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Release 1 (1.5)

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2 New Features in Oracle Beehive

This module describes the new features and capabilities in the following Oracle Beehive releases:

Note:

For changes made to Oracle Beehive Release Notes prior to Release 1 (1.4), please refer to Oracle Beehive Release Notes Release 1 (1.2 and 1.3).

New Features in Oracle Beehive Release 1 (1.5)

This section describes the following features and capabilities that are introduced in Oracle Beehive Release 1 (1.5):

Oracle Beehive Extensions for Explorer

Oracle Beehive Extensions for Explorer is an extension to Microsoft® Windows® Explorer that provides Oracle Beehive users direct access to their workspaces and workspace content, such as folders and documents. Oracle Beehive Extensions for Explorer also facilitates seamless team collaboration. For example, users can launch Oracle Beehive conferences directly from Windows Explorer, where they can share and discuss workspace content in real time.

Oracle Beehive Extensions for Explorer is supported on the Microsoft Windows XP and Vista operating systems.

Oracle Beehive Workspaces Client

Oracle Beehive Workspaces Client is a Web-based client that leverages dynamic, wiki page technology to support team collaboration activities in Oracle Beehive workspaces. Through Oracle Beehive Workspaces Client, users can perform a variety of collaborative tasks on a workspace-by-workspace basis, including create and manage workspaces, wiki pages, documents, and calendar events, to name a few.

Oracle Beehive Workspaces Client supports the following Web browsers on the Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Vista, Mac OS X, and Linux operating systems:

  • Apple Safari 3.1 and later

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7

  • Mozilla Firefox 3.0 and later

Oracle Beehive Central Enhancements

In Oracle Beehive Release 1 (1.5.1.3) and later, Oracle Beehive Central contains the following enhancements:

  • My Account: Set country and time zone; check available disk space and view Oracle Beehive services currently in use.

  • Conference: Install the Oracle Beehive Conferencing client and start or join an Oracle Beehive conference.

  • Downloads: Download other Oracle Beehive clients.

  • Access Rights: Delegate permissions or grant sharing permissions to other users for your personal workspace .

  • Calendar and Tasks: Set working hours, apply sensitivities and priorities, and enable reminders for meetings and tasks.

  • E-mail: Create and manage server-side rules for your Oracle Beehive e-mail.

  • Out of Office: Create and then enable or disable an out-of-office reply for incoming e-mail messages.

  • Phone: Register and manage mobile phone devices, and reset your office phone password.

Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook Enhancements

The latest release of Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook provides the following features and enhancements:

  • Document management enhancements: Includes manual document locking/unlocking (replaces implicit locking behavior); the ability to configure version control; check out, check in, and cancel check out operations; and the ability to set sensitivities on documents.

  • New server-side rule support: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook now supports the server-side rule “Where the To or Cc line contains people”.

  • Reminders for calendar day events: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook now supports reminders for all-day events in calendars.

  • Server-side directory searching: Users can search server-side user directories.

  • Profile Migration Wizard support for nicknames: The profile migration wizard for Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook now allows users to migrate nicknames along with other profile data.

Oracle Beehive Zimbra Enhancements

The latest release of Oracle Beehive Zimbra provides the following features and enhancements:

  • Latest Zimbra client: Oracle Beehive Zimbra is now based on the Zimbra 5.0.9 Web client, supporting the latest browser versions for Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

  • Support for tasks: Oracle Beehive Zimbra adds tasks to messaging functionality that already included e-mail, calendar, and address book.

  • Support for shared folders and team workspaces: With Oracle Beehive Zimbra, users can add other users' shared folders and team workspace folders.

Enhancements for Mobile Device Support

Oracle Beehive Release 1 (1.5) provides the following enhancement for supported mobile devices:

  • Enhanced support for Microsoft Windows Mobile: Oracle Beehive support for Microsoft Windows Mobile has been enhanced to provide a calendaring, address book, and tasks plug-in for Pocket Outlook to go along with existing mobile pushmail capabilities. These plug-ins enable users to manage and synchronize their calendars, address books, and tasks with the Oracle Beehive Server.

  • Shape Services IM Plus certification: The Shape Services IM Plus client for mobile instant messaging has been certified with Oracle Beehive. Shape Services is available on multiple mobile platforms.

Oracle Beehive Conferencing Enhancements

The latest release of Oracle Beehive Conferencing provides the following features and enhancements:

  • Conference recording: Oracle Beehive Conferencing now includes conference recording with recordings stored in the users' personal workspaces.

  • Document sharing and time management enhancements: Oracle Beehive Conferencing provides improved support for sharing documents with TrueType and optimized integration of time management (scheduling) capabilities.

Other Features and Enhancements

While there are many additional enhancements throughout Oracle Beehive, two notable enhancements include:

  • Expanded server-side rule support: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook and Oracle Beehive Central now support server-side rules based on the "To" and "CC" fields.

  • Support for workspace-based RSS feeds: Oracle Beehive Workspaces Client enables users to subscribe to RSS feeds for recent workspace activities across multiple and individual workspaces.

  • Support for Apple iCal 4.0: Oracle Beehive Release 1 (1.5.1.5) and later support Apple iCal 4.0, which is offered with Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).