ID106: IBM Notes Browser Plug-in : Leverage Your IBM Notes Application Investment in a Browser

Raj Patil (Rajesh V Patil), IBM

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About meRaj

Iris, Lotus, IBM – 19 YearsSTSM – Notes Client DevelopmentPlayed major role in Notes R5, Standard Client & now Notes Browser Plug-inBlog → https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/rajpatil/?lang=en

Agenda

Why IBM Notes Browser Plug-in? Goals of IBM Notes Browser Plug-in Packaging & Installation Customizing Notes Browser Plug-in What we are working on & Futures

WHY IBM NOTES BROWSER PLUG-IN?

Evolution of Collaboration

7

Organizational opennessOperational control Balance between openness and control

25%

33%

23%

19%

56%

44%

2013 CEO responses2012 CEO Study

Question E9–How do you see the landscape changing over the next 3 to 5 years?

27%

more

24%

less

Source: CEO insights from the IBM Global C-suite Study

CEOs recognize the imperative ofopening up their organizations

The IBM strategyInvestments continue to strengthen the collaboration portfolio

2013 IBM Annual Report – April, 2014

IBM Enterprise Social Solutions Capitalize on IBM’s broader strategy and key investments to create the most intelligent, flexible and elegant platform for businesses

and institutions around the world.

Cloud EngagementAnalytics

We are making markets by transforming industries and professions with data.

We are remaking enterprise IT for the era of the cloud.

We are enabling systems of engagement for enterprises. And leading by example.

IBM is the leader in creating systems of engagement with social, mobile and security leadership

~4,000social software business partner certifications worldwide5

200,000+social communities at IBM with300,000+ active IBMers on Connections social platform6

IBM Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Mobility Management7

#1 Enterprise Social Software market share leader for 5th Consecutive Year1

More than 75% of Fortune 100companies have licensed IBM social software2

#2 in enterprise mail market share3 and41,000+ email customers4

1 IDC Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker, 2H 2013; 2 IBM Finance; 3 Worldwide Email Applications 2013 Vendor Shares, IDC, May 2014; 4 IBM Finance; 5 Approximately 4,000 partners, IBM Partner World database; 6 IBM 2013 Annual Report; 7: “Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Mobility Management Suites”, Gartner Feb 2014

2012 Gold WinnerIBM Cloud Security Solutions

“A system

that works

for me…”

IBM Verse

“A place in whichI’ll love

working…make it

simple…make it

elegant…”

Focus

Find

Do

* Designs subject to change without notice

The New Mail Experience: IBM Verse Team Analytics

Important people to me!

My calendar

Single-click accessto meeting details

Message threading

IBM provides choice in client experience

Notes Browser Notes Browser Plug-inPlug-in

TravelerTraveler

NotesNotes

iNotesiNotes

Connections Connections MailMail

VerseVerse

Progressive disclosure

(P) = On-premises only (C) = Cloud Initially

(P)

(C)

IMAP accessIMAP accessMicrosoft Microsoft Outlook 2013Outlook 2013

Limited Availability

IBM provides choice in client experienceNotes Browser Plug-inNotes Browser Plug-in

TravelerTraveler

NotesNotes

iNotesiNotes

Connections Connections MailMail

VerseVerse

Progressive disclosure

(P) = On-premises only (C) = Cloud Initially

(P)

(C)

IMAP accessIMAP accessMicrosoft Microsoft Outlook 2013Outlook 2013

Limited Availability

You are the right candidate if:

Currently using IBM Notes Client

Have Custom Notes/Domino applications

Plan to move to browser based access to your mailIBM iNotes if you will continue with an on-premise Domino ServerIBM Notes web, or IBM Verse if you are a IBM Smartcloud Notes user

Want to continue to use your existing custom application.

What majority of Notes/Domino customers have

Notes Client (Basic or Std) Large number of Custom

Notes/Domino applications Domino based mail

Notes Client

Custom Applications

LotusScript/Formula/NIF/NSF

NSF Storage (Local or Remote)

Customers planning to move to Browser based Interfaces

Notes Client

Legacy Apps Xpages

LotusScript/Formula/NIF/NSF

NSF

Web Browser

LegacyApps Xpages Mail

NSF Storage (Local or Remote)

Large number of apps NOT accessible via browserLarge number of apps NOT accessible via browser

http

Mail : IBM Verse, SmartCloud Notes web or IBM iNotes

Apps: Xpages for important or new apps

* Lose ability to access existing Notes/Domino Apps without migrating them to Xpages.

What Customers have been using to work around

Install Notes Client for remaining Notes/Domino Applications

* requires a context switch between mail & applications

Notes Client

Legacy Apps Xpages

LotusScript/Formula/NIF/NSF

NSF

Web Browser

Xpages Mail

NSF Storage (Local or Remote)

http

IBM Notes Browser Plug-in – Helping migrate your Notes environment to browser based environment

IBM Notes Browser Plug-in Allows Notes applications to run in a browser with no modification!

