Salesforce, Inc.

Slack Technologies, Inc.

Robin McConnell Balaga

Carmen Raffa

Aish Raj Dahal

Colin Gibbs

Ayushi Samaddar

Jennifer Enrique

Matthew Kump

Jessica Rae Petersen

Jessica Victoria Miller

Jose Medina

Andrew Timmons

Jonathan Byman

Centralized channel management of a set group-based communication system is described. A channel management interface, of the group-based communication system, can be presented via a client of a user associated with a first organization, wherein the channel management interface includes communication channels associated with the first organization, wherein at least a first communication channel is associated with the first organization and a second organization, and wherein at least a second communication channel is associated with the first organization and a third organization. A request can be received via the channel management interface to initiate a channel management action associated with at least one of the first communication channel or the second communication channel and in response to receiving the request to initiate the channel management action, data associated with at least one of the first communication channel or the second communication channel can be updated.

Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for centralized channel management in a group-based communication system

A computer-readable media, system, and method for providing role-based access management to channels within a group-based communication system. Role-based access management allows for a plurality of roles to be established and for users to be associated with these roles. Roles may be associated with sets of permissions allowing users assigned to the respective role to perform various actions within the group-based communication system. The group-based communication system may include preset, system roles with predetermined permissions and custom, user-defined roles may be created by administrators within the group-based communication system.

Role-based access control system

Methods, media, and systems for a changing a private channel in a channel-based communication system from an 'invited-members' mode to a “whitelisted groups” mode. When in a whitelisted-groups mode, the channel administrator can whitelist one or more groups for channel membership. The whitelisted groups may be external groups managed by an identity provider. Based on the whitelisted groups, users cannot be added to the private channel without being a member of one of the whitelisted groups. Users are also automatically removed from the channel if they are no longer in one of the whitelisted groups for any reason.

Access control for private channels in a channel-based discussion system

Methods, media, and systems for a changing a private channel in a channel-based communication system from an 'invited-members' mode to a 'whitelisted groups' mode. When in a whitelisted-groups mode, the channel administrator can whitelist one or more groups for channel membership. The whitelisted groups may be external groups managed by an identity provider. Based on the whitelisted groups, users cannot be added to the private channel without being a member of one of the whitelisted groups. Users are also automatically removed from the channel if they are no longer in one of the whitelisted groups for any reason.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide for centralized channel management of a set of group-based communication channels. In this regard, a user associated with an authenticated user account may manage any number of group-based communication channels individually or using one or more group operations for the set of group-based communication channels or a desired subset thereof. An example embodiment is configured to receive centralized channel data including a group-based communication channel metadata set for a manageable group-based communication channel set for management by an authenticated user account; and in response to receiving the centralized channel data, cause rendering of a centralized channel management dashboard based at least on the centralized channel data, the centralized channel management dashboard comprising the group-based communication channel metadata set, where the centralized channel management dashboard further comprises at least one channel management action interface element associated with the manageable group-based communication channel set.

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Robin McConnell Balaga