What's new in IBM Connections?

IBM Connections 5.0 includes the following enhancements:

• Community owners can now invite external users (people from outside your organization) to join restricted communities.
• Authorized users can share files with external users.
• When you delete a community, the community and all data that is associated with it are moved to a trash area. You can restore the community, provided it is not purged from trash.
• You can @mention users in every application in IBM Connections.
• Use #hashtags in comments about status updates. Hashtags help other users to find your content.
• In the new Globalization settings page, you can enable bidirectional language support, choose the direction of user-generated text, and set your preferred calendar.
• You can paste or drag-and-drop images into blogs, forums, and wikis.
• When you type a link in a rich text field, it is automatically converted into a clickable URL.
• You can subscribe to Atom feeds from any page in any application.
• If the new Gallery app is enabled, you can preview the first page of a file with the thumbnail and preview pane.
• If enabled, the new grid view lets you view thumbnails in a grid format.
• You can now conduct community surveys to gather information on important issues.
• Any community member can share folders from the Files application with their community by using the Files widget.
• Connections Content Manager (CCM) enhancements include improved anti-virus detection, and multi file upload.
• You can now join a sub-community and its parent in one click.
• The new type ahead feature in the search bar allows you to find people quickly.
• The New (or Next Generation) theme that was introduced as an optional customization in 4.5 CR 1 is now the default theme in 5.0.

For information about updates to the IBM Connections mobile app, select the operating system of your mobile device:

• Android Apps on Google Play
• Apps on BlackBerry World
• iTunes App Store