Designed to easily extend applications previously available only to “Notes users” out to “web browser users”

Provides a powerful complement to existing XPages® capabilities

Lightweight install, similar to other plug-ins in size, deployment time and configuration requirements

Minimal limitations:

Windows only

Not designed to support mail, rather, to work in conjunction with IBM iNotes or IBM Verse

Support for Firefox and Internet Explorer along with Citrix®, in first release

Licensing: Enterprise CAL, CEO Communications, Collaboration Express

GOALS : IBM NOTES BROWSER PLUG-IN

Goals of Notes Browser Plug-in

Provide seamless access to your existing Notes/Domino applications – Unmodified

Expose all the relevant Notes Client functionality in a browser What is it? Supported Platforms & Components Easier installation & upgrade

Benefits of Notes Browser Plug-in

Extends the availability of Notes/Domino applications from a browser. Leverage IBM iNotes or IBM SmartCloud Notes web or IBM Verse for accessing your mail Continue to leverage your investment in Domino applications No modifications required to use your existing applications inside a Web Browser

Continuation of the same user interface & workflow – No retraining users Support for workflow involving mail No context switching between browser & Notes Client. Enables standardization of web browser as primary access point for all business

applications

Goals of Notes Browser Plug-in

Provide seamless access to your existing Notes/Domino applications – Unmodified Expose all the relevant Notes Client functionality in a browser

What is it? Supported Platforms & Components Easier installation & upgrade

Functionality Supported

Welcome page supporting– Links to Most recently used applications for easy access– Link to access Notes workspace

Notes Workspace Notes Replicator Notes Bookmarks – migrated to Browser's favorites Toolbar, Statusbar, Infobox Entire application logic – lotusscript, formula language All the design elements – Forms, views, …

IBM Notes Browser Plug-in Homepage

Tips

Links to most recently used applications

Notes application in the browser

Notes Application Area

Notes Menus

Notes Statusbar

Notes Toolbar

iNotes Access

DEMO

Goals of Notes Browser Plug-in

Provide seamless access to your existing Notes/Domino applications – Unmodified Expose all the relevant Notes Client functionality in a browser What is it? Supported Platforms & Components

Easier installation & upgrade

What is it? Components of the Notes Browser Plug-in:

– Small subset of Notes Components (only what’s required to run custom app)– Encapsulated in the browser using plug-in components– IPC mechanism for communication between these 2 components– Your application logic

Encapsulated in browser plug-in

Standard installer or managed deployment options.

NO support for Notes Mail (recommend using iNotes or Notes web)

Workflow applications using back-end mail functionality will continue to work

Access to applications via – browser bookmarks (migration of existing Notes bookmarks)– document/view/application link in documents– Support for Notes URL's in the browser.

Summary of functionality

Supported Operating Systems– Microsoft® Windows – 7, 8– Citrix

Supported Browsers– Internet Explorer 8, 9, 10 & 11– Firefox 31 ESR

Summary of functionality

Base Level Functionality– Unless otherwise explicitly stated, only features available in Basic Client will be available– Existing Customer's Notes Application to work unchanged• User interface components like Frameset, Views, document, action bar within the application,

and the scripts (DB/view/document) will work as in Notes. • Application (Notes content) is shown in it's own browser tab

– Notes Toolbar (continue to support customer toolbar icons)– Top-level menus & Context Menus (right-click)– Notes Status Bar – Migration of Notes bookmarks to Browser Favorite bookmarks – Leverage browser’s bookmarking feature

Summary of functionality

Additional Functionality– Access to Local or Server Replica and databases– Support for • Roaming Users (On-premise only)

• Desktop Policies

• Replication

• ID Vault

– Email Operations to be passed to iNotes– Co-existence with Notes Standard Client• Plug-in Installed as part of standard client install• Cannot be run at the same time

– Continued availability of NSD for serviceability

Changes made in IBM Notes Browser Plug-in 9.0.1

Integration of MUMA (Multi-User Migration Utility)– No longer need to uninstall prior version to install Notes Browser Plug-in– Seamless migration of data

Support – Microsoft Windows® XP, 7, 8, 8.1– Internet Explorer® 11 on Windows 7, 8.1– Firefox 31 ESR

Allow opening mail template-based applications– New checkbox to disallow opening, if desired (database properties)– Support all the workflow with mail-in databases

Changes made in IBM Notes Browser Plug-in 9.0.1

IBM SmartCloud support (IBM Verse & IBM Smartcloud Notes web) Properly handling locked-down desktop environment (e.g., Internet Explorer security

settings) Fix @IsNotesBrowserPlugin to work in an Evaluate Allow specifying a browser to use for Notes Browser Plug-in via notes.ini

