On-Demand Webinars
Tool Time: What's New in Teamstudio Edition 25
Speaker: John Kingsley
It's finally here! Now that Teamstudio Edition 25 has shipped, let's look at what has changed. In this live, online session, we'll focus on the changes to:
- Teamstudio Analyzer
- Teamstudio Configurator
- Teamstudio CIAO!
- Teamstudio Design Manager
- Teamstudio Undo (formerly known as Snapper)
View the Tool Time recording, What's New in Teamstudio Edition 25.
Webinar: Calling all Admins: Make Life Easier with a Robust Domino Environment-at the Click of a Button!
Speaker: Richard Sharpe
A good Administrator wants to keep their environment stable and reliable. Admins often receive support calls about issues related to development activities. While sometimes activities are beyond our management, such as developers working in production, there are ways to ensure the applications running on Domino servers can be automatically checked for quality and robustness at deployment time.
This webinar covers four areas that cause issues in production, and the problematic effects that admins can check for in their environments, right NOW:
- Compiling ALL LotusScript
- Setting the Admin Server
- Setting the server to run on for agents
- Signing databases effectively
These and many other areas can be automated at the click of button and we'll show you how Teamstudio Build Manager can help you achieve this level of robustness reliably, every time.
Tool Time: What's in YOUR Toolkit?
In this session, you'll learn some common and not-so-common challenges you can address with the Teamstudio tools, specifically Teamstudio Analyzer and the Best Practice Filters. We'll show you some best practice guidelines, as well as some pretty fantastic shortcuts and tips.
View the "Tool Time: What's in YOUR Toolkit?" webinar recording .
Webinar: Learning To Live In Harmony - Notes Developers & Administrators Unite
Original presentation: 3rd December 2009
Speaker: Matthew Fyleman
The aim of a good administrator is to have complete control of the content of, and access to, the servers they are responsible for in order to maintain a highly reliable service.
The aim of a good developer is to implement new databases, features and functions in the shortest time possible in a controlled fashion with the minimum defects.
There are ways of strictly controlling deployment to production that are still flexible and efficient enough to deliver legitimate updates in a timely fashion. In this session we discuss how to:
- Get control of your Domino application environment
- Control the deployment of applications
- Help Administrators and Developers coexist
- Meet the diverse needs of Developers, Administrators AND the Business
View the "Learning to Live in Harmony" webinar recording .
On-Demand Webinar: Stump the Teamstudio Experts
In this live online session, Teamstudio Senior VP of Development Craig Schumann, and Product Manager Mike Wetherbee answered some burning questions about Teamstudio, our products and services, and what's new in our next release.
View the "Stump the Teamstudio Experts" webinar recording.
Webinar: Too Busy Putting Out Fires to Enjoy the Marshmallow Roast?
Original presentation date: October 27, 2009
Speaker: John Kingsley
In this online session, we discussed common problems in your Domino application environment, and how Teamstudio can help you solve them. For instance, you already know that you can use the database catalog to identify databases with a default access set too high, but how do you fix it? How about incorrect admin server settings… Are people not being removed from groups properly? Do you spend too much time 'fixing' ACL entries for databases? And what about agents failing to finish their run - do you just wait for a user to call you, or do you like reading the log file?
We discusssed:
- Finding and fixing bad admin server settings
- Finding and fixing default access set too high
- Identifying agents that aren't running because the incorrect server to run on is set
- Getting real-time notifications that agents are failing
- Identifying unused databases
- Tracking access to confidential data (like mail)
View the "Too Busy Putting Out Fires to Enjoy the Marshmallow Roast?" webinar recording.
Webinar: Take Notes® Back to School - 5 Ways to Clean Up your Notes/Domino® Environment
Original presentation date: August 11, 2009
Speakers: Mike Wetherbee & John Coolidge
Although we may not have always done it, we all remember how much easier it was to stay on top of our schoolwork throughout the year than to cram at the end. Failing to keep your Notes/Domino development, test and production environments in order can result in errors, extra maintenance and inefficiencies. Now is the time to get your Notes/Domino environment under control!
In this session, we discuss five ways to clean up your environment, including:
- Development & Test environments: Implementing and managing directory structure, eliminating redundant applications and taking out the trash!
- Production environment: Cleaning up your application security/ACL settings, monitoring application usage and avoiding application proliferation, and managing agent activity.
View the Take Notes Back to School webinar recording.
