A presentation I gave at the Detroit Notes Professionals (DNP) User Group 'DominoFest' on November 6, 2007.

1. What’s New in IBM Lotus Domino 8 Administration
Ray Bilyk
Certified Instructor
Data Planners, Inc.
®

2. Agenda
 Introduction
 Lotus Notes 8 - Overview of Improvements
 Notes 8 as a ‘one stop shop’
 Lotus Domino 8 – New features
 What do you mean ‘8.0.1’ is coming soon?
 Certification Information & Educational Resources
 Other Resources
 Session Slides / Q and A

3. Ray Bilyk
 IBM Certified Instructor
 IBM® Lotus® Notes® and Domino® 7
 IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 6.x
 Certified Lotus Instructor (CLI) since release 4
 IBM Certified Advanced Developer & Administrator since R4.x
 Certified in IBM AIX, Microsoft, Novell as well
 Instructor and Primary Support at Data Planners, Inc.
(Southfield, Michigan)
 Blogger / Podcaster
 http://www.thepridelands.com
 http://thepridelands.podshow.com

4. My REAL ‘claims to fame’
 Grappled with (and DEFEATED) two professional wrestlers
 Bowled a perfect game at a tournament in 1998
 Counselor for inner-city youth group since 1988
 Proud father of Kiara Anne!

5. Lotus Notes/Domino 8
 Four Guiding Principles
 UI and Design Excellence
 Leadership in Application Development
 Innovation in Collaboration
 TCO and Time to Value

6. Lotus Notes 8 - Overview of Improvements
 General  Mail
Open list Conversation threads
Consolidated preferences Vertical preview
Windows-style selection Intelligent addressing
Window management Message recall
In-line spell check Out of Office improvements
Multi-level undo
 Contacts
 Calendar Recent collaborations
Free-time lookup Recent contacts
Invite management Business Card view

7. Notes 8 as a ‘one stop shop’
 Standards-based Productivity Tools
 Search Center
 IBM Support Assistant
 Sidebar
 Activities (part of Activity Server… part of Lotus Connections)
 IBM Lotus Sametime®
 RSS and ATOM feeds
 Day at a Glance

8. Lotus Domino 8 – New features
 Client Administration
 Server-based provisioning
 Policy Management enhancements
 Database Redirect
 Performance and Efficiency improvements
Out-of-office service

Inbox cleanup

Design note compression

On-demand collation

Administration process improvements

 Directory
 Internet password lockout
 Authentication/authorization-only secondary directories
 Improved configuration for directory assistance LDAP directories

9. What do you mean ‘8.0.1’ is coming soon?
 A number of important new capabilities are planned for Domino
8.0.1 (due Q1 2008) in addition to the regular continuous
maintenance improvements:
 Database compression which significantly reduces the storage size of
Domino databases
 Domino 64 bit native support option for Microsoft Windows 2003 and
IBM AIX platforms (other 64 bit platforms will be deliver in follow on
releases). 64 bit enables Domino to address far larger memory on the
server than allowed by the current system limitations
 Support for FIPS 140-2 standards encryption for Notes delivered email
will be added in 8.0.1.
 Domino Web Access lite option for bandwidth
constrained users
 Lotus Notes Traveler, which enables basic
mobile email replication over the air to
wireless handheld devices
-from DominoBlog.com (Rob Ingram)

10. Certification Information & Educational Resources
Notes Domino 8 Application Development
Certification Title Prerequisites
IBM Certified Associate Application Developer - Lotus Notes and Pass Exam 834: IBM Lotus Notes Domino 8 Application Development
Domino 8 Foundation Skills
IBM Certified Application Developer - Lotus Notes and Domino 8 Pass the above exam
PLUS
Pass Exam 835: IBM Lotus Notes Domino 8 Application Development
Intermediate Skills
PLUS
Pass Exam 836: IBM Lotus Notes Domino 8 Developing Web
Applications
IBM Certified Advanced Application Developer - Lotus Notes and Attain IBM Certified Application Developer- Lotus Notes and Domino 8
Domino 8 * AND pass one of the four following exams:
Exam 803: Using LotusScript in IBM Lotus Notes Domino 8
Applications - Target release date Q4
Exam 804: Using JavaScript in IBM Lotus Notes Domino 8
Applications - Target release date Q4
Exam 805: Using Web Services in IBM Lotus Notes Domino 8
Applications - Target release date Q4
Exam 838: IBM Lotus Notes Domino 8 Developing Composite
Applications - Target release date 2008
* Note that if a candidate passes Exam 801 AND holds advanced certification in Application Development 7 as a result of passing any of the ND7
elective exams, they will receive advanced certification in Application Development 8.

