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Knowledge Collection: Upgrading to Lotus Notes/Domino 8.0.1

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Abstract

The purpose of this collection is to provide links to a select group of documents and resources that educate readers on the items and issues to take into consideration when upgrading to Lotus Notes/Domino 8.0.1.

Content

Requirements, Supportability, Limitations

Detailed system requirements - Lotus Notes 8.0.1 (#7011237)

Detailed system requirements - Domino 8.0.1 (#7011238)

Detailed system requirements - Domino Web Access 8.0.1 (#7011697)

Upgrade Central: Planning your upgrade to Lotus Notes / Domino 8.0.1 (#1294941)

FAQ: 64-bit version of Domino 8.0.1 (#1296452)

Support Information for RIM's Blackberry Server (BES) for Notes/Domino 8 (#1266138)

Supported configurations for Notes and Domino 8.0.x (#1264690)

FIPS 140-2 in Notes/Domino 8.0.1 (#1292492)

Is the Windows Vista User Account Control (UAC) feature supported with Lotus Notes? (#1269041)

Is Domino Web Access supported on Citrix? (#1211630)

Is there a Macintosh version of Notes 8.x ? (#1265157)

Are Roaming Users supported in Notes 8? (#1282303)

Widgets are not available in Notes 8.0.1 on Linux (#1296282)

Is Ubuntu supported with Lotus Notes client? (#1291864)

Can Notes 8 be installed from a USB device? (#1265230)

Product Documentation

Lotus Notes and Domino 8 Reviewer's Guide

White paper: Installing Domino Servers and Notes Clients

Redbook: Notes/Domino 8 Deployment Guide

Lotus Notes product documentation site

Contains help documentation in traditional .NSF format
Lotus Domino product documentation site

Contains help documentation in traditional .NSF format
Lotus Notes/Domino 8.x Information Center

Contains help documentation in a format that is different from the traditional .NSF based help databases.
Lotus Notes and Domino Release Notes

developerWorks articles on Domino 8 server performance

Key Technotes

What's new in release 8.0.1 of Notes client, Domino server, and Domino Web Access? (#1292420)

Steps for migrating from Notes/Domino 7.x to Notes/Domino 8.x (#1303385)

Performance problems after upgrading from Domino 7.x to 8.0.1 (#1304915)

Menu mappings: Where to find Notes 6/7 menus that have changed in Notes 8.x (#1256781)

Notes/Domino 8.x: Where to find information on a few common errors (#1295086)

F5 key does not lock Notes 8.x client (#1267251)

No lockout screen for Notes 8 client as in Notes 6 and 7 client (#1266026)

Changes to embedded browser in Notes 8 client (#1268588)

Universal toolbar is not visible when upgrading to Notes 8.x (#1297553)

Unexpected Desktop Policy settings pushed to clients after upgrade to Domino 8 (#1299046)

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the 8.x Notes Mail "Inbox Maintenance" Feature (#1268166)

New or Changed Functionality in 8.0.1

Notes Client

Option to right-click document tab and select 'Open in new window' starting in Notes 8.0.1 (#1266319)

Improved drag-and-drop functionality introduced in Notes 8.0.1 (#1292152)

Ability to search on selected text from context menu introduced in Notes 8.0.1 (#1291739)

Searching in docked Open List is available in Notes 8.0.1 (#1291844)

Support for Language Tag selector in Toolbar introduced with Notes 8.0.1 (#1291733)

Notes 8.0.1: How to display an alternate day name (Hijri, Hebrew, or Japanese six day) in the Calendar (#1292391)

User preference with default focus in Notes 8.0.1 client has changed from Notes 8.0 (#1291979)

Instant Spell Check feature can be enabled for Text fields starting in Notes 8.0.1 (#1292146)

How to upgrade folder design when replacing database design (#1291792)

How to move a Recent Contact to a Contact in the address book (#1291542)

Lotus Notes 8.0.1 supports Activities server version 1.0.2 (#1292170)

Ability to enable or disable in-line spell checking on a "per field" basis (#1292755)

Ability to double-click on attachments to open without the 'Open Attachment' dialog box displaying (#1292126)

Only the first 100 names display on alpha-tab of "My Contacts" view in Notes 8.0 (#1286546)

How to display a Secondary Time Zone in Notes 8.0.1 (and above) (#1292396)

'Search IBM Technotes' button in certain Notes 8.0.1 error dialogs (#1290053)

Failover functionality improvements introduced in Notes 8.0.1 (#1294948)

Mail and Calendar

Mail Quota Status indicator introduced in Notes 8.0.1 (#1291598)

Replying to a message defaults to No Attachment(s) in Notes 8.0.1 (#1291603)

Reply, Reply to All and Forward drop-down options have changed in Notes 8.0.1 mail (#1291713)

New warning when deleting a Calendar entry from any Mail file view (#1292578)

Ability to drag messages to Calendar, To Do and Mail bookmarks in Notes (#1291717)

New Calendar Week Footer feature starting in Notes 8.0.1 (#1292703)

ToDo user interface has been updated starting in Notes version 8.0.1 (#1292258)

Messages do not display correctly in IMAP client after upgrade (#1301424)

Mime to CD conversion crash in Domino 8.0.1 on MIMEGetEntityDBObjectName (#1313841)

Domino Web Access

New feature to "Show Images" available in Domino Web Access 8.0.1 (#1292508)

Can DWA contacts be shared without providing Delegation rights? (#1207101)

Is it possible to recall messages in Domino Web Access 8? (#1266406)

What features are available when using DWA Lite? (#1290510)

Is there a way to make DWA Lite Mode the Default Interface for DWA users? (#1290899)

No option to choose a mode for DWA on the redirect page (#1290788)

Widgets

Knowledge Collection: My Widgets (#7011861)

Lotus Notes Traveler

Knowledge Collection: Lotus Notes Traveler (#7011832)

Lotus Symphony

Note: In Notes 8.0.1, the embedded IBM Productivity Tools have been renamed to IBM Lotus Symphony.

Are there any changes to the presentation templates included with Lotus Symphony Presentations in Notes 8.0.1? (#1290375)

Notes 8.0.1 installer hangs during uninstall of Lotus Symphony editors (#1293805)

How to differentiate between the embedded and stand-alone versions of Lotus Symphony (#1290382)

What circumstances can cause "Send to - Mail" in Lotus Symphony to silently fail? (#1291370)

In Lotus Symphony Documents, field shading also shades bullets and numbers in lists (#1291626)

Definition of a Knowledge Collection
A focused compilation of documents about a specific product or topic and serves as a source for general reference and as a supplement for training material. Knowledge Collections are not designed to be an all-inclusive list of all documents dealing with the specific topic.

Related information

Knowledge Collection: Upgrading to Lotus Notes/Domino 8

Original publication date

2008/3/10

Cross Reference information

Segment	Product	Component	Platform	Version	Edition
Messaging Applications	Lotus Notes	Not Applicable	Linux, Windows	8.0.1
Messaging Applications	Lotus Domino Web Access	Not Applicable	Linux, Mac OS X, Windows	8.0.1

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Document information


Product categories:

	Software

	Messaging Applications

	Advanced Messaging

	Lotus Domino

	Lotus Domino Server


Operating system(s):
	AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, i5/OS, z/OS

Software version:
	8.0.1

Reference #:
	7011887

IBM Group:
	Software Group

Modified date:
	2008-09-08

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