Jabber is an "open-source," secure, and extensible messaging technology that's an alternative to commercial, proprietary messaging services such as AIM or MSN. As such, it's conducive to organizations interested in customizing a messaging system to meet specific needs. With the ability to access Jabber contacts from Groove, organizations can now leverage their existing Jabber contact networks, and introduce them to the Groove experience, its applications, and offline capabilities.
Note: Jabber messaging integration is supported only on Groove accounts that are governed by policies set on an Enterprise Management Server. For more information, see your Groove administrator.
For detailed information about Jabber messaging technology, including links to available Jabber clients, go to http://www.jabber.org
To use a Jabber account with Groove, you must add Jabber account information to be associated with your default identity in your account preferences. Once you've added your Jabber account information, all Jabber contacts you'd previously added to your Jabber account in your Jabber client are automatically added to your Groove contact list.
Note that you can create a new Jabber account directly from within Groove, if you didn't previous have an account.
You can include Jabber contacts in the address lists for any Groove message or invitation. However, note the following limitations on messages or invitations sent to Jabber contacts:
You cannot send messages or invitations to any Jabber contacts whose contact icons indicate that they're offline. This applies to times in which the Jabber contacts are offline as well as when you yourself are offline.
File attachments, voice messages, and pasted images will not be sent to Jabber contacts.
Messages sent from Groove via Jabber do not have the same level of security as do standard Groove messages, which are end-to-end encrypted and integrity protected. Jabber messages are cryptographically viewable by intermediate servers and may not be protected over some communication channels.
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