Document conversation feature in
Office Online allows to embed Yammer conversations about a document into Office
Online apps like Word online and Excel online. This provides a simple and easy
way to collaborate on documents that are stored in SharePoint Online document
library or in One Drive for business.
To make use of document
conversation Office 365 administrator has to make Yammer as the default social network in Office 365 settings. Once this is done,
starting a document conversation is straight forward. When a file that is stored in SharePoint
Online or One Driver for business is opened in a browser, the document is
displayed on the left and a contextual Yammer conversation pane is shown on the
right. The Yammer conversation pane can be expanded and you can post a message
to your coworkers or a group.
When a message with link to the file
is posted in Yammer, the message will be displayed with an icon clicking on
which will open the file from the online location with the Yammer conversation
pane.
The cool document conversation feature
works not only for office documents but with other common file types like PDF,
MP4, GIF etc.
By allowing to have real time
conversation from within the documents themselves the Document Conversation
feature will enhance employee collaboration and engagement.
