Domino policies

 When you plan to deploy policies you do need to keep in mind: The policy creator should always be in names.nsf and have at least Editor access to names.nsf So never use your personal account, it is recommended to create a Domino Administrator account that you use for all your administrative ...

Prior to NotesDomino 8, the location documents contained a setting to control whether hyperlinks in the Notes client opened in an embedded browser or in an external browser (IE for example), and this setting could be applied to clients via policies. In Notes 8, the location document setting now ...

Domino Policies In the NotesDomino environment, policies are a powerful feature allowing an administrator to control many user settings at once.  They can be used to set purely administrative controls like enabling inbox maintenance.  Or they can be used to enforce company practices by enabling ...

Overview In Domino 8.5 two new features were added that affect the policy space, Dynamic Polices and Home Server groups. While Home Server groups can be used independently from dynamic policies, they can be used together to make it even easier to manage user settings. In this example, Message ...

Overview Domino policies provide a powerful way for an administrator to manage their enterprise. But when multiple policies apply to a given user, it can be confusing to understand how the effective policy is determined. This article will explain in detail the factors that determines how policy ...

Overview Policy precedence was explained In a previous Wiki article, Domino Policy Precedence Explained. But one aspect of Domino Policies was not covered, namely the How To Apply (HTA) feature. Whereas policy precedence determines how the settings from several policies are combined, the How To ...

Overview This brief article will highlight the benefits of using the new Dynamic Group Policies (DGP) in Domino 8.5. It will do this by showing the issues an administrator would have to have dealt with pre8.5 and how DGP addresses those issues. PreDGP Prior to 8.5 there were only two kinds of ...

Overview After a Domino Policy is created, the question is often asked, "When will it take effect?"  The short answer is, "It depends!"  The fact is that there are numerous factors that determine when a particular policy will take effect.  This article will cover the flow from policy creation to ...

Sometimes when you upgrade your Domino environment you cannot see the new Policy Settings documents such as Roaming, Traveler etc., however they are available from the CreatePolicy Settings menu.

This article is to help administrators better troubleshoot and understand how policies flow in a Lotus Notes and Domino environment. The following attachments are to be used with the actions below. The flowcharts are created to help find the points of failure and what to do when running into a ...

This is a simple troubleshooting guide to help you resolve policies issues. It covers troubleshooting steps that need to be carried out both in the server and in the affected clients while exploring design fields and policy synopsis.

How to set custom settings by Policy to change users locations settings. This wiki demonstrates how to change MailThreshold setting for all locations.

Where is that Desktop Policy Settings tab hiding? In Domino Administrator, if you're ever looking for the Diagnostics, Custom Settings, or Administration tabs in the Desktop Policy Settings document, remember to click the scroll buttons at the far right of the document header: Clicking them three ...