All we needed to do was a small amount of Active Directory integration in the background, and like magic, staff could access the application from any computer and my IT team was relieved from managing a sometimes flaky application with all too frequent updates.

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Rich management controls for securing and managing work profiles including hierarchical group management with Active Directory integration, support for customizable administrative roles with granular capabilities, an intuitive enterprise enrollment process for employees that offers a self-service console, and centralized control of assignable profiles for email, SCEP, Wi-Fi, VPN and proxy servers.

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They provide a huge leg up, especially in the enterprise with Active Directory and their integration with SharePoint.

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Integration with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directories and support of single sign-on prevents employees from going rogue with shared logins.

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And last, the integration with Office is really about Directory and Sharepoint.

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The Yammer premium version provides tools for IT administrators and enterprise features such as Active Directory sync, single sign-on support, and integration modules for SharePoint, NetSuite, Salesforce.com and others.

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