Use IBM Connections with the Outlook Social Connector

Use the Microsoft Outlook Social Connector to stay in contact with the Connections network.

The Outlook Social Connector features are not supported by IBM SmartCloud. You must be connected to an IBM Connections site to use these features.

Connect with the network

Use the Outlook Social Connector with Connections, we can do the following:

• Add people to the network

• View the network from the Outlook client.

• View all interaction you share with a colleague in the network, including email, attachments, meetings, and feeds

This plug-in requires Outlook Social Connector version 1.1 or higher. If we have not already done so, we must upgrade the default version of OSC for the Microsoft Office application, or install it for the first time. For information about Outlook Social Connector and instructions on how to download the correct software, see this OSC article on the Microsoft website.

The IBM Connections OSC provider

One of the different features of the Connections OSC provider and other OSC providers is that it supports multiple servers where most providers connect to only one server. We can connect to up to four servers, which can be helpful if the organization maintains Connections servers for internal and external use.

Once the Connections Desktop Plug-ins are configured to connect to at least one Connections server, we can enable those servers in Account Settings for Microsoft Outlook so that we can integrate contacts from those servers in the social networks available from the Outlook client.

• Enable the OSC provider
  After you configure Microsoft Office to connect to an IBM Connections server, we can then enable the Outlook Social Connector to bring network contacts into Microsoft Outlook.

• Add IBM Connections to Outlook as a social network
  Add IBM Connections to Microsoft Outlook as a social network.

• Invite people to join the Connections network from Outlook
  Invite people to the Connections network from the Outlook client.

• View the Connections network contacts in Outlook
  In Microsoft Outlook, view the entire IBM Connections network, or see the interaction with one colleague.

Parent topic:
Use the Connections plug-in for Microsoft Outlook