The Brainshark for Outlook add-in enables you to share Brainshark content with your email recipients directly from your message screen. Using this add-in streamlines your workflow by connecting your training presentations to your daily communications and allows you to track when prospects view your content via Salesforce.

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Key features

• Share Brainshark presentations directly from Microsoft Outlook
• Track shares and viewing data via Salesforce
• Connect your account using Salesforce or Brainshark credentials

You need this to succeed

• Plan: Bigtincan Basic Content, Bigtincan Content, Bigtincan Elite, Bigtincan Essential, Bigtincan Standard, Bigtincan Standard Plus
• Permissions: Unknown
• Prerequisites: You must be using Microsoft Office 365

Do this step by step

1. Navigate to the Brainshark Outlook application and save the file to your device.

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2. Navigate to the Office 365 Manage Apps page and sign in.

   https://outlook.office365.com/owa/?path=/options/manageapps

3. Click My add-ins.
4. Under the Custom Addins section, click Add a custom add-in and choose Add from file.
5. Browse for the downloaded XML file and click Open.
6. Click Install.
7. Open a new email message and click the BNSK Insert Content tab.
8. Click Connect Using Salesforce or Connect Using Brainshark.
9. If connecting using Brainshark, click I need a key, enter your email address, and click Request Key.
10. Copy the activation code from the email you receive, paste it into the box in Outlook, and click Activate.
    Note: If you receive an activation failed error, your Brainshark password may have recently been updated. You will need to copy a new activation key from the Outlook Activation Code section of your Brainshark user profile.
11. If connecting using Salesforce, enter your credentials and click Allow.
12. Click Browse all available content to find and filter the content you want to send.

Note: To successfully share a presentation through the Outlook add-in, the presentation must be active, cannot be hidden from search, and must have the email invitation to view presentation setting enabled by the author.

Tip: If you have accounts for different Brainshark sites (Sharkives) and want to share content from a different site, click the Tools gear icon in the add-in drop-down menu, select Logout, and request a new key for your other account.