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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 instant messaging
Instant messaging features are provided primarily by the IBM® Sametime® Community Server, which supports presence, text chats, and two-way phone calls.
Installing Sametime® Proxy Server
The IBM® Sametime® Proxy Server enables browser-based clients to participate in Sametime instant messaging and online meetings. In addition, the Sametime Proxy Server works with Sametime Community Server or IBM Connections to enable the business card feature in Sametime, and with Sametime Unified Telephony or other TCSPI-enabled products to enable the Sametime click-to-call feature. The Sametime Proxy Server also provides live names awareness and can replace the Links Toolkit used in earlier releases of Sametime. Read the system requirements to ensure that you know the minimum supported software requirements.
Securing the Sametime® Proxy Server
Secure the IBM® Sametime® Proxy Server.
Configuring SSO for IBM® Verse and Sametime®
Configure Single Sign-On for IBM® Verse and Sametime® so that Verse users are automatically logged in to the on-premise Sametime deployment.
Configuring the SAML identity provider
Integrating IBM Verse with the Sametime® client requires a SAML identity provider. When the Verse client loads and Sametime integration is enabled, the Sametime client makes a request to the configured identity provider to authenticate that user. If the user is known to the identity provider, it returns an HTML form to the browser with a SAML response containing the authentication assertion. This form is automatically posted to the Sametime Proxy Server, the user is logged in, and single sign-on is enabled for the user.

Configuring the SAML identity provider

Integrating IBM Verse with the Sametime® client requires a SAML identity provider. When the Verse client loads and Sametime integration is enabled, the Sametime client makes a request to the configured identity provider to authenticate that user. If the user is known to the identity provider, it returns an HTML form to the browser with a SAML response containing the authentication assertion. This form is automatically posted to the Sametime Proxy Server, the user is logged in, and single sign-on is enabled for the user.

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To support authentication between Verse and Sametime, you must configure the identity provider to use the Sametime Proxy Server's URL as the target URL for authentication. The format of the URL varies according to the identity provider and how it is configured; however you must specify the following address to ensure that the response from the identity provider is directed to the correct location on the Sametime Proxy Server: https://Sametime_Proxy_Server/stwebapi/user/connect

For information about configuring your SAML identity provider, consult the product documentation.