Note Migration Footage, Part 2: Migrating content from a custom Notes application

The next video in my "Footage" series [described here] is a basic walk-through of migrating the a custom Notes application to SharePoint.  The previous video focused on a of high fidelity migration of a standard template-based (with ...[Read More]

Published: Apr-29-08 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Quick Poll: Internet Explorer version

I just figured out that this blog doesn't look as good in Internet Explorer 6 as it does in Internet Explorer 7.  (Stupid product manager; I should have tested it.)  The puzzle graphic and the green part of the banner appear on top of each other ins ...[Read More]

Published: Apr-29-08 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

Converting Notes documents to InfoPath documents

One of the coolest features of Notes Migrator for SharePoint is the ability generate XML documents from Notes documents.  A common use for this feature is, of course, generation of InfoPath forms for use in SharePoint applications.  Customers who ...[Read More]

Published: Apr-25-08 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

The inevitable religious debates

Less than a week into blogging and I just got my first "flame" comment: Sean says “Next time you want to come at Notes, come up with something a little more plausible.” It sounds like Sean saw my post, and maybe my blog, as a “SharePo ...[Read More]

Published: Apr-24-08 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

When should I target SharePoint Lists and when should I target Document Libraries?

When migrating a Notes "Document Library" to SharePoint (WSS or MOSS), customers sometimes encounter a mismatch with what SharePoint calls a Document Library.  SharePoint document libraries are organized as individual files (what the ...[Read More]

Published: Apr-23-08 | 3 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Note Migration Footage, Part 1: Introduction to Notes Migrator for SharePoint

I am starting a series of video clips that walk people through various aspects of using my products.  My goal is to eventually have a library of 5 to 15 minute feature demos, advanced task walk-throughs, and anything else that might prove useful t ...[Read More]

Published: Apr-22-08 | 3 Comments | 0 Links to this post

About that "Puzzle" image...

A few people have asked me where the graphic at the top of my blog came from.  I admit I was hoping that someone would recognize it, but nobody has mentioned it yet.  Hey, the blog has only been up a few days. Anyway, this was the graphic that ...[Read More]

Published: Apr-22-08 | 2 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Migrating Notes Workflows to SharePoint

As our customer base gets smarter and smarter about SharePoint and migration issues, I hear about Workflow more and more.  It was amazing how often it came up at the SharePoint Conference compared to other shows 6, 12, 18 months ago.   Naturally ...[Read More]

Published: Apr-21-08 | 5 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Tech Ed Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) session: Migrating complex Lotus Notes applications to SharePoint

I was really excited to get the word that my Birds-of-a-Feather session has been accepted for Tech·Ed 2008 IT Professionals in Orlando.  The topic is "Migrating complex Lotus Notes applications to SharePoint" and I am hoping for an anima ...[Read More]

Published: Apr-20-08 | 3 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Formulas that deal with multi-valued items or multi-valued results

Everyone knows that Notes Migrator for SharePoint has the ability to run formulas (using the Lotus @Formula language) to transform data as you migrate it.  This feature is used for a variety of things ranging from concatenating two fields to trans ...[Read More]

Published: Apr-19-08 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post
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