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How to Migrate Lotus Notes to Office 365 manually

Here comes the manual workaround using IMAP connector to migrate Lotus Notes to Office 365 profile.

Step 1: Create Backup Lotus Notes NSF files
Before initiating the manual procedure, confirm to make backup of entire NSF user’s data items. this is often because there occurs data loss issue by following this manual method.

Before initiating the manual procedure, confirm to make backup of entire NSF user’s data items. this is often because there occurs data loss issue by following this manual method.

Step 2: Create New Mailboxes
Once the backup is made , next is to get new mailboxes for each single user who has an existing account in IBM Notes.

Step 3: Facilitate IMAP TCP/IP Port for All Users
Following are the steps to enable IMAP for all users.

  • Initially , open Domino Administrator in Lotus Notes>>click Configuration tab>>open Server Document
  • To migrate Lotus Notes to Office 365, attend Ports>> Internet Ports>> Mail tab
  • Then, enable the default IMAP TCP/IP Port. For that, you would like to vary “TCP/IP Port Value Status” as “Enabled” under IMAP column
  • Finally, click the Save button, then exit for email migration from Lotus Notes to Office 365 account

Step 4: Synchronize with IMAP Connector

Using IMAP connector, synchronize Lotus Notes mailboxes to Office 365.
Know the disadvantage of Manual Method Before You Implement

  • Entire Lotus Notes database migration isn’t taken place
  • One must move Lotus Notes calendar entries individually to Office 365 account
  • NSF files having 1 GB size isn’t migrated to Office 365
  • Its lengthy and sophisticated steps make it difficult for users having less technical expertise to migrate from Lotus Notes to Office 365

Conclusion:

Often times, users come up with the necessity to migrate Lotus Notes to Office 365. during this blog, we’ve discussed both the manual and automatic solutions for an equivalent . Considering the downsides related to the native workaround, it’s best recommended to avail the feature-rich third-party tool as furnished during this write-up.

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