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Integrating with other products
You can integrate IBM® Connections applications with other products and features.
Installing integration plug-ins for IBM Connections
Access and update your Connections content from other applications.
IBM® Connections Plug-ins for IBM Notes
Use the IBM® Connections Plug-ins for IBM Notes to have easy access to Connections content from the Notes® sidebar.
Customizing the installation of the IBM Connections plug-ins
Customize the installer by editing the install.addon.xml file to install a custom set of IBM Connections plug-ins for an IBM Notes client.

Integrating with other products
You can integrate IBM® Connections applications with other products and features.
- Connections Engagement Center
  Connections Engagement Center provides the corporate office, management, and workforce with a single user experience for all communications, as well as a state of the art enterprise social collaboration features and the possibility of adding custom applications. All this runs at the office and on all mobile devices, so the entire workforce – from CEO to intern – can access this most valuable tool regardless of where they are, what their role is, or what devices they prefer.
- Installing integration plug-ins for IBM Connections
  Access and update your Connections content from other applications.
  - IBM® Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Microsoft™ Windows™
    Use the plug-ins to share files and information between Microsoft™ Windows™ applications and IBM® Connections or IBM Connections Cloud.
  - IBM Connections for Mac
    The IBM Connections for Mac supports features for you to share and access the latest version of an IBM Connections file.
  - IBM® Connections Plug-ins for IBM Notes
    Use the IBM® Connections Plug-ins for IBM Notes to have easy access to Connections content from the Notes® sidebar.
    - Upgrading the IBM Notes client after installing IBM Connection plug-ins for IBM Notes
      If you installed the IBM Connections plug-ins for IBM Notes and you are updating your IBM Notes client to 9.0, make sure that IBM Connections is selected on the Notes installation panel when you upgrade.
    - Installing the HCL Connections Plug-ins for HCL Notes
      Install the HCL Connections Plug-ins for IBM Notes to access Files, Activities, Status Updates and business card integration from your HCL Notes client.
    - Customizing the installation of the IBM Connections plug-ins
      Customize the installer by editing the install.addon.xml file to install a custom set of IBM Connections plug-ins for an IBM Notes client.
    - Connecting to a Connections or a Connections Cloud server
      Log into IBM Connections servers to access Connections content from the sidebar applications.
    - Configuring and troubleshooting SPNEGO for the Notes plug-in
      If you are using SPNEGO for authentication, review this guide for configuring SPNEGO and resolving configuration issues.
    - Uninstalling the IBM® Connections Plug-ins for Lotus Notes
      Uninstall the IBM Connections plug-ins to remove them from your Lotus Notes® client.
- Using the IBM Connections desktop plug-ins for Microsoft™ Windows™
  Use this plug-in to upload and work with files in IBM® Connections from Microsoft™ Windows™ Explorer and Microsoft Office.
- Using file sync for IBM Connections for Mac
  Use IBM Connections for Mac to keep local files in sync with copies of those files on the server.
- Using the Connections plug-in for Microsoft Office and Outlook
  Use the plug-ins to share files and information between Microsoft™ Windows™ applications and IBM® Connections or IBM Connections Cloud.
- Using plug-ins from IBM® Connections with other products
  Get help using the plug-ins that integrate the capabilities of IBM® Connections with other products.
- Sharing IBM Connections Files in Slack
  Allow users in Slack to open an IBM Connections file picker, select a file, and share a link to that file in a Slack channel or a direct message.

Customizing the installation of the IBM Connections plug-ins

Customize the installer by editing the install.addon.xml file to install a custom set of IBM Connections plug-ins for an IBM Notes client.

Before you begin

Attention: Activities and Status Updates depend on the Business Card plug-in. Do not remove the Business Card plug-in if you are installing Activities or Status Updates.

About this task

Customize the installer to install parts of the plug-ins so that they are integrated with the IBM Notes client. For example, if you do not want to deploy Status Updates, you can exclude that plug-in from the installation by commenting it out in the install.addon.xml file.

Procedure

Open install.addon.xml in a text editor from the /deploy folder.
For example,
- Windows: /ConnectionsAddonInstaller/deploy
- Mac: /ConnectionsAddonInstaller_Mac/xpd.mac-addon.pkg/Contents/deploy
.

Comment out the plug-ins you do not want to deploy or uncomment the plug-ins you do want to deploy. For example, if you don't want to install Status Updates plug-in, comment out the Status Updates plug-in. For example:

<!-- Below is the Status Updates plug-in install block, comment it out if you don't want to install Status Updates plug-in. -->
<!-- Status Updates -->
<!--
<feature action="install" id="com.ibm.lconn.statusupdates.feature" match="equivalent" shared="true" version="4.5.0.20130224-1730"/>
-->
<!-- Status Updates -->

Click setup.exe/xpd.mac-addon.pkg to start the installation.

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