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Social Networking.. Everybody is actually “connected”: professional network, private social network… There is so many solutions around as of today. Which one should I use? What are the differences?
Regarding the use of  a social work, we have already seen YAMMER, what about BEEZY?

What is Beezy? what

Beezy is a social network built inside SharePoint.
Beezy comes in two flavors: on premises behind the firewall on SharePoint Server 2010 and in the cloud on Office365.

Beezy Features

 

  • Collaboration tools: by a click, sharing Files, events, tasks, images, video, links, is possible! Yes it is!
  • Groups: Beezy allows to create groups to structure corporate information, the setting up is user friendly and even if a group is shut down, information’ are kept.
  • Microblogging: this is a good way for collaboration, team spirit, you share ideas and get feedbacks in real-time. As with Twitter, you can use Tag like hashtags (#) and replies (@) and Embed videos from YouTube!
  • Follows: Knowledge management is also about effectively filtering information. Following, replying… users are notified when a change is made to anything they are following whether conversations or documents.
  • Profiles: A unique employee profile regrouping professional data, latest activity is available. You can also link your past activities with LinkedIn, and synchronize employee data with Active Directory.

Here is video link about Beezy:

Beezy or Yammer?

Beezy-logo-M-25255B20-25255D   and yammer

 

The biggest difference between both tools is the integration.
Beezy is SharePoint integrated whereas Yammer get only a link in a top menu and a web part that doesn’t accept uploading files in the microblog.

Beezy works within the SharePoint framework, all of your permissions, storage, compliance policies and procedures remain the same, unlike in a hybrid solution using Yammer/Office365 where the level of access is limited by comparison, requiring additional management overhead.
Only good User Experience drives real adoption
As we already seen in others articles, user experience only is capable to drive to a real adoption. More simple, fast and intuitive tools you will put in place, more your employees will jump in.

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Conclusion

Beezy offers a complete integrated Collaboration tool in SharePoint 2013 / OFFICE 365, easily deploy in SharePoint Servers 2013 and easy to use.
In order to make the right choice, take time to analyze your business needs, try solutions with small groups, get feedbacks from users and then take a decision.
Source: www.beezy.net