Learning about Lotus Notes to Outlook Migration

By Pamella Broom

Primarily, before your plan to commence the messaging platform migration from Notes to Outlook, the first and foremost thing you need to ensure is the installation of Lotus Notes and MS Outlook email applications on the system wherein you are planning to perform the migration.

Learn about Setting up Lotus Notes on Your System
1. First of all, you need to go to IBM website to download the free trial version of IBM Lotus Notes email application
2. Go to Start > Programs > Lotus Applications > Lotus Notes
3. On running Lotus Notes application for the very first time, you will see the Lotus Notes Client Configuration Wizard
4. Follow the successive screen instructions and provide the required information to configure Lotus Notes application on your system

Learn about Configuring MS Outlook with POP3 Account: In nearly all systems that operate in Microsoft Windows environment, Microsoft Outlook email application comes bundled with it. To activate Outlook and configure it with POP3 account, you need to follow the following simple steps:
1. First of all, install MS Office on your system
2. Locate Outlook program by going to the Start menu and then finding the Outlook icon in the pop-up menu. You might even have the Outlook icon on your desktop. Click the Outlook icon present in any of these locations
3. Configure Microsoft Outlook with POP3 account settings

Learn about Locating NSF Files: By default Lotus Notes NSF files get saved in the location - C:Program Fileslotusnotesdata

Learn about Installing & Using SysTools Export Notes to Convert NSF:
1. First of all you need to get SysTools Export Notes software to perform Lotus Notes to Outlook migration. Go to Export Notes website (www.exportnotes.com)
2. Download the FREE Demo Version of SysTools Export Notes tool
3. Run Export Notes software on your system
4. Browse the NSF file that you wish to convert to Outlook PST
5. Click ‘Start Scan’ to initiate the NSF database scanning process
6. You can preview Lotus Notes items
7. Choose a location where you want to save the converted PST file
8. Click ‘Export to Outlook’ to start the NSF to PST migration process
9. Navigate the saving location selected during the migration process to open PST file (holding email data of the NSF file that you selected)
10. For converting all emails and all other Notes mailbox items from NSF to Outlook, purchase the Full Licensed Version of SysTools Export Notes software.

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About The Author
SysTools is a software company dealing into the development of products in various domains like data recovery, email conversion and other such arenas. The company has launched many useful tools, one of which is SysTools Export Notes software, which is a Lotus Notes to Outlook email conversion tool used to Convert NSF files to PST files with great proficiency and competency.