Demo: IBM SmartCloud Connections Plug-In for Microsoft Windows

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As promised a few posts ago, I wanted to share a demo of the desktop plugin for IBM SmartCloud Connections, IBM's enterprise social network (ESN) offering in the cloud. Well, I was out last week when the plug-in was available so here it is! First, here's what you can expect to see and do from Windows Explorer, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook.

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

The IBM Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Microsoft Windows provides the following features from Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel):

Word:

• Add a document to IBM Connections Files or Communities
• Attach a document to an Activity or Wiki page
• Publish a document to a Blog entry
• Add someone's profile information from IBM Connections into a document
• Add a bookmark from IBM Connections into a document
• Add a URL from a document as a bookmark in IBM Connections
• Search for content in IBM Connections

PowerPoint:

• Add a presentation to IBM Connections Files or Communities
• Attach a presentation to an Activity or Wiki page
• Search for content in IBM Connections

Excel:

• Add a spreadsheet to IBM Connections Files or Communities
• Attach a spreadsheet to an Activity or Wiki page
• Search for content in IBM Connections

The IBM Connections Desktop Plug-ins for Microsoft Windows provides the following features from Microsoft Outlook:

• Add an email to IBM Connections Files or Communities
• Attach an email to an activity or wiki page
• Search for content in IBM Connections
• View social activities for email recipients and people in your network
• Invite people to your IBM Connections network
• Outlook 2010: View IBM Connections business card for email senders and recipients

Check out the quick 3 minute demo below:

To download the plugin, you can get it from the Downloads page within SmartCloud. If you want to start a trial, go to http://ibmcloud.com/social