So now let us log-in to myApps. and briefly look at some of the Apps available there.

To start the client once the Install was run, you can simply type in your PBX's IP address into the address bar of your favorite browser, like in

or you can of course use the FQDN you specified in the Install before, as in

So this is a browser-based client and you can open it from any web browser.

You will then be asked for a Username and a Password. Once you have filled in those, you can Sign in.

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Since we are going to walk through the client now, you may want to open a new browser-window and run myApps in it while you continue to view this book in parallel.

This is best done using the link

which will start it with the English UI so it matches all the screenshots in this book.

You can resize the myApps window to the smallest horizontal size so that you can view this book and myApps side-by-side even on a small screen.

You have specified the user and password to log-in to myApps as Admin account during the Install. So Username should be invalid member reference '.username' in 'username' and you should have noted the Password in your Setup-data.xls.

 Video on Starting myApps

So go ahead and log in!

Oops, so what is that?

myApps does not reject your log-in, but it insists about "Additional authentication required".

This is what is known as two-factor authentication (which we have enabled in the Install). To log-in to myApps, you need to convince the PBX that you really are who you say you are. Your username and password is not enough, you need to provide a second proof.

In our case, the PBX has sent an E-Mail to the address which we specified for the user and we need to click on the confirmation link in that E-Mail.

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You now need to open your E-Mail (either your real E-Mail or our special training E-Mail, depending on what you have specified during the Install).

If you specified your own E-Mail, simply open your email client. If it was our special training E-Mail server, open  training-mail.innovaphone.com/owa and log-in using CLASS\invalid member reference '.longuser' in 'longuser' as user and invalid member reference '.pw' in 'pw' as password.

You will see an E-Mail similar to this one:

When you click on the "Click here to continue with your login" link, the PBX will know that you have received the E-Mail and approved the log-in, so it will let you pass.

You will see a page like:

Your login was verified.
You can close this page now.

NB: the link will only work if you open it on the computer that is connected to your training network (cause only here, the DNS name hq.invalid member reference '.domain' in 'domain' is known). If you open it for example on your mobile phone, it wouldn't work.

You did not receive the E-Mail? Either run the Install again (and this time only continue if you really received the test E-Mail ) or have your trainer disable two-factor authentication on your PBX.

Now that you're logged-in, you see what is called the home screen. Let's see what it has.

The left and middle part of the header bar allows you to manage you presence state. Your presence is made up of two parts.

The coloured square on the upper left corner allows you to set your activity (something like Available, Away, Busy or Do not disturb). When you set this, it will be shown to other users, for example when they try to call you.

 click on the square and change it to Do not disturb.

Right next to the coloured square, you find a text field that allows you to add a some text to your presence.

 click into the text field and type some text to set a note.

The  burger menu on the upper right edge gives you access to  various settings for the myApps client. You can close them again using the burger menu on the upper right edge.

There are various sub-dialogues. For now, we should just have a look at the  Edit Profile dialogue. It has  multiple tabs which can be selected. One of them are your call diversions for example. You can close them by  clicking on the upper left cross.

For now it is enough to know that this is the way to access your personal settings.

The  main part of the home screen shows all the Apps you have placed on your home screen, so that you have immediate access to them.

Well, actually, the Install has kindly put them on your home screen for you

While this is nice and useful, the home screen is a little crowded, so we will have a look at how items are added to and removed from the home screen. This is done using the list of all apps available to you, which is shown when you click on the  grid icon on the lower right edge.

Click on the grid icon to display the  list of all apps available to you. You will notice that some of them  have a coloured home symbol and some don't. Those with the coloured symbol will be shown on your home screen.

In order to cleanup your home screen,  click on all the coloured home symbols except for Devices and Users.

To return back to the home screen, click on the  home symbol on the lower left edge, and eh voilà, your home screen  looks much cleaner now.

For faster access and clearer overview, you can re-arrange and group the items on your home screen.

To re-arrange an item, simply drag and drop it to the desired place using the mouse. To create a new group, drag an item to some free space on the home screen. A new group title will appear. You can rename the group by clicking in to the group header and type in the new name.

To give it a try, drag the Devices App downwards. As soon as it covers another item, this item will jump upward and you can  drop the dragged App to the now free space.

Then create a new group by dragging the Devices App even further. You will see a new group title.  Drop the App and edit the new group title.

You can even collapse and expand groups by  clicking on the little caret symbol on the right side of the group title.

So what is an App?

An App is a web-based application that runs under control of the myApps client. When you click on an item on your home screen, the App will be started and it will run in the same browser window.

All relevant functionality (such as controlling a phone (CTI), looking up contacts in a directory, visual voice mail etc.) is implemented in a bunch of Apps which can be run from the myApps client. myApps itself only serves as a host for these apps.

To try this, just click on Users. The Users App will be started and  shown in the myApps window.

Note that myApp's footer changed to  show the new app that is running. You can now switch between the Users App and myApps's home screen by clicking on those symbols.

Users is an App that allows you to browse all users on the PBX. Currently, it is a bit boring, as there only is one user defined, which is yourself We will discuss this in much more detail later.

For the moment, you may want to click on the only item shown. This  opens a dialogue which shows some details of the user. For now, just note the following things:

• the presence note you entered before  is shown
• a  coloured block on the lower left edge of the user's avatar indicates the presence activity you selected before
• a  home symbol is shown that allows you to put the user as an App to myApp's home screen

You may think that the new item on the home screen does not fit the group you have created lately.

OK, you already know how to fix it, so that your home screen  looks more organized !

You already have seen that you can  toggle the show on home screen symbol in the list of all apps available.

There is also another method available, which might be more convenient: you can use the so-called long-press on any item on your home screen. This is done by clicking on the item without releasing the mouse button. Just like as if you wanted to drag the item to another place. However, in this case, you do not drag it. After short while, a dialog will pop up and you tick the Remove from home check-mark.

Give it a try right now!

 Add an App to your home screen and remove it again using the long press.

To get a little familiar with using Apps in myApps, here is a little challenge!

Upload your own avatar (i.e. photo) to your user record in the PBX.

If you have a nice one at hand, use it. If not, you can use this:

The  way to go is as follows:

• download your avatar picture to your computer
  
• open a windows explorer which shows the directory where you have saved the picture
  
• go to myApp's home screen
• open the Profile App (you see your own profile)
  
• click on the image with the silhouette
• from the windows explorer, drag the picture in to the profile app
• adjust the frame so that it shows the part of your picture that you want to show as avatar
• save it

 

To provide functionality that requires operating system support and is not available within a browser, myApps has a native install program. When it is installed, it adds features such as:

• docking. You can dock myApps to the right or left edge of the screen
• local installation. Apps are stored on the local machine when started for the first time, so they can be started even if the machine is off-line
• native video and app sharing instead of WebRTC (so you can share your screen actively)
• Hotkeys (e.g. to accept a call)
• Audio and Video for the Softwarephone
• URL handler (so you can click on a tel:// link and myApps would open)
• Access Outlook contacts

 

myApps is the primary user interface to the PBX functions (well, except for your phone perhaps). It is web-based and as such available on any platform that supports web browsing.

Some features however need native operating system support. For these, a platform specific install is provided (currently for Windows, Android and Apple).

myApps on its own provides only a very limited function set (such as authentication and the home screen which allows you to launch more apps). All other functionality is provided by further Apps which may be installed from an App Store. The App Store in turn is managed by the PBX administrator (so as to ensure full control over the choice of Apps available).