New GREAT Policy Documentation!
November 6 2008
In my last post, I asked you to please provide information on how your company uses Domino policies. You all provided some GREAT information about how you use policies today and what kinds of things you would like to see in the future - from additional documentation to additional functionality. Thank you so much for your responses!
And, I know I promised a quid pro quo.
Well, I like to make good on my promises - so here you go!! ;-)
The wonderful developers of Domino policies were listening and read your comments. They have come to your rescue! In the Notes/Domino Wiki, there are now 2 different Policy entries! And, yes, there will be more!
The first entry is a general Domino Policies FAQ. In this entry, Mark Skurla does a great job of answering some of the more pressing questions about policies such as the different types of policies (organizational, explicit and dynamic) as well as what to be aware of when creating policies and how they get applied to the client. It's a great overview of some of the more pressing questions! Great stuff!
The second entry goes into much more detail and is one I think you will really like a lot. This entry explains Policy Precedence. I don't know about you, but some of my customers have been asking questions about policy precedence and policy hierarchies. Why is this important? Well..think of it this way:
Many of you outlined that you have one big (or a few big) policies for the organization. I haven't seen or heard of a lot of implementations of policies that really go down to the deep, detailed level for end-users to take advantage of some of the more detailed settings that are now available in ND8. As you know, you now have the ability to set specific settings for a small group of users (executives for example) and can do that through the use of hierarchical policies.
In the policy precedence entry, Mark outlines how the three levels of policies (explicit, group and organizational) can work together to apply various policies with broad or narrow scopes for end-users without too much difficulty. His entry provides some great examples of how to set these and it's a great read for anyone looking to better understand policies and how powerful they can really be.
So - go out to the Wiki and take a look! And, comments and questions are encouraged! It's through your help and your interests that postings like those come about - so let them know what you think!! Happy Reading!
And, I know I promised a quid pro quo.
Well, I like to make good on my promises - so here you go!! ;-)
The wonderful developers of Domino policies were listening and read your comments. They have come to your rescue! In the Notes/Domino Wiki, there are now 2 different Policy entries! And, yes, there will be more!
The first entry is a general Domino Policies FAQ. In this entry, Mark Skurla does a great job of answering some of the more pressing questions about policies such as the different types of policies (organizational, explicit and dynamic) as well as what to be aware of when creating policies and how they get applied to the client. It's a great overview of some of the more pressing questions! Great stuff!
The second entry goes into much more detail and is one I think you will really like a lot. This entry explains Policy Precedence. I don't know about you, but some of my customers have been asking questions about policy precedence and policy hierarchies. Why is this important? Well..think of it this way:
Many of you outlined that you have one big (or a few big) policies for the organization. I haven't seen or heard of a lot of implementations of policies that really go down to the deep, detailed level for end-users to take advantage of some of the more detailed settings that are now available in ND8. As you know, you now have the ability to set specific settings for a small group of users (executives for example) and can do that through the use of hierarchical policies.
In the policy precedence entry, Mark outlines how the three levels of policies (explicit, group and organizational) can work together to apply various policies with broad or narrow scopes for end-users without too much difficulty. His entry provides some great examples of how to set these and it's a great read for anyone looking to better understand policies and how powerful they can really be.
So - go out to the Wiki and take a look! And, comments and questions are encouraged! It's through your help and your interests that postings like those come about - so let them know what you think!! Happy Reading!
