<p>Lotus Notes is one of the complete groupware product that was introduced in the market in early days. Since then it has been in the spotlight due its advanced security features. It has emerged as a strong competitor of Outlook.</p>
<p>However, Outlook is still in the glare of publicity due to its advanced features and simplicity. Figures shows that about 80% of the people prefer to use Outlook. The major contrast between Lotus Notes and Outlook is the way of storing the files. Database files of Lotus Notes are stored in notes Storage Facility, while Outlook uses PST files. The NSF files cannot be opened by Outlook and vice versa. Hence, the requirement of a tool that can perform Notes NSF to PST conversion comes into the picture.</p>
<p>Scenarios Demanding NSF To PST Conversion </p>
<p>Users will migrate from one platform to another if there are some issues with a particular client. The following scenarios compel users to perform NSF to PST conversion: </p>
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<p>When an organization wants to switch from Lotus Notes Domino Server environment to Microsoft Exchange Server Environment as Outlook provides a strong disaster recovery. </p>
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<p>If Lotus Notes Domino Server is infected with virus or spyware.</p>
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<p>NSF files needs to view in Microsoft Exchange environment. </p>
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<p>Outlook provides Built in utilities using which one can recover data.</p>
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<p>Benefits of NSF To PST Conversion</p>
<p>Most of the people prefer to use Outlook over Notes. Some of the benefits of Notes NSF to PST conversion can be listed as: </p>
<p>• Outlook is provided with advanced features and interactive interface. </p>
<p>• Creating backup is quite easy in Outlook as compared to Lotus Notes.</p>
<p>• Outlook is easily available as a part of Microsoft Office Suite and is easy to maintain.</p>
<p>• Outlook emails can be configured with smart phones easily and so it becomes mobile and can be used anytime. </p>
<p>• Outlook is much flexible then Lotus Notes and hence it is easier to learn for the beginners.</p>
<p>• There is least possibility of errors generated by Outlook. </p>
<p>• There are large numbers of third party tools that are compatible with Outlook. Utilities To Perform The Conversion</p>
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<li>Using Notes Connector In order to access Domino Server, IBM had provided an add-in called DAMO (Domino Access to Microsoft Outlook). This add-in is available with Outlook 2002 and 2003. </li>
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<p>NOTE: One can only access the services of Domino Server with this add-in only if there is a connection to the Server.</p>
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<li>Using Third Party Software For converting Notes NSF to PST format, a large number of commercial tools are available in the market. One of the commercial solutions for the conversion is SecuraSoft NSF to PST Converter. It is designed to export NSF files to PST format. The software is equipped with various advanced features including preservation of original folder structure of Lotus Notes files and HTML formatting, conversion of entire NSF files including attachments, option to manage resultant PST files and items to export, email filter et. For the proper functioning of the software both Lotus Notes and Outlook should be installed on the local machine and Lotus Notes should not be connected to Domino Server.</li>
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