Enabling screen sharing with a browser plug-in

IBM® Sametime® meeting users can host screen-sharing sessions using a browser plug-in.

About this task

In new installations, beginning with the Sametime 9 Cumulative Refresh, the default setting enables the browser plug-in for screen sharing. In previous releases of Sametime, the default is to enable screen sharing using the Java applet.

To remove the Java dependency and enable Sametime clients to use a browser plug-in for screen sharing, complete this procedure to set the appshare.plugin.operating_system.enabled setting to true.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Sametime System Console as the administrator.
  2. Click Sametime System Console > Sametime Servers > Sametime Meeting Servers.
  3. In the Meeting Servers table, select the Sametime Meeting Server on which you want to enable this feature.
  4. On the Server Configuration page, locate the custom configuration keys table.
  5. In the custom configuration keys table, click New.
  6. Add a custom configuration key using the following values:
    • Configuration key: appshare.plugin.operating_system.enabled
    • Configuration value: true
  7. Click OK to save the new configuration key.

    Repeat this process on each Sametime Meeting Server for which you want to enable this feature.