The presentation I gave at Engage 2016 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. I'm giving a description of the possibilities for the IBM Connections plugins for Microsoft Office, Windows Explorer and IBM Notes. I also show how you can brand and skin the plugin.
4. BRUNVOLL
• About Hogne
• About Brunvoll
• Plugin for Windows Explorer & Microsoft Office
Agenda
THIS IS WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT
Engage 2016
5. BRUNVOLL
• About Hogne
• About Brunvoll
• Plugin for Windows Explorer & Microsoft Office
• Plugin for IBM Notes
Agenda
THIS IS WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT
Engage 2016
6. BRUNVOLL
• About Hogne
• About Brunvoll
• Plugin for Windows Explorer & Microsoft Office
• Plugin for IBM Notes
• Other Plugins
Agenda
THIS IS WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT
Engage 2016
7. BRUNVOLL
• About Hogne
• About Brunvoll
• Plugin for Windows Explorer & Microsoft Office
• Plugin for IBM Notes
• Other Plugins
• Questions?
Agenda
THIS IS WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT
Engage 2016
9. BRUNVOLL
• Full name Hogne Bø Pettersen
• ICT Teaching Consultant at Brunvoll AS
About Hogne
EGO
Engage 2016
10. BRUNVOLL
• Full name Hogne Bø Pettersen
• ICT Teaching Consultant at Brunvoll AS
• Worked with IBM Notes/Domino since 1995
About Hogne
EGO
Engage 2016
11. BRUNVOLL
• Full name Hogne Bø Pettersen
• ICT Teaching Consultant at Brunvoll AS
• Worked with IBM Notes/Domino since 1995
• Responsible for user adoption and development for IBM
Connections
About Hogne
EGO
Engage 2016
12. BRUNVOLL
• Full name Hogne Bø Pettersen
• ICT Teaching Consultant at Brunvoll AS
• Worked with IBM Notes/Domino since 1995
• Responsible for user adoption and development for IBM
Connections
• Lives and works in Molde, Norway
About Hogne
EGO
Engage 2016
14. BRUNVOLL
• Full name Hogne Bø Pettersen
• ICT Teaching Consultant at Brunvoll AS
• Worked with IBM Notes/Domino since 1995
• Responsible for user adoption and development for IBM
Connections
• Lives and works in Molde, Norway
• 43.5 years old
About Hogne
EGO
Engage 2016
22. BRUNVOLL
• Creating Thrusters for boats
• 300 employees
• Locally based. Only in Molde
About Brunvoll
EMPLOYER
Engage 2016
23. BRUNVOLL
• Creating Thrusters for boats
• 300 employees
• Locally based. Only in Molde
• 114 years old
About Brunvoll
EMPLOYER
Engage 2016
24. BRUNVOLL
• Creating Thrusters for boats
• 300 employees
• Locally based. Only in Molde
• 114 years old
• 20% of the world market in thrusters
About Brunvoll
EMPLOYER
Engage 2016
25. BRUNVOLL
• Creating Thrusters for boats
• 300 employees
• Locally based. Only in Molde
• 114 years old
• 20% of the world market in thrusters
• Thrusted world wide
About Brunvoll
EMPLOYER
Engage 2016
26. BRUNVOLL
• Creating Thrusters for boats
• 300 employees
• Locally based. Only in Molde
• 114 years old
• 20% of the world market in thrusters
• Been using IBM Notes and Domino since 1994
About Brunvoll
EMPLOYER
Engage 2016
27. BRUNVOLL
• Creating Thrusters for boats
• 300 employees
• Locally based. Only in Molde
• 114 years old
• 20% of the world market in thrusters
• Been using IBM Notes and Domino since 1994
• Been using Connections since 2012
About Brunvoll
EMPLOYER
Engage 2016
28. BRUNVOLL
• Creating Thrusters for boats
• 300 employees
• Locally based. Only in Molde
• 114 years old
• 20% of the world market in thrusters
• Been using IBM Notes and Domino since 1994
• Been using Connections since 2012
• Thrusted world wide
About Brunvoll
EMPLOYER
Engage 2016
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• This is where thrusters go:
About Brunvoll
EMPLOYER
Engage 2016
32. BRUNVOLL
• Work seamlessly with files like they were on your computer
Windows Explorer and Microsoft Office
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
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• Work seamlessly with files like they were on your computer
• Drag and drop files straigt to Connections
Windows Explorer and Microsoft Office
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
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• Work seamlessly with files like they were on your computer
• Drag and drop files straight to Connections
• Work offline with files
Windows Explorer and Microsoft Office
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
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• Work seamlessly with files like they were on your computer
• Drag and drop files straigt to Connections
• Work offline with files
• Tag, comment and like
Windows Explorer and Microsoft Office
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
