The document discusses 8 1/2 things to consider when upgrading to IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5. It covers policies, transaction logging, widgets, Lotus Traveler updates, the Domino Configuration Tuner, XPages improvements, ID Vault, DAOS, Domino Designer licensing changes, and provides contact information.

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3. 8 ½ Things to Consider when Upgrading to ND 8.5 David Stephens Technical Sales Evangelist WorkFlow Studios Follow us on Twitter: @workflowstudios

4. Agenda Policies Transaction Logging Widgets and Live Text Lotus Traveler Domino Configuration Tuner XPages ID Vault DAOS … and a half Follow us on Twitter: @workflowstudios

5. Policies Allow Administrators to control many user settings at once Explicit policy > dynamic group policy > organizational policy Tools: Policy Viewers (by Settings and by Hierarchy); Policy Synopsis New: Dynamic Group Policies If a person is removed from a group, they will no longer have that policy assigned to them Read more about precedence Follow us on Twitter: @workflowstudios

6. Policy Types Activities Archive Desktop Mail Lotus Traveler Follow us on Twitter: @workflowstudios Lotus Symphony Registration Roaming Security Setup

7. Transaction Logging Available since Domino 5 Captures all the changes made to a db and writes them to a transaction log Each server can have a transaction log Transaction Log should be on a separate disk Use a dedicated, mirrored device, such as RAID level 1 with a dedicated controller for optimal performance and data integrity. Plan to archive the transaction logs daily using incremental backups. Schedule weekly full database backups. Select a backup utility that is compatible with IBM® Lotus® Domino® Follow us on Twitter: @workflowstudios

8. Why Use Transaction Logging? Backups based on transaction logs are faster Recovery from media failure is faster Restore from tape Use logs to add the data not written to disk System Crash Recovery is faster During restart server applies writes from logs Logged dbs don’t require consistency check View rebuilds are faster Required for DAOS Follow us on Twitter: @workflowstudios

9. Widgets and Live Text A widget is a tool that can consist of one or more components and actions Live Text enables Notes to recognize pre-defined text patterns Easy to distribute: email, drag/drop, widget catalog, wiring Can display in sidebar or pop-up Follow us on Twitter: @workflowstudios

10. Widgets Catalog Use a widget catalog to store and manage widgets The widget catalog was introduced in Domino 8.0.1 Expanded in 8.5 to cover widgets and plug-ins Use the widget catalog template Public widget catalog: http://download. turtleweb .com/ Follow us on Twitter: @workflowstudios

11. Lotus Traveler FREE – Provided with Domino Provides two-way, over-the-air synchronization to some devices Synchronizes e-mail, calendar, to-do, address book and journal data in real time Runs as a server task Follow us on Twitter: @workflowstudios

12. What’s New in Lotus Traveler In 8.5 Mobile device security policies Remote wipe Improved web server configuration support Device management In 8.5.1 ActiveSync support for Apple iPod and iPhone ID Vault support for encrypted mail Improved Home Page Add external calendars to your Notes calendar Follow us on Twitter: @workflowstudios

13. Domino Configuration Tuner Evaluates server settings according to a growing catalog of best practices Identifies key configuration issues across a domain Provides base-line assessment Reports contain a detailed explanation and supporting documentation for all captured issues FREE – ships with ND 8.5 Provided as a template Evaluates Dom 7 and above Requires Notes 8 client Follow us on Twitter: @workflowstudios

15. XPages XPages provide the ability to easily create Web 2.0 user experiences In ND 8.5.1, XPages were extended to run in a web browser and Notes client XPages use Java Server Faces ( JSF ) and the Dojo toolkit on the server See XPages projects at OpenNTF.org Follow us on Twitter: @workflowstudios

16. XPages Resources The XPages Blog: http:// xpagesblog .com/ Andrew Pollack’s Domino Designer's New XPages The Most Important New Feature You Never Knew You Needed http://www. thenorth .com/northern. nsf /html/ XpagesArticle Taking Notes podcast: XPages and Yellow Water http://www. notesability .com/ takingnotes /TakingNotesEpisode83.mp3 Tutorial: Harness the power of XPages in Lotus Domino Designer http://www. ibm .com/ developerworks / edu / ls - dw - ls - ddxpages .html Learning XPages by Declan Lynch http://www. qtzar .com/ blogs / qtzar . nsf / htdocs / LearningXPages . htm Follow us on Twitter: @workflowstudios

17. ID Vault Holds protected copies of Notes users IDs Assigned through policies Allows for authorized people to reset passwords w/o direct access to the file Supports custom apps to reset password Easy recovery of lost or damaged ID Synchronization of multiple IDs No user involvement during ID renames and key rollover Follow us on Twitter: @workflowstudios

18. DAOS Saves significant space at the file level Shares data identified as identical between dbs on the same server Server saves a reference of each attached file Fewer bytes written to disk Fewer I/O disk operations Attachments can use lower-cost storage Improvements of backup, storage and administration Requires Transaction Logging Download the DAOS Estimator Tool Follow us on Twitter: @workflowstudios

20. … and a half - Licensing Domino Designer is now FREE Designer is free to use and develop with, but once you use it for production, there is a charge Two CALs for Domino Messaging CAL – can use Notes, iNotes, Traveler plus entitlements for Symphony, Quickr Entry and Sametime Entry Enterprise CAL – adds Designer and Mobile Connect entitlement Existing Notes and iNotes licenses will be converted to the new CAL model in 02/10 Follow us on Twitter: @workflowstudios

21. A few other things Lotus Protector Integration with other Lotus Products in the sidebar Learning Plug-In for Lotus Notes Follow us on Twitter: @workflowstudios

22. Contact Me David Stephens [email_address] Twitter: workflowstudios Twitter: dvdstphns Twitter: pswlug LinkedIn: http://www. linkedin .com/in/ dvdstphns Follow us on Twitter: @workflowstudios