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Lotus snuck a new Sametime package in 7, not announced well


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I know many enterprises have been looking for ways to control licensing when using the free integrated client.  If the user installed Sametime Connect or tried a web meeting, that was a license usage technically, and not covered in the free ones through integration.

The only way was to strip down the meeting services.  Some technotes even provided insight.   Well Lotus has another product that I could not find referenced anywhere except the
Release Notes for Domino 7 and Designer Help for 7 until I stopped searching for IMLU and went for the whole string.  So read for yourself, IBM Lotus Instant Messaging Limited Use is even found in the Sametime Install Guide for 7:

Limitations using Sametime Server with IMLU

If your Sametime Server is running the IBM Lotus Instant Messaging Limited Use (IMLU) configuration, you are restricted to Instant Messaging capabilities only.  The Instant Messaging  Web Conferencing options are invalid.  You will experience these limitations:

1.  If you attempt to create any of the Instant Meetings options (audio, video, shared and or collaboration) within Notes, the following error message displays :

(picture removed since it was huge, but it said and I quote)

"Error: The meeting can not be created due to the following error: An attempt to establish a connection with the meeting server has failed

Please contact your system administrator."



2.  Since Web Conferencing is not enabled on your Sametime server, when an invitation to a Sametime meeting is sent to you*, you will not be able to join.  Instead, you should choose the Respond button from the dialog box and notify the Initiator that you don't have the Web Conferencing capabilities.
* A person connected to a fully enabled Web Conferencing Sametime Server has the ability to include you on their Sametime meeting invitation.


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