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Have you used one of these or another enterprise instant messaging system? Describe how well it is working for you.
I use this combination for one of my clients and love it. It is integrated into AD as it's supported when you setup Openfire. Openfire's documentation also mentions how to add the application as a service. It's a simple command found in the application's bin folder. This combination queries AD and I have a security group that I just add members to to populate the buddy lists automatically. It's a nice piece of software and works well.
I tested OpenFire on a SBS2008 setting it to ran as a service and it broken networking on the server. I had done some other work about the same time and it took a lot of troubleshooting to determine that OpenFire was the problem. Uninstalling OpenFire did not repair the problem, it required removing some registry keys to repair the network. My advice would be that you will want to be very careful attempting to use OpenFire running as a service.
Hi all, what about Microsoft Lync? It's not free but we use it and it works well also with external collaborators
I guess I'm too old and ingrained in my telephone / e-mail ways, not having grown up with IM tools. TR members have offered a few examples, but none of them apply to how I work.
We use MS Communicator and will be upgrading to Lync this summer. I'm not opposed to this class of tools in general (other than what appears to be a universal lack of a spell checker), but I just don't get why someone would rather type than talk.
We use MS Communicator and will be upgrading to Lync this summer. I'm not opposed to this class of tools in general (other than what appears to be a universal lack of a spell checker), but I just don't get why someone would rather type than talk.
That's what I'd have to do anyway if the recipient was offline; why not start there? I keep a copy in my Inbox to remind me to follow up if I don't get a timely reply. Maybe I'm not using the utility correctly but it doesn't strike me as any easier to type in an IM client than an e-mail message, either sending or replying. With an e-mail, the pressure to reply immediately isn't there, there's a spell-check capability, and I can add additional people without having to see if they're on line.
I run it on server 2008 r2 enterprise and runs fine. I did find that you do have to kill the applcation first before adding it as a service. Once done the service can be controled in the services.msc area. The applciation icon is rather useless at this point and if launched i have had it corrupt having the app and service running at the same time. It required a reinstall but I never launched the app again afterwards. Hope that helps you in your setup.
Integration with Active-Directory is available!
You just have to setup LDAP. Done.
You just have to setup LDAP. Done.
Brosix has quite a lot useful features. I think it also has Active Directory Sync
Yes, it has Active Directory Sync, spell-checker and many more features. You can get a 30 day free trial and just try it yourself - there is no risk.
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