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Microsoft Transporter Suite - Coexistence of IMAP Messaging

    

This document will provide an overview of Microsoft Transporter Suite which allows for the coexistence of IMAP Messaging environments and Microsoft Exchange 2007. I will focus on coexistence in this article and will separately discuss about migration in a different article. Some companies have requirements for a coexistence solution which will need to last for a couple of months to a year, or even longer. Although it is not recommended to have such a long coexistence period, this requirement typically exists because of the long durations it can take to develop, deploy and migrate existing Notes applications to a separate environment (typically Microsoft Sharepoint).

Microsoft has a tool called Microsoft Transporter Suite to perform coexistence between Notes and Exchange. This tool can perform Directory Syncronization, Free Busy Lookup and basic migration tasks. However, it is not the full solution for an organization that wants to have a complete coexistence solution and have it for a longer period of time. IMAP Servers and Exchange have distinct differences regarding the typical email system and they are not fully resolved by Microsoft Transporter Suite. To resolve this issue, a few companies have partnered with Microsoft to come out with products on coexistence and migration between these environments.

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