Welcome to the HCL Connections documentation site, where you can find information about Connections. Connections is social networking software designed for the workplace. Its features help you to establish dynamic networks that connect you to the people and information you need to achieve your business goals.
Get together with people who share your interests.
Use community apps, such as Wikis and Blogs, to share information, collaborate with others, and bring your expertise to the community.
Find out what's going on in the communities that you're a member of.
Accessibility features assist users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology content successfully.
HCL Connections 8.0 transforms the way you connect with content and colleagues with a fresh, new look and enhanced features.
HCL Connections is a collaborative tool that makes it easy to connect with others and exchange ideas. Start sharing important information, building a network of useful contacts, and following people that interest you.
Use the home page as a command center to scan and manage items that need your attention. You can view updates for projects and people you work with, discover what's trending in your organization at large, and review your action items all from one place.
Use profiles to connect with others, showcase your skills, and find the people you need.
Use the People app to discover, connect, collaborate, and keep up with others.
Use activities to keep a team informed, collect and share project resources, or to assign and track tasks.
Using the Files app, you can upload, organize, share and collaborate on files easily. Files can be shared, tagged, organized in folders, and accessed from other applications, such as Activities and Communities.
Find out about communities, then search for the communities you're interested in and join them. If you want to bring people together, you can also start your own community.
Find out who's in a community, follow that community, and email fellow members.
Keep up-to-date with what's happening by following a community or its content, or by viewing updates on the Recent Updates and Status Updates pages.
If you prefer not to get community-wide emails from owners and other members of a community that you belong to, you can unsubscribe from the emails without having to unfollow or leave the community.
If you learn about a community that's of interest, share that information with other members.
Contribute to the community and connect with members in a productive manner by creating blog, forum, and wiki content.
Disseminate resources and information more efficiently for your community.
Give your community and its members the tools they need to collaborate.
Use blogs to share your announcements, updates, and opinions with others.
Share information, brainstorm ideas, ask and answer questions, and discuss topics of mutual interest in a forum.
Tap the wisdom of the crowd by building a body of knowledge in a wiki. Everyone on your team can make a contribution.
Use Bookmarks to collect and organize shortcuts to websites.