Crossing The Chasm: From Notes To Microsoft Exchange 5.5 Harry Katz Program Manager Exchange Product

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Crossing The ChasmFrom Notes To Microsoft
Exchange 5.5Harry KatzProgram
ManagerExchange Product Group Microsoft
Corporation
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Agenda

• Coexistence
• Notes Connector
• Calendar Connector
• Migration
• Migration Wizard
• Customizing Migration
• Notes Mailbox Importer
• Connecting Exchange 2000 to Notes

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Coexistence With Notes

• Why coexist?
• Werent standards supposed to make this problem
  go away?
• High-fidelity connections are still required
• Standards are unevenly supported
• Standards are still evolving
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Rogue departments
• Lengthy migrations

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Coexistence Tools

• Connector for Lotus Notes
• Provides high-fidelity messaging connection and
  directory synchronization
• Calendar Connector
• Performs free/busy calendar queries
• Application Connector for Lotus Notes
• Synchronization of Exchange public folders and
  Notes databases

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Notes Connector Overview

• Messaging, meeting requests and directory
  synchronization
• Supports rich text, status messages, attachments,
  doclinks, priority, etc.
• Requires a single Notes 4.6.x client
• Requires a Notes user-id with Depositor access to
  Mail.box
• 14,000 messages/hour

YMMV
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Whats New?

• Calendar interoperability
• Meeting requests, accept and decline
• Free/Busy queries
• Multi-lingual support
• UNICODE content, all languages
• Localized message strings
• Notes R5 support
• New for Exchange 5.5 SP3
• Notes client 4.6.4

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Demonstration

• Check free/busy time
• Send a meeting request
• Accept

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Directory Synchronization

• Provides users on both systems with complete,
  up-to-date address lists
• By default, synchronizes e-mail addresses plus
  the most commonly used attributes
• Scheduling options let you control the frequency
  and timing of updates
• Immediate buttons for special situations

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DirSync Architecture
Exchange-Notes Connector
Notes Directory
Exchange Directory
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Demonstration

• Customized directory synchronization
• Alter Display Name format by modifying mapping
  rules
• Mapping functions
• Full reload

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Notes Connector In An International Environment

• Connector runs on all four Exchange Server
  language versions
• Connector itself is not yet localized
• Connect to Notes server of a different language
  by
• Setting default system locale of Exchange server
  to target language
• Installing Notes client in target language
• Setting target language on Connectors Options tab

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Notes Connector In An International Environment
Notes Server Language Y
Notes Client Language Y
Default System Locale Y
Exchange Server Language X
Windows NT Server Language X
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Calendar Connector Overview

• Real-time free/busy queries between Exchange and
• Lotus Notes 4.5 and later
• Novell GroupWise 4.x and 5.x
• IBM OfficeVision/VM (PROFS)
• Requires Exchange 5.5 SP2 or later
• No client-side code required
• Goal

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Calendar Connector
Exchange and NT Server
Notes Provider
Calendar Connector Engine
Exchange Store
Outlook Client
Free/Busy Public Folder
GroupWise Provider
MAPI
OV/VM Provider
MAPI Provider
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Calendar Connector Setup For Notes

• Install on any Exchange server
• Single CalCon supports multiple F/B replicas
  within a site
• All replica servers must have 5.5 SP2 or later
• Use Notes connector to DirSync users
• Requires Notes 4.6.x client
• Install Add-in task on Notes server

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Calendar Connector
Exchange Server
Notes Server
Calendar Connector
Busytime NSF
Notes Schedule Manager Task
Request
Free/Busy Response
Downstream Notes Servers
Request
Exchange CalCon Add-in Task
Notes Calendar Connector Task
Free/Busy Response
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Migration Tools

• Exchange Server Migration Wizard
• Server-based tool to migrate Notes mailboxes and
  directory entries
• Notes Mailbox Importer
• End user tool to import mailboxes and mail
  archive databases
• Application Conversion Assistant
• Migrates Notes application designs to Exchange

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Migration Wizard Overview

• Administrative tool for bulk migration of
  standard mail databases
• Supports Notes R3 and R4.x and Domino R4.5.x and
  R4.6.x
• Requires a single Notes 4.6.x client
• One-step or two-step migration
• Notes custom recipients upgraded to Exchange
  mailboxes
• Windows NT accounts created optionally

