Release Notes

Notes Migrator for SharePoint allows organizations to safely and effectively migrate Lotus Notes, Domino, QuickPlace or Domino.Doc data to Microsoft SharePoint.

Please review the release closely. We are still adding features so please send your suggestions, comments, and bug reports to

We suggest that you check the KnowledgeBase at http://support.quest.com for additional samples, Tech Notes and answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

Notes Terminology

Notes Migrator for SharePoint supports Notes, QuickPlace, Domino.Doc. This documentation applies to all three versions and indicates those portions that are specific to one product or another. Since Quickplace and Domino.Doc use Notes databases for data storage, this document often uses the terms "Notes" and "Notes databases" generically to cover all three data sources.

Distribution

Notes Migrator for SharePoint is distributed as MSI installation programs (NotesMigratorForSharePoint-4-x.msi for the Bulk Migration client, NotesMigratorForSharePoint-Services-32bit-4-x.msi for the optional services components and NotesMigratorForSharePoint-Desktop-4-x.ms for the Ad Hoc Migration client). For installation instructions, see NotesMigratorForSharePoint.chm.

New in This Release

This release of Notes Migrator for SharePoint includes a new mode of migrating documents, known as Ad Hoc Migration. In contrast to the bulk application content migration provided by the NMSP Designer, the NMSP Desktop client enables ad hoc, self-service transfer of Notes documents to SharePoint directly from the user’s desktop. Now end-users can select the Notes documents they want to push to SharePoint and drag them to Windows toolbar icons, which represent predefined sets of rules for converting data and writing them to specific SharePoint targets. Similarly, Notes developers can use NMSP’s LotusScript APIs to plug this functionality right into existing Notes client applications, giving them complete control of the end user experience and any associated business rules.

The new NMSP Jobs Gallery is a specialized document library on your SharePoint site that allows you to upload complete migration job definitions for use by NMSP Desktop users. Unlike the Notes Migrator for SharePoint Designer, which is typically used by IT personal and other power users to design migration jobs and migrate entire Notes applications, NMSP Desktop is typically integrated into Notes applications for use by many users using shared Job Definitions.

For more information, please see the Notes Migrator for SharePoint Desktop chapter of the NotesMigratorForSharePoint.chm document included with this release.

The Notes Migrator for SharePoint User Guide is now delivered as a CHM file (Compiled HTML). The CHM file gives you features such as Table of Contents, indices to different topics, and search capability.

Resolved Issues and Enhancements

The following is a list of issues addressed and enhancements implemented in this release of Quest® Notes Migrator for SharePoint.

Known Issues

The following is a list of issues known to exist at the time of Notes Migrator for SharePoint release.

Feature	Known Issue	Change Request
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	Notes Rich Text -> HTML Conversion - In the case where you are converting a Notes document that is stored in a Lotus' native rich text (CD) format to HTML for storing in SharePoint, there are currently some limitations in the quality of the HTML that is generated. In particular: · Images work, but image borders and ALT text do not · Tables work, but some table styles do not. · Font mapping is at a 90% level of quality · The following features are not yet supported at all: o Hide-when formulas o Computed text o Sections o Embedded views o Css Styles o Tabbed tables
	Extracting Embedded OLE Objects - Quest has tested this feature with many different OLE server applications, including all Office applications, and has tried to engineer the best possible conversion behavior for the most popular object types. If you migrate object types that were not specifically handled by Quest development, a default conversion behavior will be applied and the migrated files will have the .obj extension. If you have a case that you feel could be handled better, please send a small sample Notes database with your embedded objects to support@quest.com.
	User can still transfer documents using NMSP Desktop after the Quest Transfer feature has been deactivated in the SharePoint site collection.	CR54546
Domino.doc Limitations	While Cabinet level access control rules and Document level access control rules are migrated properly to the equivalent security constructs in SharePoint, Binder level security is currently ignored.
QuickPlace Limitations	“Word Art” images embedded in pages are not migrated properly.	Req2687
Installation	The installation program prompts the user for the Notes program and data directories using values derived from registry settings on the local machine. Because the registry settings on the local machine may not be set correctly, please double check them and correct them manually if needed. Also, there is no directory browser available to assist the user in locating these directories.
	All data are conducted in the time zone of the local machine. All Notes date/time values in Notes documents will be correctly converted to "local" time and saved as such in SharePoint, but the time zones used in the original Notes documents are lost. (A workaround for this would be to use @formulas to retrieve time zone information separately.
	When installing Notes Migrator for SharePoint Services, if you click on ‘License Info’ in the About Box, the Registration.config file may get created in such a way that the Application Pool Identity for the Import Service (e.g. ‘NETWORK SERVICE’) will not be able to write to that file. If the Application Pool Identity is not able to write to the Registration.config file, you will receive 'Unauthorized access' errors while migrating documents. To avoid this, add the Application Pool Identity to the list of users who are given permission to write to that file. If you do not click on ‘License Info’ in the About Box, the Registration.config file will be created during the first migration and the permissions should be set correctly.	CR54151

Upgrade and Compatibility

For upgrading Notes Migrator for SharePoint 4.1 to version 4.5, uninstall your current version of Notes Migrator for SharePoint. Then follow the installation instructions in the NotesMigratorForSharePoint.chm document included with this release. Use the NMSP Install Checklist.doc document as your installation guide.

System Requirements

Before installing Notes Migrator for SharePoint, ensure your system meets the following minimum hardware and software requirements:

Global Operations

Getting Started

Contents of the Release Package

The Notes Migrator for SharePoint release package contains the following products:

Installation Instructions

Security Access Requirements

Notes Migrator for SharePoint requires access to various Notes/Domino program and data files. Make sure that the Windows login account you are using has Full Control rights to access the Notes/Domino Program and Data directories. In addition, your account will need access to SharePoint as well as rights to access certain Windows registry keys (under the HKLM\Software\Quest Software key).

Notes/Domino Configuration

While the local copy of Lotus Notes or Domino does not need to be running to use Notes Migrator for SharePoint, it does need to be properly configured. If this is a new Notes/Domino installation, you will need to run it one time to complete the setup process and make sure that it is properly configured within your organization's Domino domain. This automated process includes assigning a Notes ID file, setting up a local address book, and creating connections to other Domino servers.

If later you find that Notes Migrator for SharePoint cannot connect to a particular Domino server or database, you may want to run the Notes client again to verify that it can connect to the desired destination and, if not, make the needed configurations there.

Refer to NotesMigratorForSharePoint.chm for complete installation instructions:

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CR53185	"Value does not fall within the expected range" error migrating calendar to French version of SharePoint
CR53135	Import Service has problems with SharePoint list names containing accented characters
CR43190	Error when using a Notes field other than "WindowsName" in User Mapping Notes database
CR53049	"Failed to allocate a managed memory buffer" exception when migrating documents with large amounts of data
CR50623	Various "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" exceptions when SharePoint returns a null site collection in its enumeration of site collections in a web application
CR53045	"Delete current SharePoint List items" doesn't delete the SQL records for items in folders
CR53114	The Notes/Domino Data Files Folder field in the setup is too short
CR51067	ACL entries not specifically marked as Person or Group should be attempted to map as both User and Group before failing
CR52872	Duplicate document handling options don't work unless NMSP provisions a new SharePoint field
REQ2590	The tool now detects when Source Definitions, Target Definitions, or Job Definitions have been modified in the user interface and will prompt the user to save them.
REQ2595	The Test User Mapping now shows the complete chain of events: 1. Input Notes Name 2. Input Translation method used 3. Result of Input Translation 4. Lookup method used 5. Result of the lookup 6. Result of validating the above name as a Windows account The Test User/Group Mapping is now available from the Import Service configuration page
REQ2601	Logging improvements - Logging summary statistics at end of a job and counting warnings
REQ2599	Designer UI improvements: Added the ability to go to the database/SharePoint list in Select Database and Select List dialogs. Launch Help File from Console Improve log viewer. When opening an error log file that contains a summary element, the dialog now shows two tabs: a "friendly" summary view showing one line per document, and a detailed view. Modify "Select SharePoint List" dialog Add icons for web applications, sites/subsites, lists. When expanding a tree node for a SharePoint site, display a "Site Content" node (for the parent of the lists in the site) and a node for each subsite. If the tree node for a site has a parent, display the site "Title" (instead of a relative URL). (In the remote load case, we want to display an URL for the top-level site to display an URL, but the Title for subsites). When expanding a node that contains items you are not authorized to access, just filter them out; don't show an exception dialog. For the direct load case, when expanding a web application node, don't add a node for each site collection. Instead, add a node for the root web of each site collection. For the remote load case, don't assume that the URL is a site collection URL; treat it as a site URL instead. Change the default selection for the "Show Lists of Type" selector to be "<All>".
REQ2704	Match Default Data Definitions for R7, R8 Templates
REQ2857	Services should be configured per-Site Collection (not per-Web Application)
REQ2896	Validate support for Windows 2008

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