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Viva Engage/Yammer - Join Community or follow people

This document will show you how to enable email notifications in Viva Engage/Yammer, join a community, or follow a user.

"Follow" a specific person in Viva Engage

      1. In a web browser - navigate to yammer

      2. Click in the "Search Viva Engage" field

        Search


      3. Type the name of the user, then click their name:

        Search


      4. On the user page - click the "Follow" button:

        Follow


      5. Click the Notification icon on the "Following" button:

        Following button


      6. Check the highlighted boxes below:

        Selection

Join a Viva Engage/Yammer community

  1. Click "Communities" from the left side navigation:

    Communities


  2. Click "View all communities":

    View


  3. Click the Recommended drop-down and select "Alphabetical":

    Alphabetical


  4. Scroll down and find your community, then click "Join":

    Join

 

Enable Viva Engage/Yammer email notifications

  1. In a web browser - navigate to yammer

  2. Click the gear icon in the upper right hand corner:

    Settings

  3. Click "Edit Settings" under Viva Engage:

    Edit settings

  4. Click the notifications tab under Account Settings:

    Notifications

  5. Check the following boxes under "Email me when":

    Selection

  6. Check the boxes for communities you wish to receive email updates:

    Updates

  7. Click the black "Save" button

 


Keywords:
Yammer Viva Engage community follow groups people notifications email 
Doc ID:
137414
Owned by:
Dave F. in SWTC
Created:
2024-05-16
Updated:
2025-11-13
Sites:
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College