TOOL TIME: Application Upgrades with Analyzer & the Upgrade Filters
Original presentation date: July 23rd, 2009
Speaker: John Kingsley
This Tool Time session discusses ways you can use Teamstudio Analyzer as well as the Upgrade Filters to improve both efficiency and accuracy in this typically time-consuming and error-prone process. This presentation covers good practice guidelines for upgrade preparations as well as ways to automate version compatibility testing. General tips when working with Analyzer are also discussed.
The topics addressed will help you to:
- Test applications for ND8 and ND8.5 compatability.
- Identify hard-coded server names prior to server/database consolidations.
- Design your own custom filters.
- Ensure proper database settings prior to deployment.
- Understand and support applications written by someone else.
- Users got access to sensitive data by convoluted nested groups....
- You had to find who deleted/changed an important document...
- Already taxed system resources were bogged down with unused applications..
- Default access was mistakenly set at higher than reader on critical apps...
- Database Versioning
- Element Versioning
- Differential Analysis
- Rollback
- Teamworking
- Branching & Merging
- Teamstudio CIAO!
- CIAO! Customer Story
- Using Delta to reduce the number of similar design elements
- Creating situation dependent Smart Filter sets
- Using Delta to merge branches
- Using Configurator's Edit window
- Comparing 8.5 tools to Configurator and Delta
- Server consolidation
- Server upgrades
- Reducing your Application Footprint
- Using DaOS
- Using AdminP
- Automating the Build Process
- Open Source and other low- and no-cost resources
- Identify all the agents in your environment--including if they're running, when they're running, where they're running, and other key information.
- Find broken agents--including those causing replication conflicts, and those not running due incorrect signer, incorrect server to run on, and more.
- Identify agents that run poorly and troubleshoot problems by finding out where these agents are spending all of their time and identifying potential performance issues.
- Your Agent IQ - Taking an Inventory of Agents in Your Notes Environment
- Challenges in Agent Management: Security, Performance Issues & Audit Histories
- Processes, Tips & Tools to Help You Manage Agents Efficiently and Effectively!
- Easily store and view different versions of templates
- More quickly and safely deploy changes by allowing promotion without access to production
- Automate setting the agent server and signing of agents
- Integrate approvals and notifications as needed with your workflow process
- Create an audit trail of actions to ensure compliance with internal and/or external regulations
- Staged environments
- Using templates
- Design signing
- ACLs
- Tools that can help
- Understand when and if you should branch and merge, and how to do so.
- Generate a change history record or audit trail to help you meet compliance requirements.
- Reduce unproductive re-work with rollback and source code control.
- Understand the differences between CIAO! and file-based systems.
- ACL Accounting: Analyzing your ACL structure and enforcement
- Monitoring and tracking access
- Effective NAB and group membership management
- Implementing server-wide ACL changes
- Tools to improve efficiency and broaden scope in managing Notes security
View the Application Upgrades with Analyzer Tool Time recording.
TOOL TIME: X-Ray Vision for the Notes Administrator
Original presentation date: June 18th, 2009
Speaker: John Kingsley
What would happen if...
Not good? Superman had x-ray vision. Unfortunately most of us aren't so lucky. Particularly when it comes to understanding exactly what's going on within all of our many applications. This Tool Time presentation talks about the benefits of real-time user and ACL reporting and will specifically discusses how you can address and prevent these and other Notes administration nightmares. Products featured include Security Manager and Usage Monitor.
View the TOOL TIME: X-Ray Vision for the Notes Administrator presentation.
Webinar: Virtuosity vs. Versions - Version Management for Lotus Notes
Original presentation date: June 10, 2009
Speakers: Grant Norman (Teamstudio) & James Hayes (Greif, Inc.)
We've all heard of musical virtuosos like Mozart and Beethoven, but should it take a development virtuoso to get through your organization's application development process?
Developing applications--from major updates to minor bug fixes--can be inefficient and confusing without having a reliable version management process in place. However, the wrong type of version management system can end up stifling developer creativity by relying on processes that call for the structure and discipline of an accountant. How can you strike a balance between good controls and red tape?
This webinar discusses how you can implement version management without introducing overblown processes that frustrate your development team. Topics covered will include:
View the Virtuosity vs. Versions webinar recording.
TOOL TIME: Configurator & Delta
Original presentation date: May 21st, 2009
Speaker: John Kingsley
This presentation provides strategies, shortcuts, and tool tips when working with Teamstudio Delta and Configurator. The topics covered include:
View the Configurator & Delta Tool Time recording.
Webinar: Stretching your Domino Dollars - Getting the most out of your Notes/Domino Platform Investment
Original presentation date: May 13th, 2009
Speakers: Rocky Oliver & John Coolidge
In today's tough economic times we are all being challenged to economize and get the most for our money--what can you do to get the most out of your Notes/Domino investment? This webinar discusses tactics that Notes developers, admins and IT managers can employ to help "stretch their Domino dollar". Topics covered include:
After viewing this webinar, you should have a better understanding of why these tactics are so helpful, ultimately placing you in a position where you can get started implementing them in your own environment.
