Watch Heather Hottenstein's presentation from DNUG 47 Online. The presentation covers many of the best practices to consider with the newest release of HCL Verse on-Premises. Questions reach out to hhottens@rprwyatt.com or info@rprwyatt.com

1. Best Practices
Verse on Premises
Heather Hottenstein
RPR Wyatt
heather@rprwyatt.com

2. I Am...
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• Houston, Texas
• A Domino girl in a Domino world!
• 1994 – present
• Domino Systems Administration
• HCL Ambassador Class 2020 Member
• RPR Wyatt
• HCL Partner
• Consulting Services
• VitalSigns

3. Best Practices Verse on Premises
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• What is Verse on Premises (VoP)?
• Why should you care?
• Installing Verse on Premises
• Best Practices
• Server Configuration, Security, Mail Managment
• Additional Configuration Considerations
• Future Plans
• Upcoming HCL Webinars

4. Verse on Premises Defined
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• Business email
• Manage work, not email
• Interact with Sametime and Connections within the same interface
• Technically…
• Domino mail.nsf
• Accessed via web browser
• Use in parallel with Notes client, iNotes, Traveler, and Nomad

5. Why care about VOP?
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• Verse is the mail client of the future
• Domino 11 - no new iNotes features
• Domino 12 - iNotes deprecated, replaced by Verse

6. Installing VoP 1.0.9a
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• https://help.hcltechsw.com/verse_onprem/1.0.9/admin/vop_configuring_server.html
• Additional download and install on the Domino server
• System Requirements
• https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0074467&sys_kb_id=
57baaee6dbf9949855f38d6d139619de
• Domino 9.0.1 with Feature Pack 10 or higher on Microsoft Windows (64-bit 2008, 2012) or
Red Hat Linux (64-bit 6).
• Domino 10.0 or higher on Microsoft Windows (64-bit 2012, 2016), Red Hat Linux (64-bit 7),
or AIX (64-bit 7.2, TL1 or higher)
• Domino 10.0.1 or higher on IBM i version V7R2 or V7R3.
• Domino 11.0 on Microsoft Windows (64-bit 2012, 2016, 2019), Red Hat Linux (64-bit 7), or
AIX (64-bit 7.2, TL1 or higher)

7. Installing VoP 1.0.9a (continued)
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• Additional Domino Requirements
• Mail template - mail9FP9.ntf or higher
• HTTPS
• ID Vault
• Full text index
• HTTPJVMMaxHeapSize=2048M
HTTPJVMMaxHeapSizeSet=1

8. Installing VoP 1.0.9a (continued)
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1. Tell HTTP Quit
2. Extract HCL_Verse_On_Premises.zip file to
datadominoworkspaceapplications
3. Copy iwaredir.ntf to the Domino data directory
4. Create or update iwaredir.nsf
1. On the UI Setup page enable Verse
5. Load HTTP
6. Configure Credential store (credstore.nsf), note cluster specifics
7. URL: https://domino_hostname.domain.com/verse

9. Server Configuration Best Practices
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• Domino clusters with self healing (Domino 10+)
• Internet Clustering - DNS Round Robin/Load Balancer
• Transaction logging
• DAOS
• Web Site documents

10. Server Configuration Best Practices
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• Internet Protocols - HTTP - Number active threads
• Show stat domino.threads.active.peak (NSF only)
• Show stat http.peakconnections (All requests)
• Tell traveler stat show -> Push.Devices.Total
• Devices X 1.2
• Internet Protocols - HTTP - Concurrent Connections
• Maximum number of concurrent network sessions
• Equal or greater than active threads
• Internet Protocols - HTTP - Persistent Connections - Disabled (note: default is enabled)

11. Security Best Practices
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• Network placement, firewall rules
• Remote access - VPN, mobile phone hot spot
• Server document - Security tab
• Auto mail forwarding
• Zip and exe attachments
• SMTP - TLS configuration
• Admin access - ACL vs Full Access Admin
• Anti virus/Anti spam

12. Security Best Practices
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• HTTPDisableMethods=TRACE
• Disables cross site scripting attack
• Web Admin
• DominoNoWebAdmin=1

13. Psst the password is…Login controls
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• Domino Directory Profile (Actions - Edit Directory Profile)
• Use more secure Internet Passwords
• Server Configuration document
• Enforce Internet Password Lockout - Yes
• Server document
• Security - Internet Authentication - Fewer name variations with higher security
• Ports - Internet Ports - Enforce server access settings - Yes
• Internet Protocols - HTTP - Allow HTTP clients to browse database - No
• Internet Protocols - Domino Web Engine - Force login on SSL - Yes

14. More Password Best Practices
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• Security Settings document
• Password requirements, expiration
• Internet password - Update Internet Password When Notes Client
Password Changes
• Force user to change Internet password on next login
• Select Person document/s Action - Set Password Fields
• End user training
• Phishing Vigilance
• Phrases vs words - iu2lhbihtwokh

15. Domino 11 Login Option
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• Login via ID Vault
• Server Configuration document - Security - Internet Password
Verification

16. Login Bonus
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• Two-factor authentication
• https://domino-
ideas.hcltechsw.com/ideas/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=two+fact
or+authentication
• Cyone
• https://cyone.eu/products-and-solutions/two-factor-
authentication/

17. Mail Management Best Practices
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• Archive/Retention
• eDiscovery
• Journaling
• Bulk sending
• End user training

18. Additional Goodies
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• Verse offline
• VOP_GK_feature_37=0​
• Signature Image blocking
• VOP_GK_FEATURE_176=1
• HCL SameTime Integration
• VOP_GK_SAMETIME=1
• VOP_GK_SAMETIME_RICH_CLIENT=1
• HCL Connections Integration
• VOP_LLN2_BSSUISERVER_URL=https://connections.company.com
• box
• VOP_BOX_CLIENT_ID=client_id

19. Future of VoP
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• Verse on Premises 2.0 - July 13, 2020
• Desktop PWA
• Parity improvements - Search by date range, send and file, mail rule
management (maybe)
• Connections 6.5 support
• VoP Survey
• https://leap.hcltechsw.com/apps/anon/org/app/84589483-9981-49d5-8aee-
90ae84fc4aaf/launch/index.html?form=F_Form1
• HCL Domino Product Ideas Portal (formerly Aha)
• https://domino-ideas.hcltechsw.com/

20. HCL VoP Webinars
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• HCL Verse 2.0 Launch - July 17, 2020
• https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6475248684223431947
• HCL Verse - Business Email that understands how you work - August 13, 2020
• https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8961175204906386700
• HCL Sametime Integration with Verse – August 20, 2020
• https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2541971235168065036?utm_sourc
e=DS-blog&utm_medium=clicks&utm_campaign=DS-Academy

21. • Questions?
• Thank you for attending!
• heather@rprwyatt.com
– https://rprwyatt.com/author/heatherrpr/
– https://www.facebook.com/heather.hottenstein.3
– https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-hottenstein-8b71b676/
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