Migrating from lotus notes to SharePoint 2010

Question

We have a client using Lotus Notes (the full suite) and now they want to migrate to SharePoint 2010.  What are the possible ways of doing this?

Answer 1

Hi,

 

There is no OOB way for your need.

Here are some useful sources about your need:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sharepoint2010setup/thread/98a5e94e-b306-4f8b-aa7a-bb8c0e67871f

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sharepoint2010general/thread/63850415-9a1d-4e8a-891c-18c36aa3c594

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sharepointgeneral/thread/b52208f5-8c75-47a3-b75a-e5b01e3073a1

 

Hope it is helpful!

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Answer 2

I have a Lotus Notes environment which I want to migrate to SharePoint 2010.  I understand that the place to start with is with the Application Analysis Envisioning Process, my main concern is that is this process still valid for SharePoint 2010?  In addition to this I understand you have to use the MS Transporter Tool 

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=C6066E89-7690-44A4-86D6-AB1D60808022&displaylang=en

To migrate the data.  Will this work on SharePoint 2010?  If this is valid can this tool still be used on Custom Lotus Notes Applications meaning to applications to be migrated to SharePoint 2010 fall in Quadrant 3 and Quadrant 4 as per the Application Analysis Envisioning Process?  

 

Whats more I just discovered that the tool MS Transporter Tool does not even install on a Windows Server 2008 environment on which SharePoint 2010 is running.

Answer 3

Things are way different in 2010.  I wouldn't expect a 2007-based tool and process to work for migrating to 2010.  I have no experience with it, though, but I just wanted you to know there are a lot of different requirements for 2010 environments that would not have affected a 2007 migration document, such as what you found with W2K8.  SP2010 can only be installed on W2K8 SP2 or W2K8R2, and it must all be 64-bit.

John, I'm merging this thread with your previous thread that had the exact same name.  Was there a reason you didn't return to that thread?

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Answer 4

Hi Clayton,

 

Does this mean that the Tools MS Transporter Tool is not longer valid for a SharePoint 2010 environment?  Also does this mean that the Application Analysis Envisioning Process is no longer valid?

The reason why I put two threads is because the questions were a bit different (or so I thought), but its ok if ts merged.

 

Answer 5

I don't know for sure.  I've never touched Lotus Notes, so I don't have any experience here.  I was only warning you about the major differences in 2007 and 2010.  The mere fact that the Transporter Tool can't install on W2K8 tells me logically that it was not built for migrating to SP2010.  I cannot say that definitely or with any past experience, but it is something you should probably track down first.

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Answer 6

We are working on the same kind of project. We are using Quest 6.0 as a third party tool to migrate Lotus Notes applications to SharePoint 2010. Quest Migration can be configured at Site Collection settings

You can prefer following link as a startup guide for LN to SharePoint 2010 migration:

http://notes2sharepoint.org/

Answer 7

Hi John,

Did you find your solution? What approach did you use to migrate LN to SharePoint 2010? Kindly share your experience.

Thanks

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Thanks, Kashif

Answer 8

Hi Kashif,

You can migrate the data from Lotus notes application to SharePoint using third party tools.

We are working on the same kind of project. We are using Quest Notes Migrator for SharePoint(Quest NMSP) 6.0.1 to migrate data from Lotus Notes applications to SharePoint 2010.

Quest NMSP is an excellent tool. You can download trial version from

http://www.quest.com/notes-migrator-for-sharepoint/

Steve Walch is the product manager for this tool. You can refer his blog as a startup guide for Lotus Notes to SharePoint migration:

http://notes2sharepoint.org/