With the advancement of technology, the ways of managing data has changed and so are the needs. Migration from Lotus Note to Outlook and vice-versa is quite common these days. Users keep on migrating for better communication medium among employees. Lotus Notes and MS Outlook, both are widely used email client in almost every organization. Each of them has their own advantages and disadvantages. Many organizations prefer to switch to Outlook from Lotus Notes. Few of the basic reasons, which are compelling people to switch, are as follows:
High training cost
High cost of the software
High maintenance cost
Users unfamiliar with Lotus Notes
The process of switching from one email client to another is a tedious task and hence a proper planning is required before switching. There are several aspects, which have to be kept in mind before switching. If you are migrating from Notes to Outlook Exchange Server 5.5 or Exchange 2000, you may also want to migrate the personal contacts of Lotus Notes users along with other mails and required content. Migration Wizard (Migwiz.exe) is the handy solution to migrate mails and other required data from Lotus Notes. It is installed with Outlook Exchange Server 5.5 and Exchange 2000 and is readily available for use. However, it cannot be used to migrate the personal contacts from the Lotus client computer. This is due to the reason that the personal contacts are stored in the client's Personal Name and Address Book file (which is typically named Names.nsf). nsf file is stored locally on the Notes client.
The Personal Name and Address Book file of the Notes client is similar to the Personal Address Book (.pab) files in Microsoft Outlook used to store contacts locally. Yet, you can perform Notes to Outlook conversion by using comma separated values (.csv) files to export and import the Personal Names and Address Book file. Although, using.csv files to migrate contacts is an easy solution, but this method very time consuming. The idea is not feasible especially when you want to migrate dat in short notice of time. Certainly, you need to have a handy solution that can convert Notes to Outlook in shortest possible time. Using third-party migration tool is therefore a suitable way. For successful Notes to Outlook conversion, you can use a third-party product called Kernel for Lotus to Outlook conversion tool.
With practically feasible features, this well-designed software ensures successful Lotus Notes to Outlook conversion in minimal time consumption. Does not matter whether you want to migrate mails or contacts, you can migrate entire data from Notes to Outlook Exchange Server 5.5 or Exchange 2000. Using quick and reliable conversion algorithm, this software simplifies the method of switching from Notes to Outlook. You can convert unlimited.NSF file(s) to.PST file(s) or exchange server. In other case, it also allows you to directly convert Domino user mailboxes to new account in Exchange Server or.PST. Kernel for Lotus to Outlook conversion tool simplifies the way data are migrated from Notes to Outlook Exchange Server 5.5 or Exchange 2000.
