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Integrating with other products
You can integrate IBM® Connections applications with other products and features.
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.
Accessing Connections content from Microsoft™ Outlook (Deprecated)
Use this plug-in to share files and information between Connections or Connections Cloud and Microsoft™ Outlook.
Adding users from your social network to Outlook emails
When you compose a Microsoft® Outlook message, you can search Profiles for a name and insert it into one of the address fields in your message.

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.
- 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.
  - Accessing Connections content from Microsoft™ Office
    Use this plug-in to share files and information between IBM® Connections and Microsoft™ Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  - Accessing Connections content from Microsoft™ Outlook (Deprecated)
    Use this plug-in to share files and information between Connections or Connections Cloud and Microsoft™ Outlook.
    - Adding Outlook emails to Connections
      Add Microsoft Outlook emails to the Files application.
    - Adding users from your social network to Outlook emails
      When you compose a Microsoft® Outlook message, you can search Profiles for a name and insert it into one of the address fields in your message.
    - Searching from Outlook for social content
      Search for Connections or Connections Cloud content without leaving your Microsoft® Outlook client.
  - Searching IBM Connections from Microsoft Office and Outlook
    Search for IBM Connections content from Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- 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.

Adding users from your social network to Outlook emails

When you compose a Microsoft® Outlook message, you can search Profiles for a name and insert it into one of the address fields in your message.

Before you begin

This feature is not available for IBM Connections Cloud users.

Procedure

Create a message.
Click IBM Connections > Insert Profile Email.
If you connect to more than one IBM Connections site, select a site to look for the person.
Enter a name or email and then select the user. Or click the arrow icon and select from people you have recently interacted with, people you are following, or people in your network.
Select an action:
- Add to TO
- Add to CC
- Add to BCC
- Add to Subject
- Message (to add the address to the body of the message)
You can also click to view their business card.
Check the Add to Outlook Contacts option if you want to add this user to Outlook contacts.

Results

The email address is inserted in the field that you selected.

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