Amazon Q Business will no longer be open to new customers starting on July 31, 2026. If you would like to use the service, please sign up prior to July 30. For capabilities similar to Q Business, explore Amazon Quick. [Learn more](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/qbusiness-availability-change.html).

# Connecting Slack to Amazon Q Business
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Slack is an enterprise communications app that lets users send messages and attachments through various public and private channels. You can connect your Slack instance to Amazon Q Business—using either the AWS Management Console, CLI, or the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/api-reference/API_CreateDataSource.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/api-reference/API_CreateDataSource.html) API—and create an Amazon Q web experience.

**Topics**
+ [Known limitations for the Slack connector](slack-limitations.md)
+ [Slack connector overview](slack-overview.md)
+ [Prerequisites for connecting Amazon Q Business to Slack](slack-prereqs.md)
+ [Setting up Slack for connecting to Amazon Q](slack-credentials.md)
+ [Connecting Amazon Q Business to Slack using the console](slack-console.md)
+ [Connecting Amazon Q Business to Slack using APIs](slack-api.md)
+ [Connecting Amazon Q Business to Slack using AWS CloudFormation](slack-cfn.md)
+ [How Amazon Q Business connector crawls Slack ACLs](slack-user-management.md)
+ [Slack data source connector field mappings](slack-field-mappings.md)
+ [IAM role for the Slack connector](slack-iam-role.md)

**Learn more**
+ For an overview of the Amazon Q web experience creation process using IAM Identity Center, see [Configuring an application using IAM Identity Center](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/create-application.html).
+ For an overview of the Amazon Q web experience creation process using AWS Identity and Access Management, see [Configuring an application using IAM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/create-application-iam.html).
+ For an overview of connector features, see [Data source connector concepts](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/connector-concepts.html).
+ For information about connector configuration best practices, see [Connector configuration best practices](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/connector-best-practices.html).