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IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5 for Domino Administration
IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5 for Domino Administration

IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5 for Domino Administration: Ensure effective and efficient team collaboration by building a solid social infrastructure with IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5

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IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5 for Domino Administration

Chapter 2. IBM Lotus Quickr Services Overview

The IBM Lotus Quickr product line has grown from a diverse background of products to reach the point it is at today. Those lines reach as far back as Lotus QuickPlace, IBM WorkPlace, and WebSphere Portal more recently. Many components fell in place to define the Lotus Quickr 8.0 product that was released in 2007.

Lotus Quickr itself represents a set of capabilities allowing end users to effectively drive team based collaboration, both internally and externally, to the corporate network. These capabilities include the following:

  • Team places to allow groups of end users to share information

  • Templates for the quick creation of new team places

  • Document and content library management services

  • Integration with Enterprise Content Management services

  • Connectors to provide desktop integration with existing productivity tools

Beyond the preceding list, is a set of various other features to meet the needs of a collaborative work environment such as calendaring...

IBM Lotus Quickr services architectures


The Lotus Quickr product itself is a common set of services that are built on top of two very different product architectures. When you buy Lotus Quickr you get both. These foundation level deployment architectures are Lotus Domino and WebSphere Portal. There are a host of reasons for this type of product design, but the key is that customers have different requirements and it is not practical to build a "one size fits all" solution. Each of the deployment platforms provide capabilities that can be leveraged to build enterprise class collaboration solutions.

The next sections will dive deeper into each of the deployment architectures. While the WebSphere Portal platform is discussed at some level, the focus of this book is on the Lotus Domino product. It was not practical to cover both platforms in adequate detail in the scope of this book, given the significant backend differences between the deployment platforms. Lotus Quickr for Domino represents...

IBM Lotus Quickr connectors


The Lotus Quickr connectors represent key capability common across both Lotus Quickr architecture platforms. These connectors are deployed locally on Windows-based workstations to allow direct integration into the productivity applications, which a user already comfortable with. That allows a user to continue to work in Lotus Notes or Microsoft Office and directly manage the content on the Lotus Quickr servers.

The architecture of the desktop connectors allow them to integrate with various backend server environments including Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems. IBM has made available, the Lotus Quickr integration code for IBM FileNet and Content Manager, to allow them to appear as a traditional Lotus Quickr server to these desktop connectors. From an end user standpoint, they don't have to be directly aware the type of system they are using to store their data. They can focus on producing content and interacting with other team members.

An example of interacting...

Interaction with IBM Lotus Connections


One of the common patterns seen in customer environments today is the need for an integrated solution. It is important that solutions like Lotus Quickr be able to easily integrate content into other environments which have already be deployed.

Out of the box, Lotus Quickr provides several types of integration. This includes both the deployment architectures mentioned earlier. Some of those other integration areas which are covered later in Chapter 12, Integrating IBM Lotus Quickr with other IBM Products, are around the Lotus Connections, Lotus Sametime, and Enterprise Content Management products.

Lotus Connections is a social networking product that provides a very rich set of capabilities, which enterprise customers are looking for today in the social space. Examples of these services include employee profile and contact information, communities, wikis, blogs, social activities, social bookmarks, discussion forums, and file sharing. In the Lotus Connections...

Interaction with Enterprise Content Management products


The final area to cover is around Enterprise Content Management (ECM) integration. The Lotus Quickr product has been broadening these services for several releases now. The Lotus Quickr 8.5 release grows these capabilities to a whole new level. Now ECMcontent can be made available in both the Lotus Domino and WebSphere Portal deployment platforms. The integration itself has deepened significantly with this latest release, particularly in the following areas:

  • Web based user interface services in both deployment platforms

  • Prompting for meta data and enforcement of required fields

  • Publication of Lotus Quickr content into ECM system

  • Viewing of ECM content in Lotus Quickr

  • Ability to search ECM content from within Lotus Quickr

These integration capabilities require Lotus Quickr integration code to be separately installed on the backend ECM system.

Having the ability to connect Lotus Quickr with ECM systems opens a wide range of possibilities....

