IBM Connections Cloud – Starter Guide

  

 

  

 

Introduction

IBM Connections Cloud enables users to access assigned products and their add-ons within the IBM Connections portal.

After purchasing your IBM Connections subscription from Ingram Micro’s CMP, the following steps will have to be completed, sequentially, before users can begin utilizing their assigned products.

The following table orders steps sequentially (‘Step No.’); what actions need to be taken (‘Action’); individual responsible for performing the action (‘Actor’) and the environment in which the action should be taken (this could be CCP; myCP or IBM Connections portal). Click on the links to view the detailed steps.

Step No.

Action

Actor

Environment

1.

Activate subscription

Customer

Customer Control (CCP)

2.

Emails should be transferred to IBM (applicable only for S1 Bundle and IBM Verse)

Customer

CCP

3.

Assign licenses to users

Customer

CCP

3.1

Assign add-ons (required only if add-ons are included in the subscription)

Customer

CCP

4.

Assign base product to users

Customer

CCP

5.

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. 

Send the following information to the users:

i)  URL for myCP

ii) myCP login credentials

iii) Instruct users on how to create password on myCP and

iv) Send instructions to the user on how to do first-time login to IBM Connections Portal

 

Create password to access IBM Connections Portal (detailed steps described within ‘Getting New Users Started on IBM Connections Portal’)

Customer

 

 

 

 

 

 

User

Email

 

 

 

 

 

 

myCP

7.

Logs in to IBM Connections Portal and begins using their assigned product (detailed steps described within ‘Getting New Users Started on IBM Connections Portal’)

User

IBM Connections Portal

        

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