A customer just asked how he can prevent that Sametime uses the e-mail address of a user to create the ID of a meeting room. Because of that the user’s e-mail address is beeing revealed to everyone which might not
IBM Connections 4.0 Links
As most of you already know, IBM has released IBM Connections 4.0 last week. I have collected some important links about this new version for my convenience. Maybe they are for some interest for others as well: IBM Connections Homepage
Hide “Activities” sidebar during installation of Lotus Notes client
If you want to hide the IBM Connections “Activity” sidebar as you install a Lotus Notes client you need to add the following parameter to the PLUGIN_CUSTOMIZATION.INI file of the client package: com.ibm.rcp.ui/HIDE_PANEL_com.ibm.workplace.ae.client.views.AESideShelfView=true I did not find that documented somewhere and
IBM Sametime: Blacklisting Community servers for Media Servers
If you have a IBM Sametime Media Manager server installed in your Sametime environment the Conference Manager component will try to connect to all Community servers in its own Sametime community. If, for whateveer reason, the Conference Manager is not
IBM Sametime: Updated security certificate for Push Notifications (iOS)
If you have iOS devices connected to your IBM Sametime 8.5.2.x environment you will need to update the security certificates on the ST proxy server before end of September: IBM Updated security certificate for Push Notifications (iOS)
IBM Connections 3.0.1.1 update to CR1
Although it is also documented in the IBM Connections wiki here it is a short summary of the commands for Linux which might be useful. Although it describes the update to IBM COnnections 3.0.1.1 CR1 it can be used for other fixes/fixpack
Launchpad does not open on AIX or Linux operating systems
More and more Lotus products are using the Tivoli Installation Manager for installing. In order to start the launchpad.sh on AIX or Linux machines you need to have a supported browser installed. In case your installation is using Firefox version
Websphere: Replacing the default IBM self-signed certificate with another certificate
Just in case I will need it the next time … This article is a good description how to Adding trusted root and intermediary certificates to the Cell default trust store Generating a certificate signer request Installing a signed certificate
Using Sametime Web API features with SSL
If you want to use the Sametime Web API features of the Sametime Standalone or Sametime Embedded Client in Notes if you have enabled SSL for awareness / presence information you need first to do some steps on the client
IBM Redbook: Creating Integrated Web Experience with IBM Lotus collaboration software
An interesting new redbook “IBM Redbooks: Creating Integrated Web Experience with IBM Lotus collaboration software” discusses how to take a specific set of products (IBM Lotus Domino, IBM WebSphere Portal, IBM Lotus Quickr Domino, IBM Connections and IBM Sametime) and