As we know, IBM Lotus Notes is a most popular email client including components as e-mailing, scheduling, calendaring, and address book etc. Nowadays, users might face various issues while using lotus Notes emails to overcome this situation user need to migrate Lotus Notes to Office 365. In the following section, we will discuss various issues, why the users should transfer from Lotus Notes mail to Office 365 and the methods by using manual & automated approach. Further, we will discuss how to migrate Lotus Notes to Office 365. Read More
When users are working with IBM Notes that contains all the mailbox data like emails, contacts, calendar entries, Notes, journals, etc. However, there are some users who want to move/ switch from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Office 365 for various purposes. Most of users are getting attracted to numerous attractive & unique features in MS Office 365.
In Office 365, users can easily transfer their files to the cloud, but in case of NSF file, it is not possible. In this article, we suggest to explore the solution of the problems in an efficient manner. In the following section, we will discuss more about the automated method and give the solution for "How to migrate Lotus Notes to Office 365". Let us discuss in detail about the problems faced by the IBM Notes users.
Most of users are facing multiple issues which have forced the users to switch from Lotus Notes to Office 365. In this section we will discuss how to export data from Lotus Notes to O365.
Apart from this, there are other reasons as well that compels an Organization to switch from Lotus Notes NSF to Office 365.
In the below section we will discuss that this migration can be performed with manual as well Automatic method.
After noticing various shortcomings of IBM Notes, many users search for a reliable solution i.e. Office 365 that can be used to upload/ save NSF to Office 365. The need of IMAP connector in IBM Notes is to export IBM Notes to O365. There is one manual approach for this transfer which is, using IMAP. The following steps are mentioned below:
Limitation of Manual Method
The NSF to Office 365 migration with the help of IMAP connector that bears the following limitation as:
- If the Notes email client is behind proxy and firewall, it will not directly connect to the internet.
- If the Lotus Notes email is in disabled state, it does not allow IMAP connection.
- The IMAP connector can switch email messages of maximum 1GB size.
- Apply multiple filters that are bit complex.
Therefore, it is better to find out any other error-free and easy method to migrate Lotus Notes mail to Office 365. However, to avoid these above-mentioned restrictions, when users are switching to MS Office 365 from Lotus Notes email, it is suggested that users make use of any other method or specialized tool.
Now let us see how we can upload Lotus Notes to MS office 365 using a trusted third-party tool named "Lotus Notes to Office 365 Migrator":
This Process is really helps to move from IBM Lotus Notes NSF to Office 365. Following steps are:
Step 1: Launch the Software
Step 2: Select Export Option as "Office 365"
Step 3: Enter the Credentials
Step 4: Click "Export" button
Step 5: Progress Report Generation
Step 6: Successful Migration
Does this tool help to migrate data into multiple Accounts of Office 365?
Can I transfer one or more NSF files at a time?
Is server installation required?
In this blog, we have tried to cover the issues associated with viewing a file on Lotus Notes. Various users’ queries have been arises and in order to resolve the queries, an efficient approach has been suggested to import NSF to Office 365. It is suggested that users have to use automated solution to overcome the shortcomings of the manual approach to switch from Lotus Notes to Office 365.