Authorized Partners
Yahoo! works with selected technology companies to enable advanced instant messaging (IM) solutions and provide connectivity to different services and applications. Only Yahoo! and authorized Yahoo! Messenger partners can offer sanctioned access to the Yahoo! Messenger network.
In order to ensure a high level of quality and reliability for our customers, we provide these authorized partners with notice of updates to the Yahoo! Messenger service and help them offer high-quality, user-friendly integrated products and services. Additionally, our authorized partners are provided with application program interface (API) documentation and other information to assist in product and service development. In some cases, Yahoo! and an authorized partner may work on a joint development project, in which case Yahoo! will provide the test environment.
Yahoo! provides technical support to all authorized partners and partner products and services.
Network Partners
Yahoo! Messenger users can instant message with Windows Live™ Messenger users. Yahoo!'s partnership with Microsoft creates the world's largest IM community. Yahoo! and Microsoft provide true interconnectivity between these instant messaging communities. Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live Messenger users do not require any additional software or accounts to communicate with each other.
Gateway Partners
Yahoo! Messenger enables instant messaging in companies around the world through our business and technical relationships with leading enterprise instant messaging (EIM) software vendors including Akonix and Symantec. Through these strategic relationships, Yahoo! Messenger provides authorized connectivity to the Yahoo! Messenger network along with administrative features and support for updates to our IM service.
Enterprise IM Partners
Yahoo! enables connectivity to enterprise instant messaging networks by working with authorized partners like Microsoft. Enterprises or organizations that use the Microsoft Office Live Communication Server have the option to let their users exchange instant messages and presence/online status with the 50+ million people in the Yahoo! Messenger community.
Network Partners
Gateway Partners
Enterprise Instant Messenger Partners
