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# SonarQube for IDE Connected Mode

SonarQube for IDE Connected Mode connects SonarQube for IDE to your SonarQube Server 9.8 project and provides additional benefits you will not get by using SonarQube for IDE or SonarQube Server alone.

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SonarQube for IDE’s Connected Mode connects SonarQube for IDE to your SonarQube Server project and provides additional benefits you won’t get by using SonarQube for IDE or SonarQube Server alone.

**Shared code quality and security expectations**\
When using SonarQube for IDE , the Sonar way Quality Profile is used by default and users can customize their ruleset. If you’re using a different quality profile in SonarQube Server, new issues might be raised in SonarQube Server even though your commit looked clean in SonarQube for IDE. With Connected Mode, the same customized rule set is applied in both your IDE and in SonarQube Server, and you’re notified in your IDE when your local instance isn’t meeting the project’s [Quality gates](/sonarqube-server/9.8/user-guide/quality-gates.md) standards.

**More security**\
When using SonarQube for IDE alone, taint analysis issues found by commercial editions of SonarQube Server aren’t raised in SonarQube for IDE for performance reasons (we don’t want to slow down your editing). In Connected Mode, you’ll see the taint analysis issues SonarQube Server raised in your project. You’ll get all of the context in your IDE that you need to triage and fix security problems thereby making sure the code you commit is safe.

## Setting up Connected Mode <a href="#setting-up-connected-mode" id="setting-up-connected-mode"></a>

See the following links for instructions on setting up Connected Mode for each supported IDE:

* [Connected mode](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-developer-tools/sonarqube-for-intellij/connect-your-ide/connected-mode)
* [Connected mode](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-developer-tools/sonarqube-for-visual-studio/connect-your-ide/connected-mode)
* [Connected mode](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-developer-tools/sonarqube-for-vs-code/connect-your-ide/connected-mode)
* [Connected mode](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-developer-tools/sonarqube-for-eclipse/connect-your-ide/connected-mode)

## Smart notifications <a href="#smart-notifications" id="smart-notifications"></a>

Connected Mode allows SonarQube Server to send smart alerts to individuals or teams when new issues are discovered. With everyone in the loop, issues can be addressed promptly, improving the overall software quality and delivery. You’ll receive smart notifications in your IDE when:

* the [Quality gates](/sonarqube-server/9.8/user-guide/quality-gates.md) status of a project *open in your IDE* changes
* a SonarQube Server analysis raises new issues *that you’ve introduced in a project open in your IDE*

You can activate or deactivate smart notifications in SonarQube for IDE on the IDE side on a server-by-server basis.


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