Connecting a Notes client to an on-premises Sametime community

Connect an IBM® Notes® client to an on-premises Sametime community to allow a cloud user to chat with both on-premises and cloud users.

Before you begin

Install Notes with the Sametime (integrated) component.

About this task

Procedure

  1. Disable automatic connections to the cloud community:
    1. If your account has the user role, click Admin > Manage Organization.
    2. In the System Settings section of the navigation pane, click IBM SmartCloud Notes.
    3. Click Account Settings.
    4. Click Instant Messaging.
    5. Click one of the following options:
      • If you also want browser users to connect to an on-premises community, select Enable an on-premises IBM Sametime community for SmartCloud Notes web users. For more information, see Connecting browser clients to an on-premises Sametime community.
      • If you don't want browser users to connect to an on-premises community, select Disable instant messaging integration.
    6. Click Save.
  2. If you haven't already done so, set up the Notes client to connect to your on-premises community:
    1. Click File > Preferences.
    2. Click Sametime.
    3. Click Server Communities.
    4. Click New Server Community.
    5. In the Server Community type field, select Sametime.
    6. In the Server Community name field, enter a name for the on-premises community.
    7. Enter the name and password that you use to log in to the community.
    8. Click the Server tab and enter the host name for the on-premises community server and the port number, typically 1533.

What to do next

You can configure the client to connect to the cloud community as a secondary community. For more information, see Connecting a Notes client to the cloud community manually using the standard service login.