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Lotus Notes to SharePoint Migration
This document provides an overview of migrating from Lotus Notes to SharePoint. It introduces the presenter and their website on the topic. The agenda covers an introduction, reasons for migration, expectations and challenges, analyzing the different components between Lotus Notes and SharePoint, and options for form design, development, reporting, and tools. Under expectations and challenges, it lists functionalities, data migration, user interface needs, and permission and training requirements. It then analyzes the various Lotus Notes databases, forms, views, reports, workflows and provides estimation questions. It outlines potential form design, development and reporting options in SharePoint. Finally, it recommends using migration tools to help preserve rich text, attachments, metadata and workflow history
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Presenter's background and agenda for discussing SharePoint migration.
Reasons for migration include the demand for web-based collaboration, licensing issues, and lack of features in Lotus Notes.
Expectations include good functionality and UI; challenges involve design approval and data loss concerns.
Comparison of components in Lotus Notes and SharePoint, including directories and database types.
Evaluating the extent of Lotus Notes usage, data size, complexity of forms, views, and workflows.
Various options available for form design including InfoPath and custom development.
Options for developing solutions in SharePoint using tools like SharePoint Designer and client technologies.
Discussion on the necessity of migration tools and some examples beneficial for preserving data during migration.
Open floor for questions following the presentation on SharePoint migration.
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- 1. About Me ASharePoint Technical Lead @Fewlines4Biju https://www.facebook.com/fewlines4biju fewlines4biju@gmail.com http://www.EnjoySharePoint.com EnjoySharePoint.com
- 2. Agenda Introduction WhyMigration? Expectation & Challenges Different components Analysis Different Options for Form Design Different Options for Development & Reporting Tools? Any Question? Thank You !!! EnjoySharePoint.com
- 3. Why Migration Required? People are addicted towards web based collaboration platform, addicted towards Mobile, tablet etc. People want to take advantages of Office applications World is moving very fast but Lotus Notes is Idle now, No new Features added Licensing factor, In SP no client license or software required. Can not do Collaboration, Enterprise Search etc. No Life cycle management: Unused databases unnecessary in the lotus notes server, but in SharePoint it can not. EnjoySharePoint.com
- 4. Expectations & Challenges Expectations: - Functionalities - Data: Single line text data, rich text box data, embedded objects, attachment etc. - Good UI - System Information: Created Date, Created By Modified Date, Modified By. Challenges: - Design should be accepted by the end users - Will we lose any data? - Perfect tool or ways to migrate the rich data as it is. - Recreate the application - Permission levels - Trained to the team like administrators. EnjoySharePoint.com
- 5. Different Components Lotus Notes DominoDirectory Mailboxes Application Database Notes Templates Lotus Notes Client SharePoint Active Directory Exchange List, Document library, Discussion Borard, Workflow, InfoPath etc. List Template, Site Template etc. Various Broswers like IE, Chrome or Mozilla etc. EnjoySharePoint.com
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- 8. Analysis How manyLotus Notes Databases? Approx. Size of Data per database and overall in all databases Frequency of Data usages Do you want to archive some data? How many forms have been used and complexity of form? Review & Understand Lotus Notes Forms: How many fields in the form What are the data types of all the fields? Single line or Multiline or Richtextbox etc. Will SharePoint support all? Does it contains lots of calculations? Show hide based on Security group? Level of validation presented Does it contains workflow, lookup fields, reports, exports etc.? EnjoySharePoint.com
- 9. Analysis cont… Reporting: How many views it contains? Understand Views and Complexity. Does it require any extra reporting like export to excel? How many workflows attached? And Complexity of workflow Do you care of data? Or you want to show few data in some databases? Finally Estimation EnjoySharePoint.com
- 10. Form Design Options Out of box list or document library InfoPath forms HTML, JavaScript & jQuery .aspx forms with C# if more complex FORM7, Bootstrap, AngularJS KWizCom Forms & Infowise Ultimate forms etc. EnjoySharePoint.com
- 11. Different Options forDevelopment & Reporting SharePoint designer for workflow Reporting: Client technologies like JavaScript Object model or jQuery Object model or RestAPI Can you Visual Studio Solution depends on permissions. EnjoySharePoint.com
- 12. Tools • Should weuse tool, Answer is Simple : YES • Lots of Tools available: Quest, surfray , Avepoint, BinaryTree etc. • Tools will be helpful in migrating Rich text, attachments, preserved created by, modified by, Workflow history etc EnjoySharePoint.com
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Editor's Notes
- #7 Lotus Notes: name of the Client application installed on user desktop. Needed to access the Lotus Notes mailboxes and applications Lotus Domino: name of the Server. Hosts and runs Lotus Notes applications and messaging components