Lotus Notes or Exchange Server

ent">Outlook client, which allows connection to message
Nowadays it’s been a tough competitioncollaboration server Lotus Domino. It’s Office
among number of existing email clients. But the mainOutlook Connector for IBM Lotus Domino. It enables
focus has always been on IBM’s Lotus Notesusing Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 or Microsoft
and Microsoft’s Exchange Server. HealthyOutlook 2002 to access e-mail messages, calendar,
competition continues for years now between twoaddress book, and To Do (task) items on an IBM
main leaders of email collaboration solutions - IBM andLotus Domino Release 5.x or Release 6.x server.
Microsoft. It’s totally up to user whether heIn the similar manner, there is connector for Domino
wants to go with Lotus Notes or MS ExchangeServer too. It’s Domino Access for Microsoft
Server. Actually an organization’s workOutlook 6.5.1. The new IBM Lotus Domino Access for
environment also plays an important role in decidingMicrosoft Outlook 6.5.1 provides the solution for
the choosing factor for email platform.businesses looking to migrate away from Microsoft
So a company has to decide meticulously over theExchange, but don't want to re-train their users. Now
email solution its deploying. After all it’s majorlycompany employees can continue using their existing
the employees that get influenced directly with emailOutlook client for messaging, calendar and scheduling,
platform. Therefore both companies are putting theirand personal information management (PIM) services,
best efforts to improve working conveniences forwith replacing Microsoft Exchange server
end Internet users. They are taking into accountinfrastructure to Lotus Domino servers, running on
various new ideas of the platforms enhancement andthe hardware and operation system of their choice,
feasibility. Interesting projects have being realized inincluding Linux.
the both companies.Both the above utilities are very much useful and
Companies which are working on Lotus Notes areeffective too. But if you have decided to deploy MS
planning a shift to MS Exchange Server. InterestinglyOutlook in your network, then you would be in need
many have already migrated to MS Outlook. Andof proficient Notes to Exchange migration software
they have successfully converted all their previousfor getting the emails in .nsf file format to Outlook
Lotus Notes .NSF files to MS Exchange Server.pst file format. This notes to exchange migration
mailboxes. This is achieved using Notes to Exchangesoftware is capable of converting or migrating all
migration software.emails, attachments, images, sent items, email
There comes a free add-on for Outlook, whichproperties, journals, notes, calendars, everything to
works as Notes Connector, user gets benefitted withOutlook .PST file format.
it. Microsoft supports free add-on for Microsoft