VisiMigrate - Lotus Notes to SharePoint (MOSS) Migration

Visionet’s VisiMigrate tool provides automated content migration from Lotus Notes to the
Microsoft SharePoint platform. VisiMigrate offers out-of-the-box functionality to transform
content from common Lotus Notes databases such as document repositories, discussions, and
tasks to SharePoint Lists, Document Libraries, and more.
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Lotus Notes to SharePoint (MOSS) Migration
VisiMigrate
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Lotus Notes and MOSS are registered trade marks
of IBM and Microsoft Corporation.
Just Sit Back and Relax!
Let VisiMigrate do the work
Along with the Enterprise version, Visionet
offers a lite version of the VisiMigrate toolset
- VisiMigrate Lite – that provides a thin
client based solution for Standard Lotus
Notes content over-the-web.
VisiMigrate Lite
It provides simplified work management
features where the users can select the
content to be migrated and VisiMigrate does
the rest. Users can even filter for documents
and data to be migrated in the process.
Automated
Content
Migration
VisiMigrate Overview
Visionet’s VisiMigrate tool provides
automated content migration from Lotus
Notes to the Microsoft SharePoint
platform. VisiMigrate offers out-of-the-
box functionality to transform content
from common Lotus Notes databases
such as document repositories,
discussions, and tasks to SharePoint Lists,
Document Libraries, and more.
Along with the Enterprise version,
Visionet offers a lite version of the
VisiMigrate toolset - VisiMigrate Lite –
that provides a thin client based solution
for Standard Lotus Notes content over-
the-web. It provides simplified work
management features where the users
can select the content to be migrated
and VisiMigrate does the rest. Users can
even filter for documents and data to be
migrated in the process.
VisiMigrate Lite
VisiMigrate Lite is an integrated web-
based solution that offers end-to-end
migration processing with minimum
administrative effort. VisiMigrate Lite
provides over-the-web content
transformation and migration facilities in
a cost effective and efficient fashion.
VisiMigrate can connect to a user’s local
Lotus Notes environment to analyze
content and offers pre-configured
SharePoint site and content templates to
migrate content to SharePoint.
VisiMigrate allows the user to select and
filter available Lotus Notes databases for
migration. These selected databases are
analyzed and automatically mapped to
appropriate SharePoint sites. VisiMigrate
automatically creates the target
SharePoint site, if one does not exist, or
allows the user to select an existing
SharePoint target site. The target
SharePoint site is extended to
accommodate the Lotus Notes
document characteristics that do not
normally exist in the SharePoint
environment. Selected documents and
items are extracted from Lotus Notes
and are transformed into the SharePoint
data formats which are then loaded into
the SharePoint site.
Work Management Features
VisiMigrate Lite provides simplified
work management features where users
only have to select the content to be
migrated. During the process, users can
even filter for documents and data to be
migrated while VisiMigrate does the rest.
Supported Platforms
VisiMigrate Lite supports the following
Lotus Notes platforms:
VisiMigrate Lite supports all standard
Lotus Notes Content Types and provides
automated mapping to compatible
SharePoint content types. A brief list of
content types is given below:
VisiMigrate Enterprise
VisiMigrate Enterprise extends the basic
Lotus Notes to SharePoint content
migration functions offered by
VisiMigrate Lite to include features that
require granular control over the data
and documents migration process.
VisiMigrate Enterprise contains a suite of
tools that can be used by IT
professionals individually to accomplish
an atomic task such as extracting user
security information from the Lotus
Notes platform, or strung together using
a script to automate the steps required
for migration.
In the case that a migration job fails,
VisiMigrate can perform automated
error recovery and resume the data
transfer to seamlessly complete the
migration process.
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Front-end Web server
Single Web application hosting
one or more site collections
Department Home
(top-level Web site)
Project A (subsite)
Project B (subsite)
Document Library
Additional site collections,
as required
Site Collection
Lotus Notes/Domino.doc
Lotus QuickPlace/Quickr
Standard Notes Templates
Document Libraries
Discussions
Task Lists
Memo
Data Types
Text, Rich Text, etc.
