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Steve Walch's blog about his favorite migration tool and other things related to Lotus Notes migration projects

Monthly Archives: January 2011

Upcoming Notes Migration Webcasts

Leave a Comment Posted by on January 31, 2011

The latest schedule, plus a great library of recorded webcasts, is available here:  http://www.quest.com/notesdemos/

Footage, Notes Migration Projects

Specifying alternate repository database with -rd command line option

2 Comments Posted by on January 26, 2011

The Notes Migrator for SharePoint Migration Console 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 [...]

Analysis, Notes Migration Projects

Cool stuff in SharePoint 2010 that Notes customers will love: InfoPath everywhere

5 Comments Posted by on January 26, 2011

One of the biggest barriers to moving large numbers of Notes applications to SharePoint is the cost of rebuilding the complex applications.  As covered previously this cost is often overstated and can be mitigated by a good understanding of how to leverage out-of-box SharePoint features and code reuse, but it is still a very real [...]

InfoPath, Version 6.0

Migrating Lotus QuickPlace to SharePoint (Part 3): Discovery and Automation

Leave a Comment Posted by on January 18, 2011

In Part 2 [link] we examined the ins and outs of QuickPlace / QuickR migration jobs.  All the examples were using the Notes Migrator for SharePoint Designer Client, which specializes in designing and running one migration job at a time.  As discussed, QuickPlaces usually require multiple migration jobs in order to move the right content [...]

Analysis, Notes Migrator for SharePoint, QuickPlace, Tech Notes

Migrating Lotus QuickPlace to SharePoint (Part 2): Migration jobs

1 Comment Posted by on January 17, 2011

In Part 1 [link] we discussed how QuickPlace works and how QuickPlaces are structured.  Now it’s time to start everyone’s favorite migration tool, Notes Migrator for SharePoint, and actually migrate something.  Again, if you have Lotus QuickR (the version that sits on top of Domino servers), everything in this post applies equally well to you.  [...]

Notes Migrator for SharePoint, QuickPlace, Tech Notes

Migrating Lotus QuickPlace to SharePoint (Part 1): The basics

3 Comments Posted by on January 17, 2011

[Updating and reposting an old series on migrating QuickPlace and QuickR sites to SharePoint.] I remember when Lotus QuickPlace was introduced into the marketplace back in 1999.  As a developer then focused on using Domino to built cool web applications, I admit that I did not totally get it at first.  After all, there wasn’t [...]

Notes Migration Projects, QuickPlace, Tech Notes

My first podcast

Leave a Comment Posted by on January 13, 2011

I recorded an interview with Hilton Giesenow of The MOSS Show, which is one of the most popular SharePoint podcast shows on the web.  As many of you already know, Hilton’s interviews are pretty in depth, so if you want to listen to an hour of Steve on the way to work today, download this: [...]

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Best Fit template matching features

Leave a Comment Posted by on January 11, 2011

Notes Migrator for SharePoint contains the ability to do “best fit” design matching to help identify which applications are based on similar designs, regardless of whether or not they are currently inheriting from the same application template.  This supports the “design consolidation” process which is crucial to reducing the cost/risk of large migration process.  To [...]

Analysis, Notes Migrator for SharePoint, Tech Notes, Version 5.3

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