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Deploying
IBM® Sametime® consists of a variety of servers and clients, and can be deployed to suit many different environments. The deployment instructions are organized by feature set, beginning with the minimum components that are necessary to support instant messaging, and then expanding the deployment to include features such as audio and video support, and conferencing.
Deploying the Sametime® client to users
The IBM® Sametime® Connect client or Sametime Embedded Client has to be installed on users' computers to use instant messaging and meetings. This section explains how to install these clients.
Installed clients
The IBM® Sametime® Connect and Sametime Embedded clients install directly on the user's computer. You can configure preferences for installed clients before distributing them to users, and then push updates to them automatically.
Configuring the Sametime® client
This section describes how to configure IBM® Sametime® clients.
Connecting the Sametime® Connect client to the Sametime® Community Server
The Sametime® Connect Client uses Server Communities preferences to connect to the Sametime Community Server for presence and chat features.
Choosing a method for connecting to the Sametime® Community Server
The Sametime® Connect Client uses the connection method specified in Server Communities preferences. The Global connection settings apply to all Connections unless a specific server community uses an alternate connection method as defined on its Connection tab in the Preferences window.
Connecting to a Sametime® server without using the reverse proxy server
When an IBM® Sametime® Community Server is configured to operate with a reverse proxy server, users on the corporate intranet that are not required to route connections through the reverse proxy server can still connect using the standard Sametime client connection processes.

Connecting to a Sametime server without using the reverse proxy server

When an IBM® Sametime® Community Server is configured to operate with a reverse proxy server, users on the corporate intranet that are not required to route connections through the reverse proxy server can still connect using the standard Sametime client connection processes.

Note: In this scenario, both intranet and Internet users connect to the same Sametime server. Connections from Internet users are routed through the reverse proxy server while connections from intranet users are not routed through the reverse proxy server.

To configure a Sametime Community Server to operate with a reverse proxy server, the administrator must select the Enable Reverse Proxy Discovery on the client setting in the Sametime Administration Tool.