HOW TO ADD GUESTSTO IBM CONNECTIONS

WHY ADD GUESTS

• You would add a guest if you want to;• Share a file with an external user

• Add an external user to a community

CLICK PEOPLE, MY CONTACTS AND CREATE CONTACT

FILL IN NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS, THEN CLICK SAVE

CLICK INVITE TO MY NETWORK

CLICK SEND INVITATION

THERE’S NO DELAYS

• The User will be sent an Email Message

• But you don’t have to wait for the user to set themselves up….• You can add them to communities

• You can add them to shared files

• @mentions may take longer because they have to accept YOU as well

THE GUEST IS NOTIFIED

COMPLETE THE FORM

• Clicking the link takes the guest to the form.

• On the Form, the guest will need to set a password (& retype).

• Country: Australia

• Language: English (United States)

• Time Zone: GMT +11 in daylight savings, GMT +10 when not. Just choose Melbourne.

• Tick to accept the Terms.

• Click Submit.

THE GUEST LOGS INTO CONNECTIONS

• Once the form has been filled in, the new user will be redirected to the login page for connections.

• They need enter their email address and password.

• Then click Login.

CONNECTIONS FOR GUESTS

• Guests have a profile page

• They can update their profile info

• They see updates and notifications.

• They can look at communities.

• They can share files.

• They can invite other guests to connect (but not to communities).

• More things are coming for Guests in the 3rd Quarter of 2016.

ACCEPTING INVITATIONS

• If you invite a guest to a Community…

• They will receive an email with a link but they can also click on Communities, I’m Invited to see their invitations.

• Clicking Accept will allow them into the community.

THAT’S IT.

• If you have any questions;

• Contact your internal IT Support Group

• Use the IBM Connections Help (https://apps.na.collabserv.com/help/index.jsp)

• Or the Connections Wiki (https://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/lcwiki.nsf/)

Gavin Bollard – Real World Computing (http://dominogavin.blogspot.com.au/)