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Managing instant messaging, Installing a collaboration client on BlackBerry devices

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Administration Guide Managing instant messaging Managing instant messaging 31 The BlackBerry® Collaboration Service is designed to provide a connection between your organization's instant messaging server and the collaboration client on BlackBerry devices. In some instant messaging environments, you can use TLS or HTTPS to encrypt the connection between specific instant messaging components. The BlackBerry Collaboration Service supports up to 2000 connections for instant messaging sessions on the following instant messaging servers: • Microsoft® Office Live Communications Server 2005 • Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 • Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 R2 • Microsoft® Lync™ Server 2010 • IBM® Lotus® Sametime® The number of connections that the BlackBerry Collaboration Service supports for instant messaging sessions on the Novell® GroupWise® instant messaging server is limited to the number of Windows® sockets that are available. Installing a collaboration client on BlackBerry devices For detailed information about the methods that you can use to install a collaboration client on BlackBerry® devices, see the "Add a collaboration client to the application repository" and "Alternative methods for installing BlackBerry Java Applications on devices" sections of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Administration Guide. To download the .zip file for the appropriate collaboration client, visit www.blackberry.com/support/downloads. For information about the compatibility of collaboration clients and versions of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, visit na.blackberry.com/eng/support/downloads/im_server_compatibility.jsp. Change the instant messaging server or pool that a BlackBerry Collaboration Service connects to 1. In the BlackBerry® Administration Service, on the Servers and components menu, expand BlackBerry Solution topology > BlackBerry Domain > Component view > Collaboration. 2. Expand the instant messaging environment. 3. Click the instance that you want to change. 4. Click Edit instance. 5. In the Connection settings section, perform one of the following actions: • For Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 R2 or Microsoft® Lync™ Server 2010, in the Instant messaging server pool name field, type the FQDN of the pool of instant messaging servers. • For all other types of instant messaging server, in the Host Server for instant messaging field, type the host name of the instant messaging server. 6. In the Port field, type the port number of the instant messaging server or the port number of the pool of instant messaging servers. 7. If necessary, in the Transport protocol drop-down list, click the appropriate transport protocol. 321

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Managing instant messaging
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The BlackBerry® Collaboration Service is designed to provide a connection between your organization's instant
messaging server and the collaboration client on BlackBerry devices. In some instant messaging environments, you
can use TLS or HTTPS to encrypt the connection between specific instant messaging components.
The BlackBerry Collaboration Service supports up to 2000 connections for instant messaging sessions on the following
instant messaging servers:
Microsoft® Office Live Communications Server 2005
Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007
Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 R2
Microsoft® Lync™ Server 2010
IBM® Lotus® Sametime®
The number of connections that the BlackBerry Collaboration Service supports for instant messaging sessions on the
Novell® GroupWise® instant messaging server is limited to the number of Windows® sockets that are available.
Installing a collaboration client on BlackBerry devices
For detailed information about the methods that you can use to install a collaboration client on BlackBerry® devices,
see the "Add a collaboration client to the application repository" and "Alternative methods for installing BlackBerry
Java Applications on devices" sections of the
BlackBerry Enterprise Server Administration Guide
.
To download the .zip file for the appropriate collaboration client, visit
www.blackberry.com/support/downloads
. For
information about the compatibility of collaboration clients and versions of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, visit
na.blackberry.com/eng/support/downloads/im_server_compatibility.jsp
.
Change the instant messaging server or pool that a
BlackBerry Collaboration Service connects to
1.
In the BlackBerry® Administration Service, on the
Servers and components
menu, expand
BlackBerry Solution
topology > BlackBerry Domain > Component view > Collaboration
.
2.
Expand the instant messaging environment.
3.
Click the instance that you want to change.
4.
Click
Edit instance
.
5.
In the
Connection settings
section, perform one of the following actions:
For Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 R2 or Microsoft® Lync™ Server 2010, in the
Instant
messaging server pool name
field, type the FQDN of the pool of instant messaging servers.
For all other types of instant messaging server, in the
Host Server for instant messaging
field, type the host
name of the instant messaging server.
6.
In the
Port
field, type the port number of the instant messaging server or the port number of the pool of instant
messaging servers.
7.
If necessary, in the
Transport protocol
drop-down list, click the appropriate transport protocol.
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