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• Work seamlessly with files like they were on your computer
• Drag and drop files straigt to Connections
• Work offline with files
• Tag, comment and like
• Your own Connections tab in Microsoft Office
Windows Explorer and Microsoft Office
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
37. BRUNVOLL
• Work seamlessly with files like they were on your computer
• Drag and drop files straigt to Connections
• Work offline with files
• Tag, comment and like
• Your own Connections tab in Microsoft Office
• Add metadata to your own data templates in libraries
Windows Explorer and Microsoft Office
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
38. BRUNVOLL
• Download it from Greenhouse
https://greenhouse.lotus.com/plugins/plugincatalog.nsf/assetDetails.xsp
?action=editDocument&documentId=8AE593DC335311DE852579C20
06D6F66
Windows Explorer and Microsoft Office
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
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• How do you do this?
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
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• Icons:
• Create a 16 x 16 bmp-fil
• Create a 32 x 32 bmp-fil
• Create a 13 x 13 ico-fil
• Create a 256 x 256 ico-fil
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
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• Icons:
• Put them in a folder on the user’s computer
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
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• Settings in Registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> Wow6432Node -> IBM -
> Social Connectors -> Branding
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
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• Settings in Registry:
Add New Key and set the title to Branding
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
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• Settings in Registry:
Give Branding a New String Value
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
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• Settings in Registry:
Give it the value Main Title
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
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• Settings in Registry:
Modify Main title and set your name for IBM Connections
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
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• Settings in Registry:
Add three New Key
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
56. BRUNVOLL
• Settings in Registry:
Give them the following names:
Monitor
Office
ShellExt
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
57. BRUNVOLL
• Settings in Registry:
Add String value under Monitor. Set it to System Tray Idle
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
58. BRUNVOLL
• Settings in Registry:
Set the value to the path to the 16 x 16 bmp file
(This is the icon on the task bar)
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
59. BRUNVOLL
• Settings in Registry:
Add String value under Office. Set it to Backstage Sendto Image
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
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• Settings in Registry:
Set the value to the path to the 32 x 32 bmp file
(This is the icon for the file and save menu in Office)
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
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• Settings in Registry:
Add String value under ShellExt. Set it to ContextMenu Image
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
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• Settings in Registry:
Set the value to the path to the 13 x 13 ico file
(This is the right click icon in Windows Explorer)
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
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• Settings in Registry:
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID{21034BDC-B57E-400b-A5D5-
2B1E98502805}
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
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• Settings in Registry:
Modify Default (create it if it’s not there)
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
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• Settings in Registry:
Set the value to your name for IBM Connections
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
66. BRUNVOLL
• Settings in Registry:
Modify Default Icon (create it if it’s not there)
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
67. BRUNVOLL
• Settings in Registry:
Set the value to the path to the 256 x 256 bmp file
