy/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/press-releases/article/SharePoint-Solutions-InfoPath-SharePoint-4462213.php">SharePoint Solutions&#039; InfoPath/SharePoint Server 2010 Workflow Course to be ...</a> (San Antonio Express)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dZRh5ax7AURdTJM1GSkOyh1tvruUM&ned=us">2 additional articles.</a></p>