If you're reading this book, you're probably already familiar with Lotus Notes and the Domino server. You know about the powerful productivity features offered by this product and you know how much your company relies on it to communicate, collaborate, and manage its collective store of corporate knowledge. This book is intended to show you the new features of Lotus Notes and Domino 8. This book also includes many of the new and very powerful features in the Domino 8.5 release. These outstanding products keep evolving with each release. This exciting new release will help your end users with new features; but it will also help the administrator with new management features. This book has been written by Notes/Domino "insiders". Collectively, we possess decades of Notes/Domino experience; we've been with the product since Notes 1.0, and since then have worked directly with customers to help them with their Notes/Domino upgrade and deployment issues.
In Chapter 1, Overview of New Lotus Notes 8.5 Client Features, we will help you understand the new features in Notes client user interface and Domino 8.
In Chapter 2,Lotus Notes 8.5 and SOA, we introduce the concept of a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and how Lotus Notes 8 fits into one. You will get a high-level understanding of SOA, what it is, its value, and its characteristics. You will also learn how Lotus Notes 8 and 8.5 has many of the characteristics of SOA components, and how it can help you assemble applications that can play a role in an SOA.
Chapter 3, Productivity Tools, provides an overview of three productivity tools: IBM Lotus Documents, IBM Lotus Presentations, and IBM Lotus Spreadsheets. You will learn how these tools are integrated with Notes 8, and how they are controlled by Domino policy documents.
Chapter 4, Lotus Domino 8.5 Server Features, takes a look at the major new and enhanced feature areas in Domino 8.5. This includes end user and messaging enhancements, administrator enhancements, performance enhancements, directory and security enhancements, and better integration with other IBM technologies.
In Chapter 5, Deployment Enhancements in Notes/Domino 8.5, we examine important Notes/Domino 8 and 8.5 features that can make rolling out your new deployment significantly easier. We discuss client provisioning, including Eclipse-based client and server provisioning functionality. We also look at policy enhancements and the new database redirect feature.
Chapter 6, Upgrading to Notes and Domino 8.5, is divided into two main sections. The first takes a look at the Notes/Domino upgrade process in general, discussing concepts and steps that should be considered whenever you upgrade to any major release of Notes/Domino. The second section covers upgrade issues that are specific to Notes/Domino 8.5.
In Chapter 7, Coexistence between Notes/Domino Releases, we examine coexistence issues involved with running Notes/Domino 8 in a mixed environment with one or more previous releases. We begin with a look at Notes client coexistence considerations, explain how to install two different versions of Notes on a workstation, and discuss potential issues with calendaring and scheduling in a multi-release environment. The chapter concludes with a discussion of Domino 8.5 server coexistence, including features such as Domino Directory, ODS, Domino Web Access, DDM, and ID files.
In Chapter 8, What's New in Notes/Domino 8.5 Development, we review some of the major new features and enhancements that affect Notes/Domino 8 application development. These include enhancements related to composite applications, Domino Designer 8, formula language and LotusScript, Lotus Component Designer, Web 2.0, and Lotus Expediter.
Chapter 9,Integration with Other Lotus/IBM Products, discusses add-on products for a typical Notes/Domino infrastructure. The specific products covered in this chapter are the most common that you might encounter, including Lotus QuickPlace/Quickr, Lotus Sametime, and Lotus Connections.
Chapter 10, Domino 8.5 Enhancements, provides an extensive list of new Domino 8.5 features - including the new DAOS attachment management feature.
The Appendix covers vendor offerings that will help you extend your Lotus Notes/Domino 8 environment. The tools covered are PistolStar's Password Power 8, IntelliPRINT Reporting, IONET Incremental Archiver, and CMT Inspector.