Lotus Notes Content Selection
Allows the user to migrate all Lotus
Notes database contents or to filter
for documents/data selection
SharePoint site templates selection
Users can override the
automatically selected
SharePoint template for selected
Lotus Notes database
Job Monitoring
Automatic restart and recovery
Web-based progress and error
reporting
Architecture
VisiMigrate Enterprise tools/components
are completely installed in the
customer’s environment using
automated setup. These tools can then
be utilized by the IT professionals to
define and run content migration jobs in
their environment.
VisiMigrate Enterprise features
In addition to Lotus Notes
documents and data, the
enterprise edition also supports
content migration from
standard Windows based file
servers and
Such Lotus Notes applications range
from small departmental applications
that interface with Enterprise transaction
systems to organization wide utility
applications. Most of these applications
are built using the initial version of
Lotus Notes and employ legacy
technology that is not Internet enabled
and often do not make use of the
workflow concept.
With the advent of Windows SharePoint
Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office
SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007),
the SharePoint Designer tool and the
.Net based extensible architecture of
SharePoint lends itself to developing
user friendly, web-based and workflow
enabled applications that can take
advantage of the Microsoft toolsets to
integrate these applications with the
Enterprise transaction systems.
Support Platforms
Lotus Notes/Domino.doc
Lotus QuickPlace/Quickr
Windows File System
network shares. Migration of
security information from
theses document shares is also
supported.
Customized Notes Templates
One of the vexing issues with migrating
Lotus Notes content to the SharePoint
environment is the existence of
customized Lotus Notes databases that
either do not use standard Lotus Notes
database templates or considerably
extend their functionality.
Supported Content Types
Standard Notes Templates
Document Libraries
Discussions
Task Lists
Memo
MOSS Lotus Notes
VisiMigrate
Customer Mappings
Source/Target Selection
Structure Elements
Filtered Data
Connection Component
SP
Connection
Component
Notes
Connection
Component
SP Site Client MOSS
Notes DB
Notes Client
Client File Server
Notes Server
SharePoint Component
Site Creation Data Upload
Security
Settings
List/Doc Lib
Ad
Client Ad
Migration Options
Notes Component
Content
Selection
ACLs
Data
Extraction
Structure
Elements
Structure
Elements
Filtered
Data
User
Profiles
Filtered
Data
ACLs
Visi Mapper
Job Scheduler
SP Site Collection
Visionet Systems Inc.
East Coast Office:
3 Cedarbrook Drive
Cranbury, NJ 08512
Phone: 609-452-0700 - Ext: 1116
Fax: 609-655-5232
www.visionetsystems.com
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VisiMigrate provides extensive data
selection and migration features that
allow the users to create and extend
SharePoint Lists that will house the
transactional data migrated from Lotus
Notes and also allows the users to select
from available SharePoint form
templates so that the user interface
components also get migrated to the
SharePoint platform.
Some custom applications require
customized business logic and rich GUI
controls to properly offer a usable
screen interface to the users. Visionet
provides cost effective SharePoint forms
customization services to accommodate
migration of such complex Lotus Notes
applications. Visionet has successfully
utilized HTML 2.0 features such as AJAX
to offer contemporary user interfaces for
legacy Lotus Notes applications that use
the full power of native SharePoint
applications and contain legacy
business logic resulting in easier and
cost effective platform migration.
Advanced Work Management
Features
Role Based Access
Allows role definition of system
administrators and program operators
where systems administrators have the
capability to define migration scripts,
create form templates and control data
mappings between the Lotus Notes and
SharePoint platforms, and the operators
can only execute migration jobs.
Batch and On-Demand Modes
VisiMigrate allows the system
administrator to define batch jobs that
can be run multiple times based on a
schedule. Job specifications allow the
administrators to configure data
mappings to be used for content
migration.
VisiMigrate also allows testing and on-
demand execution of migration jobs.