Disallowing Users from Launching Instant Messenger

1. From an Internet browser, log into the Portal Server administration console at http://hostname:port /psconsole, for example http://psserver.company22.example.com:80/psconsole

2. Click the Identity Management tab to display the View drop down list in the navigation pane.

3. Select Services in the View drop down list to display the list of configurable services.

4. Click the arrow icon next to the Portal Desktop service.

5. Click the Manage Channels and Containers Link.

6. Select the check box to the left of the IMChannel channel.

7. Scroll as needed and click Delete to delete the channel.