To view this webinar recording, click here.
TOOL TIME: Agent Registry
Original presentation date: April 23rd, 2009
Speaker: John Kingsley
This presentation covers agent management strategies and specifically takes a look at Teamstudio's agent management tool, Agent Registry. The topics covered will help you learn how to:
View the Agent Registry Tool Time recording.
Webinar: Need for Speed - Accelerating Application Delivery from Development to Production
Original presentation date: April 22, 2009
Speakers: Simon Peek & Matthew Fyleman
Your business needs you to deliver application updates to your users quickly. At the same time, a clearly-defined process for the versioning & delivery of applications is essential to ensure the integrity of your Development and Production environments. Sometimes these 2 requirements are in conflict; to do things right can take a little longer.
During this session the procedures surrounding application versioning, testing & deployment are discussed including new features in Teamstudio's build automation offering, Build Manager.
To view this webinar, click here.
Webinar: Agents Gone Wild! - Regaining Control over your Agents
Original presentation date: March 25th, 2009
Speakers: Rocky Oliver & Matthew Fyleman
How do you keep those end users from calling you when that scheduled agent doesn't do what it was supposed to? Where do you start looking? And why does the server bog down at 10 am every day? We can all appreciate what scheduled agents can do for us when they are on our team, but how do you identify ones that are not doing what they are supposed to be doing?
This webcast discusses tips to help you more effectively manage your agents, and also takes a look at Teamstudio's new tool for managing agents, Agent Registry. Topics include:
To view this webinar, click here.
TOOL TIME: Build Manager
Original presentation date: March 19th, 2009
Speaker: John Kingsley
The presentation discusses good practice guidelines for developing, deploying, and making changes to applications and provide some useful strategies and tool tips when working with Build Manager. In this session you will learn how to:
View the Build Manager Tool Time recording.
Webinar: Taming the Wild West - Controlling Cavalier Application Development in Production
Original presentation date: March 3rd, 2009
Speakers: Craig Schumann & Mike Wetherbee
Originally presented as BP214 at Lotusphere 2009, this session discusses ways you can better take control of your Lotus Notes application development and deployment processes. This presentation presents good practice guidelines for rolling out changes to applications, including strategies and tips around the following topics:
To view this webinar, click here.
Tool Time: CIAO!
Original presentation date: February 26th, 2009
Speaker: John Kingsley
This presentation takes a look at CIAO! and several common challenges you can use CIAO! to address, along with best practice guidelines, shortcuts and tool tips.
The topics covered will help you to:
View the CIAO! Tool Time recording.
To view John Kingsley's additional CIAO! tool tip, click here.
Webinar: Preparing for Change - Upgrades & Consolidations
Original presentation date: February 18th, 2009
Speaker: Matthew Fyleman & Rocky Oliver
Now, more than ever, companies are choosing to streamline and enhance their existing application platforms rather than shift to new ones. For many organizations this means upgrading to Notes 8.x, weeding out redundant applications and consolidating to fewer servers.
How do you determine which applications are being used, where built-in dependencies lie, and if critical applications are R8 compatible? Now, do this across hundreds, or maybe thousands of Notes databases distributed across many servers. Where do you begin?
This session aims to answer these and more questions, and to provide you with a viable and cost effective option for dealing with such change.
View this session to answer these questions and more.
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Webinar: Taming Notes ACLs
Original presentation date: October 23rd, 2008
Speakers: Gabriella Davis & Mike Wetherbee
Individual requests for access, role and group changes, and new staff additions are just some of the reasons that ACLs become uncontrolled. How can you go about first, gaining and second, maintaining control over your Notes ACLs?
In this webinar, guest speaker Gabriella Davis will discuss how you can best utilize native Notes technologies--including DB Monitor, Event Generator, and DDM--in conjunction with access policies and techniques to manage Notes ACLs effectively. For those areas where native Notes technology is limited, Mike Wetherbee will discuss tools that can you to manage Notes security more completely and improve your efficiency in performing routine ACL management tasks.
The following topics will be covered:
Policy Guides -
Good Practices
Implement Good Practices in your Notes Environment
Check out these ready-to-implement policies for the application development lifecycle.
White Papers/on-demand webinars
Preparing for Change: Upgrades & Consolidations
Learn how to prepare for Notes upgrades and server consolidations in order to maximize cost-efficiency and reduce risk to your organization.