Instant Messaging

Rational Team Concert seamlessly integrates with Instant Messaging, giving a smooth experience in team communication. Team members can do a peer-to-peer chat or group chat with other project members. Eclipse introduced the Instant Messaging platform via Eclipse Communication Framework (ECF), and Rational Team Concert took this further by integrating support for IBM's Lotus Sametime Connect, Google Talk, and Jabber XMPP Server.

In this section, we will see several features of Instant Messaging by configuring Google Talk from the Eclipse client. Along with Instant Messaging, you can also do File Transfer, Voice Call, and more. The starting point for Instant Messaging is the Team Organization view in the Eclipse client. Team Organization lists all the users associated to the connected Team Area. You open this view to see all the online users and start messaging right away.

When users come online, the Eclipse client synchronizes with their status and displays the users appropriately...