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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.
Setting client preferences
The following topics describe the different methods for setting preferences for the Sametime® Connect Client and the Sametime Embedded Client for Notes®.
Configuring Sametime® Connect Client preferences with the Expeditor managed settings framework
You can configure and manage user preferences for each IBM® Sametime® Connect Client using the Expeditor managed settings framework.
Configuring Sametime® Connect Client preferences in the plugin_customization.ini file
Defining a settings file in the plugin_customization.ini file is an alternate method for distributing preferences to the Sametime® Connect Client. Unlike the managed-settings.xml file posted on an update site, this method does not provide any policy-based distribution of preferences.

Configuring Sametime Connect Client preferences in the plugin_customization.ini file

Defining a settings file in the plugin_customization.ini file is an alternate method for distributing preferences to the Sametime® Connect Client. Unlike the managed-settings.xml file posted on an update site, this method does not provide any policy-based distribution of preferences.

About this task

Follow these steps to create a settings XML file and define it in the plugin_customization.ini file.

Procedure

Create a settings XML file with a name such as settings.xml or mysettings.xml.
Define preferences in the settings XML file.
Copy the settings XML file to the location where it will be called from the plugin_customization.ini file.
Add a key that defines the Expeditor Managed settings framework com.ibm.rcp.managedsettings.provider.file/URL and the name and location of the settings XML file to be used. For example:
```
com.ibm.rcp.managedsettings.provider.file/URL=http://www.ibm.com/settings.xml
or
com.ibm.rcp.managedsettings.provider.file/URL=file://c:/data/mysettings.xml
```
Save the file and make it available to clients.

Results

Every time the client starts, the plugin_customization.ini preferences are read.