What is Migrated

The source extractor in the Migration Wizard can migrate Notes and Domino mail databases, messages in all folders in mail databases, and calendar entries. For each account you select on the Notes server, the Migration Wizard can create a new mailbox on the Microsoft Exchange Server computer.

Note Documents in a Notes mail database are called memos and messages. The terms mean the same thing. The term messages is used in this documentation.

The Migration Wizard supports messages based on the standard templates that are included with Notes and Domino. If you have customized templates with additional properties, the additional properties are not migrated.

For each account selected to be migrated, you can choose to migrate all of the messages stored in the Notes mail database, or only messages within a selected date range.

Messages containing Lotus rich text formatting, such as bold, font size, and color, are converted to Microsoft rich text format (RTF) messages in Microsoft Exchange Server. The conversion is done using the Lotus RTF converter that ships with the Notes client. Not all attributes can be converted correctly. The following table shows which attributes are correctly mapped in migrated messages.

Lotus Rich Text Attribute	Microsoft Rich Text Attribute

Size	Mapped correctly
Color	Mapped correctly
Bold	Mapped correctly
Underline	Mapped correctly
Italic	Mapped correctly
Strikethrough	Mapped correctly
Tables	Mapped correctly in WordMail, not displayed correctly in Outlook
Embedded OLE objects, including graphics	Mapped correctly, can be edited
Font name	Always Times Roman
Double strikethrough	Ignored
Superscript	Ignored
Subscript	Ignored
Shadow	Ignored
Outline	Converted to italic
Emboss	Ignored
Engrave	Ignored
Small caps	Ignored
All caps	Ignored
Drop caps	Ignored
Hidden	Ignored, text is visible
Underline other than single	Ignored
Bitmaps not embedded as OLE objects	Not migrated

You can choose one of the following options for converting Document Links within the messages being migrated:

Select URL to convert Document Links to URL shortcuts within the message. The referenced document remains on the Domino server. When a Microsoft Exchange Server user selects the URL shortcut, the referenced document is displayed in the user’s default browser. The URL option only works for servers that have the Domino Web server configured and running; Document Links on Notes servers are handled as if you selected the RTF option.
Select OLE to convert Document Links to OLE attachments within the message. The OLE object contains a pointer to the referenced document that remains on the Notes server. When a Microsoft Exchange Server user selects the OLE attachment, the referenced document is displayed in the user’s Notes client.
Select RTF to convert Document Links to rich text format message attachments. The referenced document is converted to RTF format and stored on the Microsoft Exchange Server computer. When a Microsoft Exchange Server user selects the RTF attachment, the converted document is displayed in the user's default application configured for .rtf files.

You can choose to convert calendar entries on the Notes server to appointments on the Microsoft Exchange Server computer. When you choose to migrate calendar entries, all calendar entries for the selected accounts are migrated; you cannot specify a date range.

Because the source extractor cannot obtain access to users' private keys, encrypted messages cannot be migrated.

User folders that do not contain messages are not migrated.