Summary


This chapter exposed you to the two deployment architectures available for Lotus Quickr, as well as an overview of the products. Additional areas of integration in terms of Lotus Connections, Enterprise Content Management, and desktop productivity applications that Lotus Quickr provides, were also discussed. This is just a brief insight of the potential here. The product itself can easily be inserted into larger solutions sets to meet your business collaboration needs.

The remaining chapters of this book will dive deeper into the Lotus Quickr for Domino product installation, administration, customization, and integration. While it is not intended to replace the product documentation, the goal is to provide you with valuable information from the author's experiences.

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Key benefits

  • Gain a thorough understanding of IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5 Team Collaboration, Repository, and Connectors
  • Recommended best practices to upgrade to the latest version of IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5
  • Customize logos, colors, templates, and more to your designs without much effort
  • A combination of technical insights, step-by-step instructions, and guidelines to successfully enable team collaboration within your enterprise

Description

When the IT strategy calls for maximizing the value of social software for building effective teams, neither social networking nor team collaboration is sufficient on its own. Lotus Quickr Team Collaboration software delivers the promise of social software; but ensuring that a business's social networking site is compliant can be daunting. This book will help you ensure effective and efficient team collaboration by building a solid social infrastructure with IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5. The book will familiarize system administrators with all the information they need to install, upgrade, and manage IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5. You will also learn to leverage social software principles to foster diverse teams in an interconnected world. This book will help you break virtual boundaries and remove the impediments to the development of high-performance teams through the use of IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5. This practical book starts off by providing you with a clear, detailed walkthrough of key concepts including collaboration beyond document management, and adopting social collaboration in an enterprise. We then examine the product architecture of Lotus Quickr services and provide a walkthrough of deployment aspects of Lotus Quickr to provide a scalable environment through clustering. We cover some of the basic tools used to set up and manage the IBM Lotus Quickr server along with unique methods for upgrading to the latest 8.5 version. We provide you with an in-depth look at the concepts of Lotus Quickr Connectors deployment, management, and a new capability around Windows-based single sign-on to solve a variety of problems. By the end of this book, you will be able to build a well-executed social collaboration platform that delivers the productivity edge needed to succeed in the digitally interconnected business world of today.

Who is this book for?

This is a step-by-step manual for System Administrators and Business Analysts who need to facilitate the effective and efficient performance of diverse teams in an interconnected world. It can also be read by Management to gain a high-level understanding of the new features and capabilities offered by the product. You don't require any knowledge of IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5. This book will teach you everything you need to know.

What you will learn

  • Integrate social networking tools such as blogs, wikis, social bookmarking, and talent profiles seamlessly through Lotus Quickr
  • Discover the foundational concepts around Team Collaboration in an enterprise
  • Explore the product architecture of Lotus Quickr Services for Lotus Domino and some potential deployment topologies that can be leveraged
  • Install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot a clustered environment with Lotus Quickr
  • Understand some of the most used administrative functions of Lotus Quickr for Domino
  • Upgrade your IBM Lotus Quickplace and Quickr services to the new version 8.5
  • Manage Quickr place and placetypes in a Lotus Quickr Domino environment
  • Provide your organization with themes for its projects and clients through customizations
  • Manage collaborative content directly from inside your traditional desktop products with Lotus Quickr Connectors

