Nothing lives in isolation these days so how do you integrate Connections with your office tools. With the IBM Connections desktop plugin from here. You will need a greenhouse account – you can create one easily at the site. Close all office apps then install the plugin and reboot your machine to let it take effect.
The IBM Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Microsoft Windows provides the following features from Microsoft Windows Explorer:
- Upload local files to IBM Connections from Windows Explorer or from your desktop
- Share uploaded files with people, communities, or folders in IBM Connections
- Work on files locally and publish them to IBM Connections
- View people’s contact details and get in touch with them
- Pin, follow, or like IBM Connections files and folders
- View or contribute comments for a file
- Lock a file when you are editing it to prevent file conflicts
- View and restore files from IBM Connections Trash
- Share folders with IBM Connections Communities
- NEW – Support for IBM SmartCloud for Social Business