Month: June 2011

In Part 1 we took at look at the architecture of the Quest Free/Busy (F/B) Connector in Coexistence Manager for Notes (CMN) as well as how Exchange interfaces with it. We also configured the F/B Connector web services and the Domino Free Busy Connector Service. In Part 2, we configured the Exchange Free Busy Connector Service, the Domino QCALCON task, and the Exchange organization. In this post, we’ll complete the configuration by configuring Lotus Notes as well as building a test user in Exchange and Lotus Notes to validate the configuration. At the end of this post you should have … Continue reading Configuring the Quest Free/Busy Connector for Lotus Notes and Exchange – Part 3

In Part 1 we took at look at the architecture of the Quest Free/Busy (F/B) Connector in Coexistence Manager for Notes (CMN) as well as how Exchange interfaces with it. We also configured the F/B Connector web services and the Domino Free Busy Connector Service. In this post, we’ll configure the Exchange Free Busy Connector Service, the Domino QCALCON task, and the Exchange organization. As a reminder, here’s a copy of our sample environment that will be referenced: Configuring the Exchange Free Busy Connector Create a standard mailbox enabled user (e.g. svc_xch_cmn_fb) in Exchange. This will be used by CMN … Continue reading Configuring the Quest Free/Busy Connector for Lotus Notes and Exchange – Part 2

The goal of this post is to introduce the Quest Free/Busy (F/B) connector that comes with Coexistence Manager for Notes (CMN), discuss how it works, and discuss the interface with Exchange. In this post we’ll also configure the Quest Web Services and Domino Free Busy Connector Service. Future posts in this series will discuss configuring the remaining components of the CMN F/B Connector. First, let’s take a look at the sample environment we’ll be using for this discussion: There are three components of the F/B Connector which you’ll need to deploy: Domino Free/Busy Service – This component is responsible for … Continue reading Configuring the Quest Free/Busy Connector for Lotus Notes and Exchange – Part 1

Prior to Exchange 2007, Exchange stored F/B information in Public Folders, and Outlook clients knew where to go in the Public Folder store to find the data. With the desire to move away from Public Folders, this information became available via Exchange Web Services (EWS), also sometimes called the Availability Service (AS). This is a SOAP based web service hosted on the CAS server and accessible via HTTPS. Outlook 2007 and newer knows how to access this endpoint as does Outlook for Mac and various other EWS clients. Exchange 2007 also introduced the ability to provide a means for cross-organization … Continue reading Cross-Forest Availability with Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010

I’m a reformed Lotus Notes user and from time to time, as a consultant, I work on projects that lead up to the liberation (err migration) of Lotus Notes users. As luck has it, I’ve invested quite a few cycles the past few weeks teeing one of these projects off. There’s quite a bit involved in planning one of these projects, and that’s not my goal for this discussion. What I thought would be useful, though is to give a quick overview of the coexistence and migration components as well as a couple links I’ve come across that are pretty … Continue reading Getting Started with a Lotus Notes to Exchange Mail Migration