Domino Migration Utility - where did you go?
Tags :Domino 9 migration Exchange
IBM announced and demonstrated the Domino Migration Utility back at IBM Connect 2013. This tool was designed to move Microsoft Exchange users into IBM Domino. Apparently it was rebranded and not made available free to the public. It is a paid service only.
Today someone asked about the Domino Migration Utility in a Skype chat looking for updated information on it or how to download/install it. After some digging online I found that back in June 2013 IBM stated in the Notes and Domino Forum the following:
The development work is taking longer than planned. We are beta testing in conjunction with paid consulting engagements, and iterating on some code, but it will be later in the year before we can consider a release. Thanks for checking in.
Someone asks the same question again on the same thread in July 2014 to no response. I found a few other random threads with the same result. That is where it things changed.
Apparently the Domino Migration Utility was rebranded to the IBM Domino Onboarding Manager and used to move users to the cloud service. It runs as a Java Application on Windows only (expected) and can move users/groups from Active Directory to Domino. It will grab email, calendars and contacts from Exchange and move those over as well.
This Domino Migration Utility was to replace the older tools that were built in when installing the client as optional components. It was to provide greater function and ease of migration including date ranges and multiple thread capability for moving more than a single user at once..
There are some limitations around mail rules, shared calendars, Tasks and Exchange Public Folders which I expect. O tools really move everything from one mail system to another. Fidelity is hard enough without adding in specific features.
Unfortunately, this does not help those companies trying to migrate internally. Here is where the tool sits right now for those looking for it. Does anyone need an want this utility for your organization? Maybe enough responses can get IBM to look at opening this tool up to everyone.
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On Monday, October 27th, 2014 by Chris Miller
