In this chapter, we've explored several ways of effectively administrating users. The tips and tricks covered in this chapter will help you no matter how many users you have on the network— three or three thousand. Openfire can scale effortlessly as your organization grows, and thanks to some very useful accessories, you'll be saved a lot of headache when it does.

If you are using an existing IM server, you can start enjoying the benefits of Openfire right from the word go. This chapter has shown how you can import user data into their roster lists from any XMPP server into Openfire. The import tool can also be used to export user data when switching servers. It will automatically make changes to the domain name in the old user data when migrating the server to another domain.

We've then seen how easily you can maintain decorum in conversations. Openfire can also work with emails to alert you of important messages. But it's in a class of its own when it comes to doing what it's designed...