Box for Slack helps businesses of all sizes securely manage and collaborate on content to drive more productive teamwork. Easily access your Box content from within Slack to share or import files and eliminate time-consuming context switching between applications. Your content remains centralized in Box, but quickly available where collaboration happens in Slack. End-user features:
• Content cards: View file information such as name, author, thumbnail and more when a Box file is shared to Slack
• Instant permissions: Update the collaboration permissions of a Box file directly from within Slack
• Box slash commands: Quickly perform common actions such as searching for files in Box and viewing recent files within Slack
• Box content picker: Securely share content from Box in channels and direct messages without leaving conversations. Install the Box content picker here.Admin features:
• Enable/disable document thumbnails: Choose whether file thumbnails are displayed for shared Box files
• Enable/disable permission checks before file display: Choose whether content cards are shown based on Box file permissions
• Enable/disable Slack indexing: Choose whether the contents of shared Box files are indexed and surfaced in Slack’s native search
• Slack whitelisting: Set specific Slack workspaces or Enterprise Grid orgs that can be connected to your Box enterprise instanceNote: This app can only be used by paid Box business accounts with admin consoles. Admin settings can be customized from within the Box Admin Console. Please visit the Box Community site for more information.