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Integrating with other products
You can integrate HCL Connections applications with other products and features.
Using the HCL 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.
Uploading and sharing files
Add files to the Files application so that you can store them or share them with others.

Integrating with other products
You can integrate HCL 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 HCL Connections
  Access and update your Connections content from other applications.
- Using the HCL 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.
  - Managing HCL Connections files from Windows Explorer
    Manage your Connections files from Windows™ Explorer.
  - Uploading and sharing files
    Add files to the Files application so that you can store them or share them with others.
    - Uploading a file to the Files application
      Add files to the Files application so that you can store them or share them with others.
    - Uploading a file to a community
      Add a file to a community to share it with community members.
    - Uploading a file to an activity
      Add a file to an activity to share it with other activity users.
    - Uploading a file to a wiki
      Add a file to a wiki to share it with other wiki users.
    - Creating a link to a file
      Create a link to a file to share it with others.
    - Sharing a file with additional people or communities
      If you upload a file to the Files application, you can share it with other people and communities from Explorer.
  - Editing properties for a file or folder
    You can pin, follow, or recommend a file or folder from the properties panel.
  - Publishing local drafts
    Publish updates to your files from Explorer or from the Drafts monitor.
  - Getting started with sync
    Use file sync to keep local files in your My Drive folder in sync with copies of those files on the server.
  - Working with libraries
    Libraries support the FileNet Document Management capabilities to provide community members document management capabilities to upload, manage, organize, and collaborate on community files. A community can contain multiple libraries.
- Using file sync for HCL Connections for Mac
  Use HCL 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 HCL Connections or HCL Connections Cloud.
- Using plug-ins from HCL Connections with other products
  Get help using the plug-ins that integrate the capabilities of HCL Connections with other products.
- Sharing HCL Connections Files in Slack
  Allow users in Slack to open an HCL Connections file picker, select a file, and share a link to that file in a Slack channel or a direct message.

Uploading and sharing files

Add files to the Files application so that you can store them or share them with others.

Upload files from your desktop to the Files application, where you can make them public, keep them private or share them with people or communities you specify. You can upload a file directly to a community so that all members of the community can access the file. You can also upload to an activity to make it available to activity members or to a wiki to make it available to wiki members.

Note: If you get an error when you upload PDF files, check with your administrator. If Connections is running in a Tivoli Access Manager or Tivoli Access Manager and SPNEGO security environment, the administrator must make sure that the parameter suppress-dynurl-parsing-of-posts is set to yes on the TAM server to allow for the proper uploading of PDF documents.

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