A simple walk-through tutorial for users of IBM Connections covering how to add Guests.

1. HOW TO ADD GUESTS
TO IBM CONNECTIONS

2. 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

3. CLICK PEOPLE, MY CONTACTS AND CREATE CONTACT

4. FILL IN NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS, THEN CLICK SAVE

5. CLICK INVITE TO MY NETWORK

6. CLICK SEND INVITATION

7. 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

8. THE GUEST IS NOTIFIED

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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/)