Staff: IBM Tech Support says if you’re waiting for IBM to help you figure out the Connector for Lotus Notes to achieve messaging and calendaring interoperability between Lotus Domino R5/R6 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 with Windows Server 2003 Active Directory, you’re going to have a very long wait.
Lotus didn’t build it and Lotus doesn’t sell it, so Lotus isn’t supporting it… beyond making sure messages make it to the exchange.box.
Instead, you’ll need to call the guys responsible for the email and calendar synchronizer: Microsoft. And make sure you’re running the latest version: Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Connector for Lotus Notes.
Microsoft claims the latest version mangles less mail, handles Unicode better and is more reliable. Supports iNotes and Domino Web Access clients, too.
But don’t even try it, unless you’re running Exchange Server 2003 SP2 and Lotus Notes Client 6.x.
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June 14th, 2006 at 6:56 pm
Gregory Engels
That right folks, you can only give support on the tools you have build. But fortunatly there is more ways to connect Exchange and Domino as only the connector from Microsoft.
Watch out for the new Redbook on Migration from Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003 to Domino 7 which we arewriting right now (should be on the web in the middle of august). In the meantime you are welcome to comment on my blog http://inotes.de
June 15th, 2006 at 8:14 am
BJ Gillette
@Gregory.
Check your German-English dictionary for “sarcasm” and “shameless self promotion.”
One term describes the article, the other covers your post.
Guess which is which?
June 21st, 2006 at 2:10 pm
David DeWell
Seems like this post is pretty pointless since this position has been IBM’s position on the connector since July of 2001. Try getting some new news.
June 21st, 2006 at 3:23 pm
BJ
@David.
re: “… the latest version: Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Connector for Lotus Notes … mangles less mail, handles Unicode better and is more reliable.”
Sorry. Didn’t happen in 2001. IBM updated its info on the connector at the same time Microsoft intro’d its new rev… right before my post.
I gave my readers a heads-up covering some otherwise dull news in a tongue-in-cheek way. This apparently blinded you and Gregory to the fact that there was indeed news in the post.
Admittedly, it was a little tricky… half MS/half IBM… but it was *all* news.