Introduction to Communication Services

The Communications tab available with the Enterprise Sample showcases the Java Enterprise System Communication Services.

Communication Products

The Communication Services are presented in the desktop through a series of channels that retrieve and display content from the following Communication products:

• Sun Java^TM System Calendar Server 6.3

• Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.3

• Sun Java System Instant Messaging 7.2

• Sun Java System Communications Express 6.3

Communications Tab Channels

Address Book

Displays a list of contacts and launches the Communications Express client

Calendar

Displays a list of today's events and launches the Communications Express client

Find an Employee

Search for employees

Instant Messaging

Displays online contacts and launches the Instant Messenger client

Mail

Displays mail messages and launches the Communications Express client

Tasks

Displays tasks, including overdue tasks, and launches the Communications Express client

Limitations and Dependencies

The communications tab cannot be configured on BEA Weblogic and IBM Wesphere. The Delegated administrator commadmin utility only supports Sun Java System Application Server and Sun Java System Web Server. The Delegated Administrator server and console must be deployed to the same web container. The Enterprise Sample Communications tab setup is dependent on the Delegated Administrator Utility and the Enterprise Sample configuration will only succeed if the following products are installed together on the same host: