Plan migration from NSF to PST

GroupWare and Exchange are two different platforms and thus are their terminologies. For example while working on Lotus Notes, it saves all organization data in different databases and each of which is termed database or record. MS Exchange saves all data in folders; each record in folder is termed as a message or an item. Every folder is a unique part of Exchange public folder database. This is why; migrating from NSF to PST needs to have careful planning and understanding of application that you are migrating to. It is important to consider the role of business and complexities of both the application before you switch from NSF to PST.

Also before you plan for migration, it becomes imperative for an administrator to ensure whether you require to have interoperability or co-existence while migrating from Lotus Notes to Outlook or not. Although, the information regarding migration might vary from every Notes application and the process is discussed below:
Collect and Organize information on Notes application- In order to do so, you can use MS Exchange Application Analyzer and produce a list of Notes application on the computer systems within organization so that you can collect raw data from there.

Examine data so collected and plan migration- Check the data you have collected and generate required reports to support you while you plan for migration from NSF to PST
Convert Notes to Outlook- Use Application Converter Assistant for offering basic design conversion to MS Outlook.

Migration from NSF to PST- Use Exchange Application Connector for migrating your data in Lotus Notes to Outlook as it can perform NSF to PST
Manual migration from NSF to PST may just compel you to land up in a situation of disgust therefore; migrate from NSF to PST using a third party NSF to PST conversion tool.

Comments are closed.