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  • All Database View/Report Columns

    With each new release of Notes Migrator for SharePoint , we add new functionality and this usually means new database properties that you can view in the Migration Console. For example, our new “Blocked / Oversized File Detection” feature gives you four new columns that you can add to any database view or report: With version 5.3, we are now up to 172 columns that you can display for each Notes database in your environment. These columns are set in a variety of ways: Discovery Data Analysis Design Analysis Usage Analysis Automatic Classification Automation via Class Rules Manual Triage Performing Migrations While we document all the available database columns in the appendices of our User Guide, it still can be difficult to understand what columns are available to solve a particular problem...

  • Extracting all the users from a set of databases

    The new Extract Database Users tool in Notes Migrator for SharePoint 5.3 allows you to select one or more databases in any database view in the Migration Console and then extract all the user names contained in those databases. This tool is useful for simply gaining an understanding of the users involved in a group of Notes applications, but the primary purpose of the tool is ultimately to generate a user mapping file that NMSP can use at migration time. Depending on how much analysis has been done for these selected databases, we may extract user names from the database ACLs, the Created By/Modified By metadata, the document level security, or the usage activity. As explained below, users may also be added to the list by expanding Domino groups and by importing existing NMSP User Mapping XML...

  • Understanding DEI and other complexity metrics

    The analysis component of Notes Migrator for SharePoint calculates several complexity metrics for each database, including Microsoft’s Design Element Index (DEI) method. These are described at a high level in the documentation, but we sure do get a lot of questions about exactly how those numbers are computed. I will attempt to give an answer here, and then at the end of the article I will describe why you should NOT take these numbers too seriously. Microsoft’s DEI method is really simple. (As I have said many times, it is currently TOO simple.) We just count up each type of each element and decide which DEI column it goes into, according to Microsoft’s guidance. switch (Type) { case "Form" : if (Net < 2) return 1; if (Net < 5) return 2; if (Net < 11) return 3; if (Net <...

  • Migrating Lotus Notes Applications to Microsoft SharePoint: Understanding Application Complexity and the Value of Consolidation and Automation

    Here is a new white paper by yours truly: http://www.quest.com/documents/landing.aspx?id=9746&prod=352 . In some ways, this paper is a direct challenge to the four-quadrant system and Design Element Index (DEI) algorithms that have been floating around recently for understanding the complexity of Notes applications. Even though Notes Migrator for SharePoint implements some of these methodologies, I have a strong belief that such complexity calculations do not adequately address the practical question of which applications are going to be easy to migrate and which ones are going to be difficult. What organizations really need is a way to rank applications according to how much effort will be required to migrate them to SharePoint and to recognize the rare cases where SharePoint may not be...

  • Final feature list for Notes Migrator for SharePoint 5.2

    RTM on Monday. Very exciting! This release of Notes Migrator for SharePoint includes the following new features: Generate Word 2007 documents Notes Migrator for SharePoint now generates Word 2007 (DOCX) documents from Notes Rich Text documents. Notes documents can be formatted as generic Word documents or documents based on custom Word templates. In addition to mapping Note rich text to the document body, you can map various Notes data items to the properties and content controls of your template. For detailed information on how to use this feature, please see Generating Word 2007 Documents in the User Guide. You can also see a preview of this feature in action on the product manager’s blog here: http://notes2sharepoint.org/archive/2009/04/25/sneak-preview-generating-microsoft-word-documents...

  • What new in Usage Analysis?

    Many organizations now use the Notes Migrator for SharePoint Discovery Edition for analysis of Notes application environment analysis, particularly in a pre-migration scenario. Based on some recent customer/partner feedback we have improved the usage analysis portion of the tool. The following changes will be in Notes Migrator for SharePoint 5.2 Beta 3 [ link ]. 1. New properties have been added to the Usage Analysis data that NMSP gathers: · Last Usage Analysis – Date you performed the scan · Recording Activity – “Y” if user activity tracking is enabled in the database. (Warning, this is not detected during discovery but rather during usage analysis. Therefore if you do not see a “Y”, you need to look at the Last Usage Analysis date to see if the data has been gathered.) · Last Used All Replicas...

  • Upgrading from the free Analysis Tool to the full Migration Tool

    The freely available Notes Migrator for SharePoint Discovery Edition has been an amazingly popular product. I can honestly say it is now the analysis tool of choice for over half of the consultants and system integrators that I know of who are doing pre-migration analysis projects. I like to think that is not only due to the attractive cost, but also because it really nails the problem and quickly becomes a platform for consultants to perform their value-added work (including the inevitable manual analysis steps as well as the actual migrations). I often get asked how someone would upgrade from the free Discovery Edition to our Standard Edition or Premier Edition . The answer is a good one: There is no need to reinstall anything on the client side --- just upgrade the license. All the data...

  • Specifying alternate repository database with -rd command line option

    This feature was introduced in a version 5.0 "hotfix" and was included in the 5.1.1 patch release. The Notes Migrator for SharePoint Migration Console now supports the ability to read a repository database argument from the command-line. To use this feature, open a command prompt and start the console like this: mmc.exe C:\NotesSharePoint\Migrator\MigratorConsole\migratorconsole.msc -rd=YourTemporaryRepository.nsf The console will start with the database you specified. As long as you don’t save your configuration, your former repository will be used the next time you start the console without the “–rd” parameter. To indicate an alternate repository is loaded, the Root Node label in the navigation tree will have the repository name appended. Example: "Notes Migrator for SharePoint...

  • New CBTs available for Notes Migrator for SharePoint

    Our EMEA support team (one of three global support centers where you can get awesome support on my product) has recently put together a series of Computer Based Training labs on installing and using Notes Migrator for SharePoint . Of course their immediate objective was to better support customers who might be struggling with certain aspects of the product, but (as usual) these guys have over-achieved and what they delivered was an entire training course! The table of contents for the first release is shown below. Each of the links points to a "solution" on the Quest SupportLink web site. A login is required. Any Quest customer should have an account on this site, but if you don't have one, a really good way to get one is to register to download a free trial version of Notes Migrator...

  • Free Notes Application Discovery/Analysis Tool

    The free trial version of Notes Migrator for SharePoint now contains the complete functionality of the Discovery Edition with no restrictions, as well free support for 30 days. Organizations may now use this tool to perform complete analysis and discovery...
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