11. Certification Information & Educational Resources
Notes Domino 8 System Administration
Certification Title Prerequisites
IBM Certified Associate System Administrator - Pass Exam 847: IBM Lotus Domino 8 System
Lotus Notes and Domino 8 Administration Operating Fundamentals
IBM Certified System Administrator - Lotus Pass the above exam
Notes and Domino 8 PLUS
Pass Exam 848: IBM Lotus Notes Domino 8
Building the Infrastructure
PLUS
Pass Exam 849: IBM Lotus Notes Domino 8
Managing Servers and Users
IBM Certified Advanced System Administrator - Attain IBM Certified System Administrator -
Lotus Notes and Domino 8 ** Lotus Notes and Domino 8 AND pass:
Exam 840: IBM Lotus Notes Domino 8
Configuring Domino Web Servers - Target
release date late Oct/Early Nov 2007
** Note that if a candidate passes Exam 802 AND holds advanced certification in System Administration 7 as a result
of passing Exam 739 (IBM Lotus Notes Domino 7 Configuring Domino Web Servers), they will receive advanced
certification in System Administration 8.

12. Certification Information & Educational Resources
Notes Domino 8 Recertification
Certification Title Prerequisites
IBM Certified Application DeveloperLotus Notes You must be an IBM Certified Application
and Domino 8 Developer - Lotus Notes and Domino 7 or an
IBM Certified Advanced Application Developer -
Lotus Notes and Domino 7
-and-
You must pass Exam 801: IBM Lotus Notes
Domino 8 Application Development Update.
IBM Certified System AdministratorLotus Notes You must be an IBM Certified System
and Domino 8 Administrator - Lotus Notes and Domino 7 or
an IBM Certified Advanced System
Administrator - Lotus Notes and Domino 7
-and-
You must pass Exam 802: IBM Lotus Notes
Domino 8 System Administration Update.
NOTE: All exams are subject to the new pricing model as of October 1st –
Exam Length 60-75 minutes - $125 Exam Length 76-90 minutes - $150
Exam Length 91-120 minutes -$175 Exam Length over 120 minutes - $200

13. Lotus Notes and Domino 8 Education Offerings
Application Development
Now available!
 D8420 - Exploring New Features in IBM Lotus Domino Designer 8
 D8510 - Fundamentals of IBM Lotus Domino 8 Application Development
 D8520 - Building Web Applications for IBM Lotus Domino Designer 8
Planned for 2008!
 D8530 - Developing IBM Lotus Domino 8 Applications: Intermediate Skills
System Administration
Now available!
 D8900 - IBM Lotus Domino 8 System Adminstration Bootcamp
 D8720 - Exploring New Features in IBM Lotus Domino 8 Administration
 D8750 - IBM Lotus Domino 8 System Administration Operating Fundamentals
 D8760 - Building the IBM Lotus Domino 8 Infrastructure
 D8770 - Managing IBM Lotus Domino 8 Servers and Users

14. Lotus Notes and Domino 8 Education Offerings
Where to go for training?
I’m a little biased toward this place…
DATA PLANNERS, INC. – SOUTHFIELD, MI
www.dataplanners.com - 877.353.0740

15. Other Resources
 http://www.lotus.com/notesanddomino
 http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/notes8-new/
 http://www.lotus.com/redbooks
 IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8 Reviewers Guide
 IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8 Deployment Guide
 DeveloperWorks article: IBM Lotus Domino V8 server with the IBM
Lotus Notes V8 client: Performance (09 Oct 2007)

16. Additional Sites and Information
 OpenNTF – www.openntf.org
 Taking Notes Podcast – takingnotes.openntf.org
 Bruce Elgort & Julian Robichaux
 IdoNotes Podcast – idonotes.com
 Chris Miller
 LotusUserGroup.org

17. Session Slides
 Session slides will be found
at the following locations:
 http://www.thepridelands.com
 http://www.detdominopros.org