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Server Migration Architecture
Source extractor
Neutralformat
Source extractor
Migration utility
Source extractor
PROFS/OV
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Migration Wizard

• Content Migrated
• Messages
• Attachments
• Doclinks converted to URL, OLE or RTF
• OLE objects
• Appointments and recurring appointments
• Preserves reply ability of migrated messages

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Rich Text Conversion
Lotus Rich Text Attribute Size Color Bold Underli
ne Italic Strikethrough Tables Embedded OLE
objects, including graphics Font name Double
strikethrough Superscript Subscript Shadow Outline
Emboss Engrave Small caps All caps Drop
caps Hidden Underline other than single Bitmaps
not embedded as OLE objects
Microsoft Rich Text Attribute Mapped
correctly Mapped correctly Mapped
correctly Mapped correctly Mapped
correctly Mapped correctly Mapped correctly in
WordMail, not displayed correctly in
Outlook Mapped correctly, can be edited Always
Times Roman Ignored Ignored Ignored Ignored Conver
ted to italic Ignored Ignored Ignored Ignored Igno
red Ignored, text is visible Ignored Not migrated
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Customizing Migration

• 2-step migration
• To modify directory attributes before importing
  into Exchange
• Extract the IFF files
• Edit DIRECTORY.PRI
• Change accounts, user names, etc.
• Resume migration

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Customizing Migration

• Command line mode
• Automate repetitive migration tasks
• Migrations in small batches
• Syntax mailmig /Ccontrol.txt
• Control.txt has migration parameters

Mode,NOTES Function,FULL Accounts,ACCOUNTS.TXT Ema
ilStart,19980101000000 Template,/oOrg/ouSite/cn
Recipients/cnMigrateTemplate
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Importer For Lotus Notes

• End user tool for migrating mailboxes or mail
  archive databases
• User or Batch process
• Win16 and Win32
• Downloadable from the Web
• Migrates Notes R3.x, R4.x and Domino R4.5.x and
  R4.6.x
• Requires Notes Client R3 or greater
• Outlook or 32-bit Exchange Client

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Importer For Lotus Notes

• Content migrated
• Rich Text messages
• Read/Unread flags
• Attachments
• OLE Objects
• Folder hierarchy
• Customizable address mapping
• Calendar data not supported

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Exchange 2000 Connectivity

• Notes Connector in Beta 3
• Connector architecture and features largely
  unchanged from Exchange 5.5
• Connector configuration parameters now stored in
  the Active Directory
• Supports password on connectors Notes INI file
• Localization in server languages

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Notes Connector Snap-In
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Exchange 2000 Directory Synchronization

• Directory synchronization between Notes and the
  Active Directory
• Create either User or Contact objects in AD for
  Notes users
• Support for multi-domain scenarios
• Takes over management of Notes custom recipients
  on upgrade from Exchange 5.5

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Synchronizing With The Active Directory
DC Import Container
DC
Exchange-Notes Connector
Notes Directory
GC Export Containers
DC
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Migrating From Notes To Exchange 2000

• Migration Wizard in Beta 3 supports Notes
• Create enabled or disabled Windows 2000 user
  accounts
• Account matching dialog for resolving ambiguous
  names
• Active Directory Cleanup Wizard for merging
  duplicates

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Account Matching
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Summary

• Microsoft offers a complete set of coexistence
  and migration tools for Lotus Notes
• Available today in Exchange 5.5
• Carried forward into Exchange 2000 with Active
  Directory integration

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ResourcesKB Articles

• Q180517, Q183275 Customizing Notes directory
  synchronization
• Q188815Duplicate Nnotes.dll files
• Q189493, Q185598 RTF Messages Not Displayed
  Correctly in Lotus Notes Client

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Resources

• Exchange Migration Web Site
• http//microsoft.com/exchange/migration.htm
• Calendar Connector
• http//microsoft.com/exchange/55/downloads/CalCon
  nector.asp
• Notes Mailbox Importer
• http//microsoft.com/exchange/55/downloads/NotesI
  mporter.asp
• Me hkatz_at_microsoft.com

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