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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...
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Customers have often asked us to do a better job documenting the permission required for operation various Notes Migrator for SharePoint components. With version 5.3, we documented this in a little more detail than previously… The person installing our tool needs: Administrator access on front-end server...
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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...
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Security mapping has always been one of the strongest parts of Notes Migrator for SharePoint and a great differentiator for us. Someone who is familiar with our rich capabilities in this area will probably be surprised to see how many things we found to add to the list in this release. The good part...
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Joel Oleson and I are doing a very exciting web event on Tuesday hosted by Redmond Magazine and moderated by Peter Varhol. Webcast Overview: Microsoft SharePoint 2010 won’t arrive till next year, but now is the time to get ready for your migration from Lotus Notes. SharePoint 2010 has many improvements...
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Not too many big splashy features this time. We intentionally took one release (about half the length of our 5.2 release) to round out the current feature set, improve the underlying plumbing, and fulfill a number of smaller customer/partner requests. Some improvements have been inspired by our experience...
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A few months ago I shared my excitement about the new Discussion web part from Quest [ link ]. To recap, customers switching from the Notes discussions (in the Discussion template, QuickPlaces, Team Rooms, or custom applications) to the SharePoint’s standard Discussion Board template have a few nasty...
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At the airport now. Starting with this evening’s reception, I will be spending a good part of the week at the Quest Software booth (# 221) at the Microsoft SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas. Quest will be demoing 2010 versions of most of our SharePoint products, including my product Notes Migrator for...
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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...
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Notes Migrator for SharePoint is great at provisioning lists, libraries or even entire SharePoint sites from your custom templates. This is incredibly useful when migrating lots of custom Notes applications that are based on the same Notes template (or at least share a common design). For example, I...
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We have discussed various issues about workflow in the past [ link ]. To make a long story short, there is no way to press a button and magically translate Notes code-based workflows to SharePoint declarative workflows, but Notes Migrator for SharePoint does an excellent job at migrating your workflow...
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As described previously, when migrating Notes workflows to SharePoint workflows you are really switching from code-based workflows (logic encoded in button events, agents, etc.) to declarative workflows. And using Notes Migrator for SharePoint, you can migrate your workflow state so you can preserve...
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I just finished the last rehearsal of this upcoming web event on migrating complex applications. This looks to be a really good one for people who have a lot of non-trivial Notes applications they want to migrate. The focus is on maximizing what you can accomplish without writing code, by simply learning...
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Just a quick note that Quest and Summit 7 are presenting a great webcast next week. One of the biggest concerns around migrating to SharePoint from Notes is what to do with all those Notes Apps. Well it's not as hard as you may think and this webcast will help you understand how to make application...
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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...