Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino replaces several older tools. These tools have been rewritten and integrated into a suite that provides a common methodology for implementing integration and migrations from Lotus Domino to Microsoft technologies.

The Transporter Management Console implements the same Microsoft Management Console (MMC) plug-in technology that is used for managing servers that run Microsoft software. This allows administrators to use a familiar interface when configuring and managing integration and migration.

Additionally, Transporter includes a management shell based on Microsoft Windows PowerShell, which is a scripting language that improves productivity by allowing process automation. Windows PowerShell is being implemented by Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, System Center Operations Manager 2007, System Center Data Protection Manager V2, and System Center Virtual Machine Manager.

Integration between Lotus Domino servers, Active Directory directory service, and Exchange 2007 is available via:

• Directory Connector synchronizes user, group, and Lotus Domino mail-in database information between Domino Directories and Active Directory. This simplifies mail addressing for both Microsoft Office Outlook and Lotus Notes users.
  
  
• Free/Busy Connector performs lookups so that Lotus Notes and Outlook 2007 users can look at each other's Free/Busy schedules when scheduling meetings, regardless of the other user's mail platform.
  
  
• SMTP mail routing implements mail routing between Exchange 2007 and Lotus Domino servers (including calendar invitations), without any additional tools or add-in products. This improves scalability, redundancy, and troubleshooting.
  
  

Migrating information from Lotus Domino to the Microsoft Collaboration platform has been simplified:

• Directory Migrator uses Domino Directory Person document information to create Active Directory accounts.
  
  
• Mailbox Migrator migrates information from Domino mail databases to Exchange 2007 mailboxes and mailbox enables user's Active Directory accounts, if necessary.
  
  
• Application Migrator transfers information, including access control lists (ACLs) from Domino applications to Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Server 2007.
  
  

Other new features include:

• Updated mapping tables with richer content
  
  
• Designed for Exchange 2007 topologies
  
  
• Users can be migrated to Active Directory without creating Exchange 2007 mailboxes
  
  
• iCal support
  
  
• SMTP support
  
  
• Direct calendar migration
  
  
• Option to avoid duplicates when merging mail from Domino to existing Exchange 2007 mailboxes
  
  
• Domino application ACLs migrate to Windows SharePoint Services sites
  
  

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