Integrating with other products

You can integrate IBM® Connections applications with other products.

Extend IBM Connections to work with the following products:

IBM Connections Plug-in for IBM Notes
Access Connections content from within your IBM Notes client. This combined plug-in installs sidebar applications so that you can access and interact with activities, status updates, and files without leaving your Notes client.
IBM Connections Portlets for IBM WebSphere® Portal
Use the Connections portlets to bring the collaborative power of Blogs, Activities, Bookmarks, Profiles, Wikis and Tags to your WebSphere Portal environment.
IBM Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows
Use the IBM Connections Plug-in for Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows to integrate your collaboration tools. You can post mail messages to activities or get the benefit of Profiles in your Outlook client. Bring the powerful capabilities of the Activities, Blogs, and Profiles applications to your office applications, such as Microsoft Word, and add files from Windows Explorer to an activity in seconds. Use the Microsoft Outlook Social Connector to interact with your Connections network.
IBM Connections Plug-in for Microsoft SharePoint
Use the IBM Connections Plug-in for Microsoft SharePoint to integrate IBM Connections collaboration services with Microsoft SharePoint.

Use these other products from within IBM Connections:

IBM Connections Widget for Microsoft SharePoint
Use the IBM Connections Widget for Microsoft SharePoint to access Microsoft SharePoint documents from a community.
Notes:
  • Install IBM Connections before attempting to install and use the plug-ins. The plug-ins rely on the functionality of the applications provided in the IBM Connections application.
  • Do not configure IBM Connections to prevent email addresses from being displayed. If you hide email addresses, the extensions will not function, with the exception of the IBM Connections Portlets for IBM WebSphere Portal and the connectors for Communities.