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Table of Contents

12 Chapters
Introduction to Team Collaboration with IBM Lotus Quickr Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
IBM Lotus Quickr Services Overview Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
IBM Lotus Quickr Domino Architecture Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Installation of IBM Lotus Quickr Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Clustering IBM Lotus Quickr Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Managing IBM Lotus Quickr Servers Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Upgrading and Migrating to IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Managing Places in IBM Lotus Quickr Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Customizing IBM Lotus Quickr Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
IBM Lotus Quickr Connectors Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Leveraging IBM Lotus Quickr APIs Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Integrating IBM Lotus Quickr with Other IBM Products Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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A couple of days ago, a new book arrived on my desk. "IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5 for Domino Administration" was published by Packt Publishing in January 2011."IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5 for Domino Administration" is a step-by-step manual, with explanation from installation and upgrading, to the development and management of Quickr, to what-to-do-next when you finally have everything set up.The book has been written by Lotus Community members Keith Brooks, Mark Harper, David Byrd and Olusola Omosaiye and also the reviewers are well known members of the Yellowverse ( Alex Kabasov, Dennis van Remortel ). All authors have a deep insight knowledge of IBM Lotus Quickr.I was a bit surprised when reading thru the "Who is this book written for". Business Analysts, Managers ... Yes, it CAN be read by this group of non technical people, but I doubt that this is the audience the book is really targeting. I have never heard of any Business Analyst or a Manager installing fixpacks and modifying the notes.ini of a Domino server. And, putting my administrator's hat on, I would never allow them to do this tasks.The target audience for this book is clearly a Domino Administrator who wants to install IBM Lotus Quickr. If you as an administrator have never setup an IBM Lotus Qickr server, then this book is for you.All steps from installing the Domino server to applying fixpacks and installing the IBM Quickr server are explained on the first 58 pages of the book. Many screenshots help also those administrators that are not native english speakers. After doing some post installation configuration you will have a running IBM Lotus Quickr installation.Chapter 6 (Managing IBM Lotus Quickr Servers) helps you with the daily administration of your Quickr server.If you already have a runing IBM Lotus Quickr installation and you want to upgrade to release 8.5, you could start reading Chapter 7 first. Chapter 7 discusses the process required to upgrade Lotus QuickPlace and Quickr services to the new release 8.5.Be aware that you need to have at least more than only some vague administration skills to get the most out of "IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5 for Domino Administration".I can recommend this book to all Domino Administrators who want to successfully install, run and mantain IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5.
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"IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5 for Domino Administration" is the latest Domino related title adding to Packt Publishing's growing library of amazing Domino related titles. Though the book is a great resource for any Quickr admin, admins running Quickr on WebSphere should be aware that this book is solely centered on running Quickr on IBM's Lotus Domino platform.The book begins with a very brief introduction on collaboration using Quickr. It then moves into a discussion on the different deployment architectures -- Domino and WebSpehere -- and helps the reader narrow down for which architecture their environment would be best suited.Chapter Three is where the book splits off and begins to focus on Quickr for Domino leaving WebSphere as a potential topic for another book. The author's begin to dive into the underlying architecture providing the reader with a good understanding of how Quickr is situated atop Domino. Different deployment methods -- single server vs. clustered servers vs. expanded deployment -- are covered.Chapter Four, available as a free download from the publisher, is a walkthrough of the installation and configuration process. For readers new to Domino they will be thankful that the first half of the chapter covers installing a Domino server, leaving the last half to installing and configuring Quickr.Chapter Five is a wonderful deep dive into clustering, while Chapter Six provides a wealth of information on general administration. I believe that once you have Quickr up and running, you will want to keep this book handy just for Chapter Six, if for no other reason.Chapter Seven discusses upgrade and migrations, as well as other features of running Quickr on Domino such as integration with the Domino Attachment and Object Services (DAOS) and offline services.Chapter Eight is all about the management of places. From creating, renaming, and archiving, to using PlaceTypes. This is a perfect segue into Chapter Nine which discusses customization from colors, to themes, to PlaceBots.Chapter Ten outlines the different connectors available (Microsoft Windows Explorer, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Symphony, Lotus Notes and Lotus Sametime) as well as an outline on implementing desktop single-sign on.Chapter Eleven is all about the devs. It discusses the Quickr APIs and provides some code listing for basic tasks. Then the book wraps up in Chapter Twelve outlining integration of other IBM products such as Sametime and Enterprise Content Management (FileNet P8).As someone an experience Domino administrator and developer with almost zero knowledge of Quickr, I found the book to be exceptionally approachable. The text is written in a clear and concise manner, which is something we don't always get from books written for admins. I believe an admin of any level, even those new to Domino, who find themselves with the task of deploying and/or administrating a Quickr environment would be well served by this book.Disclaimer: Packt Publishing provided a free review copy of the book for the purpose of this review.
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