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IBM Verse™ On-Premises 1.0.8 documentation
Welcome to the IBM Verse™ On-Premises 1.0.8 documentation.
Find out about the new features in IBM Verse®.
What's new in version 1.0.8?
IBM Verse® 1.0.8 provides the following new features and enhancements.
What's new in version 1.0.7?
IBM Verse® On-Premises 1.0.7 provides the following new features and enhancements.
What's new in version 1.0.6?
IBM Verse® On-Premises 1.0.6 provides the following new features and enhancements.
What's new in version 1.0.5?
IBM Verse 1.0.5 provides the following new features and enhancements.
IBM Verse is mail that understands you. It has less clutter and more clarity for getting you connected to the people who matter to you most. Designed for mobile devices, and powered by IBM's analytics and advanced search, IBM Verse works for you, not the other way around.
Why do I see people in the top bar?
One of the main aspects of IBM Verse that sets it apart is that it lets you have, within easy reach, all the things that are important to you. People are a big part of this idea.
How do I use business cards to see my colleagues' information?
IBM Verse® business cards keep all the necessary personal information for your contacts within easy reach, while at the same time taking it one step further. In Verse, the business card is more than just a source of contact information, it becomes a modern social tool, giving you the opportunity to interact with your colleagues in a variety of ways.
How do I show my picture?
There are two ways to show a picture of yourself in Verse: through the Gravatar web site or through your IBM Connections profile. You can use just one of these methods.
How do I chat with my contacts?
IBM Verse® gives you intuitive, integrated access to IBM® Sametime® Chat in a way you've never had before. You can message colleagues all with the click of a button from the Verse interface.
How do I find what I'm looking for?
One of the most powerful and useful features of IBM Verse is its dynamic and analytics-driven search capacity. Search through every piece of mail with precision and ease.
How do I master mail?
IBM Verse gives you many great ways to take control of your mail.
How do I manage my calendar?
IBM Verse gives you many options for managing your work day, whether it's from the quick access Calendar Bar on your mail view, or the powerful and unique Calendar Inbox.
How do I share and link to my files?
IBM Verse® goes beyond simple file attachments by allowing you to share files and link to folders in the cloud. When composing a message, you can select files from your computer or files and folders from IBM Connections™.
How do I personalize IBM Verse?
From the navigation bar, click your profile image and then select Mail and Calendar Settings to change mail, calendar, out of office, security, and delegation settings.
How do I manage passwords and my Notes ID?
If your administrator allows you to, you can use Security preferences to change the password you use to log on to Verse, to change your Notes ID password, and to manage your Notes ID.
How can I use keyboard shortcuts?
IBM Verse gives you ways to simplify your experience through keyboard shortcuts.
Welcome to the IBM Verse On-Premises administrator documentation.
Overview
IBM Verse™ is an email and business messaging experience that is based on an innovative user-centric design, including social analytics and advanced search capabilities. Verse helps users quickly find and focus on what content is most important, empowering them to build stronger working relationships while optimizing business results.
Accessibility features
Accessibility features assist users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology content successfully.
System requirements
See the Verse On-Premises System Requirements on the HCL Customer Support site.
Installing and configuring
To install and configure IBM Verse™ On-Premises on a Domino® mail server, complete the following steps.
Configuring integration with IBM Sametime
Starting with IBM Verse On-Premises 1.0.3, integration with IBM Sametime 9.0.1 FP1 is supported.
Enabling the new calendar event form
A new calendar event form design offers an improved experience for creating and managing events in the calendar.
Enabling users to add photos of themselves
You can enable Verse to use the Gravatar service to display photos of users. Users upload images to the Gravatar service and the client's server connects to Gravatar to display the photos in the "important to me" bar.
Enabling password and Notes ID options
As of Verse 1.0.8, features are available in Security preferences for users to change the passwords they use to log in to Verse, change their Notes ID passwords, and manage their Notes IDs. This topic describes the configuration requirements for each of these features.
Enabling improved integration of forwarding addresses
The improved integration of forwarding addresses feature introduced in release 1.0.7 is off by default. Follow these steps to enable it for your users.
Enabling replying to and forwarding messages from archived mail
If your users use another client such as IBM® iNotes® to archive mail on a server, or if you archive mail for them, as of release 1.0.8, users can see their archived mail in Verse. By default, users can't reply to or forward messages from a mail archive, but you can enable this capability.
Controlling the concurrent iCalendar imports allowed
Use the server notes.ini setting VOP_ConCurr_Upload_iCal to control the number of iCalendars that can be imported concurrently into users' Verse calendars. By default, 30 concurrent imports are allowed.
Integrating with Connections
You can configure IBM Verse™ On-Premises to work with IBM Connections™ 6 or 5.5 CR2.
Integrating with Box
If you've purchased Box, follow this procedure to enable users to share Box files and folders from IBM Verse™.
Deploying extensions
You can deploy extensions to enhance the functionality and experience of Verse On-Premises. To do so, you register your own web applications with Verse that declare one or more extensions.
Uninstalling
If you need to uninstall Verse™ On-Premises application files, simply stop the Domino Web server, remove the Verse On-Premises .jar files, and then restart the Domino Web server.