Create Federated Rooms

Create a 1:1 direct message

To create a federated 1:1 Direct Message with other federated users in your workspace:

• Create a 1:1 Direct Message.

• Add the federated user as a member following the syntax to invite external users.

• Then, click Create.

You can also use a slash command to create a 1:1 DM with an external user. The general syntax for the slash command is:

/federation dm @username:server.com

Where @username:server.com represents the external user you want to invite, following the syntax to invite external users.

Create a multi-user DM

Multi Direct Message allows you to send DMs to multiple users simultaneously, whether they are federated or not. To create a federated Multi Direct Message:

To create a federated Multi Direct Message:

• Create a Multi-user Direct Message.

• Add the members of the DM. Use the syntax to invite external users when adding federated users.

• Then, click Create.

You can also use a slash command to create a 1:M DM with an external user. The general syntax for the slash command is:

/federation dm @username1:server.com @username2:server2.com

Where @username:server.com represents the external user you want to invite, following the syntax to invite external users.

Create a channel or group

You can create federated channels having both Rocket.Chat and other federated users.

To create a federated channel,

• Start by creating a channel within your Rocket.Chat workspace.

• Enable Federated.

• Add members to your workspace. Use the syntax to invite external users when adding federated users.

• Then, click Create.

• Federated Channels cannot be Encrypted, Read-Only, or Broadcast for now.

• You cannot create Discussions within federated Channels.

Whenever your user is invited to participate in a federated room created in an external server, the server name is displayed at the top of that room. This helps the user to differentiate when there are multiple rooms with the same name but all from different servers.

Edit a federated room

Only the name, avatar, and topic of a federated room can be edited after it is created.

Rocket.Chat federation does not support deleting rooms and sending invite links for now.