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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.
Integrating Sametime® with other products
Expand the range of features in your IBM® Sametime® deployment by integrating with other products.
Integrating Sametime® with Connections
Integrate IBM® Sametime® servers such as the Sametime Advanced Server and the Sametime Meeting Server with IBM Connections.
Deploying Connections community widgets for Sametime®
There are two IBM® Connections community widgets forSametime®, the Meeting Rooms Widget and the Chat Rooms Widget.
Installing and configuring the Video Chat widget
Install and configure the Video Chat widget.
Preparing to install the Video Chat widget
The Video Chat widget provides audio and video capability for an IBM® Connections community. Users of the Video Chat widget just click a button from the Connections community to start an audio/video conference. If the conference has not been started already, the Start Video Conference button displays. If the conference has been started, the Join Conference button displays, along with the number of users logged into the conference.

Preparing to install the Video Chat widget

The Video Chat widget provides audio and video capability for an IBM® Connections community. Users of the Video Chat widget just click a button from the Connections community to start an audio/video conference. If the conference has not been started already, the Start Video Conference button displays. If the conference has been started, the Join Conference button displays, along with the number of users logged into the conference.

About this task

The supported product versions for use with the Video Chat widget are listed in the following table.

Table 1. Supported product versions for the Video Chat widgetThe Video Chat widget is supported only with the versions of Connections and Sametime® that are specified in this table.
Product	Version
IBM Connections	3.0.1 or later
IBM Sametime	8.5.2 IFR 1 or later