– NOTES_PLUGIN_DEFAULT_BROWSE=<FIREFOX or IEXPLORE>– Change to use Internet Explorer, if default browser is not supported for Notes Browser Plug-in

(e.g., Google® Chrome®)

Goals of Notes Browser Plug-in

Provide seamless access to your existing Notes/Domino applications – Unmodified Expose all the relevant Notes Client functionality in a browser Smaller package size Easier installation & upgrade

Notes Browser Plug-in : Installation & Setup Goals

Keep the Installation Package to a minimum

Keep the installation as simple as possible– Minimum number of options– Multi-user

Ensure we handle existing installation & data– Data migration – MUMA (Multi-user migration Agent integration)

Setup to be simple

Installation

Browser Plug-in stand-alone Install Package - use this if you only want NBP with iNotes or Notes web - removes any other Notes client from the system.

– Min Package ~ 55MB– Max Package ~ 148MB (includes JVM & Viewers)

OR Can also be installed as part of “Notes Standard Client” install

– Plug-in is installed & registered for both Firefox & Internet Explorer.

Bookmarks migration/synchronization upon 1st user launch

What's included in each product

Browser Plug-in

Browser integration ComponentCore NSF / DB / replicatiionLotusscript Engine Notes Core Components (DB, Views, editor, Toolbars etc)

JVMviewers

MAX

MIN

Basic Client

Notes Client desktop + UI (bookmarks etc)

Basic SametimeCore NSF / DB / replicatiionLotusscript EngineNotes Core Components (DB, Views, editor, Toolbars etc)

JVM/Java™ AgentsViewersLocal Help content

Notes Client desktop + UI (bookmarks etc)

Sametime (Rich Client)Core NSF / DB / replicatiionLotusscript EngineNotes Core Components (DB, Views, editor, Toolbars etc)

JVM/Java™ AgentsViewersLocal Help content

Expeditor FrameworkJava Plugin ModelComposite ApplicationsWidgets/Activities/LiveTextFeed Reader

Standard Client

IBM Notes Browser Plug-in®

NBP for on-premises Domino users – shipped as part of 9.0.1 NBP for Cloud users – two flavors targeted for 1H2015:

– Flavor 1: application access, auto-update, Windows only (running in browser’s plug-in architecture)

– Flavor 2: application access, auto-update, Macintosh only (running as a newly architected, separate application outside of the browser experience)

IBM Notes Browser Plug-in® For Cloud Users

Continuous delivery – frequent updates with critical functionality Tighter integration with SCN Web & IBM Verse Leverage AUT for delivering updates – reduce admin overhead

Auto Update Tool (available in Cloud first)Goals for the tool

Allows the user to have the new version (major release, hotfix, fix-pack) automatically downloaded and installed, without any additional administration effort.

An Update server can handle auto update requests for multiple applications. The Download server could be multiple instances.

A single installed version of AUT is shared by all ICS client applications.

The AUT itself can be installed via a meta-installer, which is wrapped with the AUT agent runtime and references to the Update server

The AUT is primarily about automatic updating of installed software products. However to get to the point where products can be updated, the AUT itself must be installed on the user's machine. There are several ways this can be accomplished.

IBM Notes Browser Plug-in for Mac

Stand-alone version for application-only – browser limitations on the Mac not supporting Notes content to be embedded inside the browser

Provides all the functionality supported by Windows version of IBM Notes Browser Plug-in– Stand-alone component– No browser integration as in Windows (Notes bookmarks not migrated to Browser’s Favorites)

Supports 64-bit

Leverages installed JVM for applications that need JVM (reduced package size)

IBM SmartCloud integration

Coming in 2015

IBM provides choice in client experience

Notes Browser Notes Browser Plug-inPlug-in

TravelerTraveler

NotesNotes

iNotesiNotes

Connections Connections MailMail

VerseVerse

Progressive disclosure

(P) = On-premises only (C) = Cloud Initially

(P)

(C)

IMAP accessIMAP accessMicrosoft Microsoft Outlook 2013Outlook 2013

Limited Availability

Important Links

Wiki -> https://ibm.biz/BdEJaX Troubleshooting -> https://ibm.biz/BdEJa4 FAQ -> https://ibm.biz/BdEJar Configuring for IBM SmartCloud Notes -> https://ibm.biz/BdEJas @command support -> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21678161

Engage Online

SocialBiz User Group socialbizug.org– Join the epicenter of Notes and Collaboration user groups

Social Business Insights blog ibm.com/blogs/socialbusiness– Read and engage with our bloggers

Follow us on Twitter– @IBMConnect and @IBMSocialBiz

LinkedIn http://bit.ly/SBComm– Participate in the IBM Social Business group on LinkedIn

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/IBMConnected– Like IBM Social Business on Facebook

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