(This is the icon for the Desktop and Explorer icon)
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
68. BRUNVOLL
• Read Hogne’s blog for this:
• http://domino.elfworld.org/make-the-ibm-connections-plugin-your-
own/
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
69. BRUNVOLL
• Create an installation package that does this:
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
70. BRUNVOLL
• Create an installation package that does this:
• Installs the plugin
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
71. BRUNVOLL
• Create an installation package that does this:
• Installs the plugin
• Copies the icon files to the user’s PC
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
72. BRUNVOLL
• Create an installation package that does this:
• Installs the plugin
• Copies the icon files to the user’s PC
• Sets the registry values
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
73. BRUNVOLL
• In Brunvoll we do this as silent install (.bat file)
Branding the plugin
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
74. BRUNVOLL
• In Brunvoll we set log on to Integrated Windows Authentication
Logon
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
75. BRUNVOLL
• In Brunvoll we set log on to Integrated Windows Authentication
• Users never have to change password in the plugin
Logon
PLUGIN FOR WINDOWS
Engage 2016
79. BRUNVOLL
• Download the plugin here
https://greenhouse.lotus.com/plugins/plugincatalog.nsf/assetDetails.xsp
?action=editDocument&documentId=C1245802A721A20185257A9B00
5EFD52
Three sidebar panels
PLUGIN FOR IBM NOTES
Engage 2016
80. BRUNVOLL
• Create an installation package for IBM Notes and include the plugin
Installation
PLUGIN FOR IBM NOTES
Engage 2016
81. BRUNVOLL
• Create an installation package for IBM Notes and include the plugin
• Brunvoll runs a silent install of IBM Notes first
Installation
PLUGIN FOR IBM NOTES
Engage 2016
82. BRUNVOLL
• Create an installation package for IBM Notes and include the plugin
• Brunvoll runs a silent install of IBM Notes first
• Then we do a silent install of the plugin
Installation
PLUGIN FOR IBM NOTES
Engage 2016
83. BRUNVOLL
• Create an installation package for IBM Notes and include the plugin
• Brunvoll runs a silent install of IBM Notes first
• Then we do a silent install of the plugin
• The installation is controlled via a .bat script
Installation
PLUGIN FOR IBM NOTES
Engage 2016
84. BRUNVOLL
• Make sure you have single signon!
Logon
PLUGIN FOR IBM NOTES
Engage 2016
85. BRUNVOLL
• Make sure you have single signon!
• Users do not need to change password themselves for the plugin
Logon
PLUGIN FOR IBM NOTES
Engage 2016
86. BRUNVOLL
• Make sure you have single signon!
• Users do not need to change password themselves for the plugin
Brunvoll uses SPNEGO
Logon
PLUGIN FOR IBM NOTES
Engage 2016
87. BRUNVOLL
• Settings are set in plugin_customization.ini
Settings
PLUGIN FOR IBM NOTES
Engage 2016
88. BRUNVOLL
• Settings are set in plugin_customization.ini
• com.ibm.rcp.net.http/enable.spnego=true
• com.ibm.lconn.client.base/server=https://[serveraddresse]:443/acti
vities
Settings
PLUGIN FOR IBM NOTES
Engage 2016
89. BRUNVOLL
• Settings are set in plugin_customization.ini
• com.ibm.rcp.net.http/enable.spnego=true
• com.ibm.lconn.client.base/server=https://[serveraddresse]:443/acti
vities
• com.ibm.lconn.client.base/authtype=TAM-SPNEGO
• com.ibm.lconn.client.base/authserver=https://[serveradresse]:443/s
noop
Settings
PLUGIN FOR IBM NOTES
Engage 2016
90. BRUNVOLL
• We have not been able to get the Auth-server setting to work
automatically
Settings
PLUGIN FOR IBM NOTES
Engage 2016
91. BRUNVOLL
• We have not been able to get the Auth-server setting to work
automatically
• Must be set manually
Settings
PLUGIN FOR IBM NOTES
Engage 2016
92. BRUNVOLL
• We have not been able to get the Auth-server setting to work
automatically
• Must be set manually
• (Insert explicit words here!)
Settings
PLUGIN FOR IBM NOTES
Engage 2016
93. BRUNVOLL
• You set this manually here:
• Files -> Preferences -> Accounts -> Connections
Settings
PLUGIN FOR IBM NOTES
Engage 2016
96. BRUNVOLL
• Outlook (very good!)
• Open Office (no longer being developed)
• Sharepoint (widget)
Other plugins
PLUGINS
Engage 2016
97. BRUNVOLL
• I’m on Wordpress,Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, last.fm,
flickr and more
https://domino.elfworld.org
https://about.me/hbpettersen
Where is Hogne?
FIND ME
Engage 2016
99. BRUNVOLL
• I’m on Wordpress,Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, last.fm,
flickr and soundcloud.
https://domino.elfworld.org
https://about.me/hbpettersen
Where is Hogne?
FIND ME
Engage 2016