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Overriding Document Metadata while migrating

Leave a Comment Posted by on May 6, 2011

Notes Migrator for SharePoint is capable of migrating various pieces of document metadata to SharePoint.  For example when you enable the “Preserve Created Modified dates” “Preserve Created Modified identities” “Map Document Level Security” and “Preserve Response Hierarchies” features, the appropriate document metadata is translated and used while writing documents to SharePoint. While these capabilities are [...]

Link Tracking, Metadata, Notes Migrator for SharePoint, Tech Notes

Migrate Properties to Files Alternate Locations

8 Comments Posted by on April 25, 2011

First of all, in case you missed it, Notes Migrator for SharePoint gives you the ability to send images, attachments and embedded objects to alternate folders and/or alternate libraries.  To do this, simply add a Target Data Definition field of type “File” and specify the “Alternate Library” and/or “Alternate Folder” property.  Then anything you map [...]

Document Libraries, InfoPath, Metadata, Notes Migrator for SharePoint, Pages, PDF, Tech Notes, Word

Getting Started with Migrating to SQL Server Data Normalization: Images and Attachments

2 Comments Posted by on April 11, 2011

In yesterday’s article [link] I provided a walkthrough of migrating to a flat SQL Server table.   Now we will start digging into data normalization with related tabled.  Here we will look at using a One-To-Many table to store binary objects and in the next article we will examine Lookup tables. Imagine that I designed a [...]

Notes Migrator for SharePoint, SQL Server, Tech Notes, Version 6.0

Getting Started with Migrating to SQL Server Databases

1 Comment Posted by on April 10, 2011

Notes Migrator for SharePoint 6.0 now allows you to migrate Lotus Notes content directly to SQL Server databases.  We have seen three main cases where customers are considering doing that as opposed to migrating to SharePoint lists and libraries: They do not feel that SharePoint Lists are adequate to the needs of the job.  In [...]

Notes Migrator for SharePoint, SQL Server, Tech Notes, Version 6.0

Getting Started with Migration to InfoPath List Forms

2 Comments Posted by on April 7, 2011

One of the most important aspects of migrating a Notes application to SharePoint is form design.  InfoPath is, of course, Microsoft’s primary solution for building data entry forms for complex business documents.  Many Notes customers see InfoPath as the best choice for migrating Notes forms that contain user-friendly field layouts, non-trivial data validation rules, and [...]

InfoPath, SharePoint 2010, Tech Notes, Version 6.0

Getting Started with Migrating to Adobe Acrobat (PDF) documents

Leave a Comment Posted by on March 14, 2011

Notes Migrator for SharePoint 6.0 now allows you to migrate Notes documents to Adobe Acrobat (PDF) documents.  This is similar to the tool’s current ability to migrate to Microsoft Word (DOCX) and MIME documents provides another great way to store rich text content in a way that it is easy for users to view, take [...]

Notes Migrator for SharePoint, PDF, Tech Notes, Version 6.0

All Database View/Report Columns

Leave a Comment Posted by on February 15, 2011

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 [...]

Analysis, Notes Migrator for SharePoint, Tech Notes

Extracting all the users from a set of databases

Leave a Comment Posted by on February 15, 2011

The Extract Database Users tool (new 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 [...]

Analysis, Notes Migration Projects, Notes Migrator for SharePoint, Tech Notes

Generating Microsoft Word Documents

Leave a Comment Posted by on February 10, 2011

This feature allows you to generate Microsoft Word 2007 / 2010 (OpenXML) documents from Lotus Notes documents. Microsoft Word is a very flexible and powerful environment and NMSP supports a wide range of migration scenarios: 1. Migrate Notes rich text to new (blank) Word document – In this scenario the user wants to map the [...]

Notes Migrator for SharePoint, Tech Notes, Word

Migrating Notes workflows that implement “dynamic” document security

2 Comments Posted by on February 4, 2011

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 state.  Recently we have been getting a [...]

SharePoint 2010, Tech Notes, Workflow

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