There's this great entitlement that came with your ND 8 licenses that I think just hasn't gotten enough press. This new entitlement is for Tivoli Directory Integrator, or TDI. You see, Notes/Domino R8 came with an entitlement to use Tivoli Directory Integrator - it's completely free for you to use - as long as Domino is one of the systems you use in your assembly lines.
Have you heard of it? Well, let me tell you...you just might start singing it's praises if you aren't already!
So, what is TDI? First of all, the term "Directory" in the product name I think is a little misleading, as TDI can be used for integrating anything- not just directories. In essence, TDI reads databases or files in many different formats and can push that data into Domino. For instance..it can take data out of your HR system and put it into a Domino database or the Domino Directory. Or it can take data out of Active Directory into Domino. Or from a web service or SAP or whatever into Domino! It's practically limitless in what it can connect to and how you can use it to populate Domino!
What does this mean to you? Well, many of my customers have asked me lately the following questions:
How do I use my Active Directory username/password for logging into iNotes?
How can I get my AD and Domino names to synchronize?
How can I get information like phone numbers or location out of my HR system into my Domino Directory?
My Sametime (or Quickr) environment points to AD for login/authentication - how do I used that same info for iNotes?
I'm sure many of you have the same questions - or ones similar. Do you know what my first answer is to those questions? Yup.. TDI! You have this great, little-known tool totally FREE to you that does so much of what you need...and I bet you didn't even know it!
So...what is it..how do you get started? Below are some links to great information to get you started. And, please, let me know...are you interested in hearing more? More details? More how-to's? I'm thinking about doing a series on TDI like I did for DAOS. What do you think? Would that be worthwhile???
Lotus Protector Converted Me!
Wed, Jan 27th 2010 11:01a Andrea Waugh-Metzger I had to get this out before Lotusphere so you could take a look at it yourself b/c ok - I admit it..I'm a convert. I have to tell you..the things that are coming out of Lotus Development these days never cease to amaze me, and Lotus has gone and done it again! I had the good fortune to be able to shadow a Lotus Protector Proof of Concept installation. Lotus Protector for Mail Security is a content filtering solution that blocks spam and viruses out of the box and also provides rich conten [read] Keywords: admin
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More Virtual Desktop Questions
Mon, Nov 30th 2009 9:05a Andrea Waugh-Metzger WOW! I'm totally impressed! There are quite a few people out there using Notes on Citrix and you guys ROCK at providing your input!! Thank you guys so much for your great replies and information! I assure you...the Notes/Citrix team has been reading your responses and are planning some great documents/whitepapers to help out! So while we are on the subject..let me ask some other questions - some about Citrix, some not. Citrix Performance Some of you have stated your performance post N [read] Keywords: ibm
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Looking for Notes/Citrix Implementations
Fri, Nov 20th 2009 3:27p Andrea Waugh-Metzger Ok - we're looking for your help here. Are you running Notes on Citrix? Did you recently upgrade your Citrix environment and your Notes clients on Citrix? What were your trials/tribulations? What were your successes? Would you want to share your success story (either publically or anonymously)?? I've had many customers ask about running Notes on Citrix and how others are doing it. I know many of you are successful - some, wildly successfuly! We're looking to outline success (or trial) [read] Keywords: notes
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AdminCamp 2009
Wed, Oct 14th 2009 10:25a Collin Murray A bit late in blogging about this, but I recently attended and presented at AdminCamp 2009 ( http://www.admincamp.de/ ). This is a top-notch conference put on by a dedicated group of Notes & Domino practioners. I had lots of great discussions with customers and partners, and the Notes/Domino enthusiasm was contagious! Being a technical conference, there were lots of great presentations and a nightly discussion/Q&A session that many people participated in. Need deeper knowledge of DAO [read] Keywords: domino
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DAOS Updates for Domino 8.5.1
Tue, Sep 22nd 2009 11:24a Andrea Waugh-Metzger Now that we know Domino 8.5.1 is just around the corner (thanks, Ed Brill!), it's time to wet your whistles a bit on what you're going to see! Let's talk about something I know you'll really like .... DAOS!! Just when we thought those Lotus developers couldn't get any better, they've gone and outdone themselves! Here's what's coming for DAOS in 8.5.1. As we talk about what's new, we need to make sure we understand what you *already* get as a part of DAOS in Domino 8.5. Currently, when [read] Keywords: domino
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Just What is This Directory Integrator Entitlement Anyway?
Wed, Jun 17th 2009 10:45a Andrea Waugh-Metzger There's this great entitlement that came with your ND 8 licenses that I think just hasn't gotten enough press. This new entitlement is for Tivoli Directory Integrator, or TDI. You see, Notes/Domino R8 came with an entitlement to use Tivoli Directory Integrator - it's completely free for you to use - as long as Domino is one of the systems you use in your assembly lines. Have you heard of it? Well, let me tell you...you just might start singing it's praises if you aren't already! So, wha [read] Keywords: document
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DCT, ID Vault and DAOS, Oh My!
Thu, Apr 23rd 2009 9:39a Andrea Waugh-Metzger So much good information, so many resources, and so little time! If you're like me, you HAVE to be thinking that about all the great resources out there for information about the new features in Domino 8.5! However, in case you haven't seen them, I wanted to point out a couple of resources that I think are of "special" importance! Domino Configuration Tuner So, I've written a few entries about DCT and how totally AWESOME it is! I've had tons of customers use it already and they have just [read] Keywords: domino
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Domino 8.5 Performance Benchmarks
Thu, Mar 12th 2009 11:39a Andrea Waugh-Metzger We had some issues last week though with the blog and it disappearing from sight for a couple of days. Sorry to the readers out there! But...we're back, and so is some great news! In fact, it's such great news, I can't believe it's taken me this long to write about it! The Domino 8.5 Performance Benchmarks are out! This great article outlines the performance improvements seen in benchmark testing simply by upgrading from Domino 8.0.x to Domino 8.5. And let me tell you...there are some [read] Keywords: domino
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Making Notes ROCK on Citrix
Thu, Feb 12th 2009 10:57a Andrea Waugh-Metzger I've noticed an interesting trend over the last couple of months. More and more of my customers are talking about Citrix. I think it's the "cost-cutting" mode that we're all in these days, and while I don't know a lot about Citrix, I know it has been one way that customers are cutting back on desktop hardware, etc. So, I've been getting more and more questions about Notes on Citrix and how to make it perform for the Notes 8.x client. So..in the interest of helping to educate the masses, [read] Keywords: expeditor
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Post Lotusphere Entry by Russ Holden
Mon, Jan 26th 2009 10:35a Andrea Waugh-Metzger Well, Lotusphere 2009 came and passed, and what an event!! There was so much information to gather, and too little time to hit all the sessions. Suffice it to say - there's some GREAT stuff out there for you all in Notes/Domino 8.5 and in all our extended products! It's going to be a great year! For our first entry after the fabulous Lotusphere 2009, Russ Holden, Lotus Domino Chief Architect and IBM Distinguished Engineer wanted to say a few words and provide you all with an update on one [read] Keywords: domino
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