Giving users the option of installing new features when they log in
Administrators can allow users to decide which features and updates to install. Configure the optional updates sites before users install the product, so they can choose the optional features and updates they want immediately after installation. With subsequent logins, users also continue to have the option to install features and updates. Users need administrator access to their computers to be able to install the IBM® Sametime® Integration for Microsoft™ Office feature.
Before you begin
About this task
Procedure
- Log in to the Sametime System Console, open that server's Integrated Solutions Console, select Sametime System Console, and then click .
- Locate the "Sametime optional add-on site URLs" setting in the Instant Messaging section of the policy.
- Specify one or more URLs for update sites where you will post optional updates. Separate multiple URLs with semi-colons or commas.
- Repeat these steps on each server.
Results
When the user logs in as a user with administrative access,
the client scans all of the optional update sites specified in the
"Sametime optional add-on
site URLs" policy on the default Sametime server. The client
then displays the updates that match the client configuration and
allows the user to disable further checking on startup. The user selects
which updates to install, if any.
Note: If the URL has not been specified
or the setting is not found, the client will search the preferences.ini
file located in the update plugin (com.ibm.collaboration.realtime.update\preferences.ini)
root directory for the optionalUpdatePolicyURL value. (The policy
setting was not available prior to Sametime 8.0.)