Federation User Guide

After the workspace administrator has successfully deployed a federated workspace, users can start communicating with federated users from other servers. This guide is designed to help you connect and communicate with users on other servers through federation.

• Invite external users: Extend invitations to users from other Matrix servers to collaborate on your workspace.

• Create federated rooms: Learn how to create federated DMs and channels in your workspace to facilitate cross-platform communication.

• Search and join public channels on the Matrix network: Join conversations on public channels from other servers on the Matrix network.

• Assign roles for users in federated rooms: Efficiently manage your federated rooms by assigning specific roles to users.

Supported message actions for federation

Explore the range of message actions supported within federation for Rocket.Chat:

• Send and receive messages, including emojis and markdown.

• Exchange attachments such as files, audio, and video.

• Send and participate in message threads

• Quoting messages and reacting to them.

• Edit and delete your own messages.

• Mention internal and external users within federated rooms.

• Receive typing indicators from other users.

• Assign room roles to users