Disable Private Messaging Feature in the new Yammer

[Thomsch]

Is it possible to disable the PM feature in Yammer? It would just confuse our users. They are already not sure what to use with Outlook, Teams and Skype ;)
Thanks

[#2 · Accepted solution]

It not possible to disable. In new Yammer the UI makes this significantly more difficult to find/discovery, however.

[#3]

What's the idea behind that? I don't think there are 5% companies using Yammer but not Teams.

[#4]

PMs in Yammer are a legacy feature and important in some scenarios where an org is using Yammer but not using Teams/Skype (yes, there are a few...).

[#5]

Please vote at Feedbackportal for this Feature to disable private Messages as an Administrator: https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/45c6cff9-e01c-ec11-b6e7-0022481f83db