Exercise 2.1: Understanding pre-defined policy settings for IBM SmartCloud Notes users in a hybrid environment

Overview

In IBM SmartCloud Notes (SmartCloud Notes), certain policy settings are enabled by default. These cover the functional areas of the product related to security and performance.

The Policy Synopsis Tool in the Lotus® Domino® Administrator client can be used by on-premises administrators to determine policy settings for SmartCloud Notes users.

Objectives

In this exercise, you will:

• Explore pre-defined policy settings for SmartCloud Notes users in a hybrid environment
  
  

Glossary

Term	Definition
Organizational policy	An organizational policy automatically applies to all users registered in a particular organizational unit.
Explicit policy	An explicit policy assigns default settings to individual users or groups.
Pre-defined policy	A policy that is pre-defined by default for SmartCloud Notes users. The pre-defined policy settings configure default security and performance options for SmartCloud Notes users.
Policy synopsis tool	The Policy Synopsis tool is a tool that allows administrators to determine the effective policy governing a selected user. Note: the Policy Synopsis tool will be covered in more detail in Exercise 2.2: Creating policies for SmartCloud Notes users to mirror your policies for on-premises users.

Parent topic: Managing IBM SmartCloud Notes users with policies
Next topic: Exercise 2.2: Creating policies for IBM SmartCloud for Social Business users to mirror your policies for on-premises users

Procedure

1. Read the following documentation:
   
• Policy settings that are pre-defined for users in the service
• Policy settings supported in a hybrid environment
  
2. Review the questions and answers in the next section.
   

Test Yourself

Question	Answer
Can the default, pre-defined policy settings for SmartCloud Notes users be overwritten with other policies?	No.
What is the primary focus of the pre-defined security policy settings?	ID storage and protection and password recovery.
What is the primary focus of the pre-defined dynamic desktop policy settings?	Mail performance and version control (On Disk Structure) for local replicas.
What is the purpose of restricting mail attachments for Notes Traveler to 4000KB?	Enhance performance.

Resources

• Organizational and explicit policies