While working as a messaging platform, GroupWise provides a
lot of top class features such as Web Access, Mobile access, Instant Messaging
and Contact Management which makes it more popular. Some of its features such
as LDAP authentication, encrypted data storage, SSL & promptly patched code etc. makes this platform more secure.
However every mail platform has its different cons and pros
attached to them. Some users find it difficult to work with GroupWise platform
due to its inconvenient work environment .So why would someone choose GroupWise
if there are a lot of other mail platforms providing same features at lesser cost. MS
Outlook is one of those most popular mail client Email Platforms at present
because of its easy to use interface and simplified approach.
Why to go for Migration
Users which are working with GroupWise from long time may
find it easy to work in this environment but new GroupWise users find it
difficult to use all features and work in GroupWise Environment. There are also
a lot of other factors like lesser flexibility, More Cost, difficulty to
understand which force users to migrate towards MS Exchange. In those
conditions, migration from GroupWise to Exchange is performed. As Exchange provides
users with much better flexibility and effective front end, some users migrate
from GroupWise to Exchange just to avail advanced inbuilt features such as Task
Management, Notes, Forums, and Large Community Support etc. of MS Exchange.
How to Migrate from GroupWise
to Exchange:
For migrating GroupWise to Exchange, Novell’s GroupWise has
provided Exchange Server connector for accessing GroupWise data with Exchange
Server, But for that user need to configure both servers in coordination, which
is very costly,lengthy process, and need time to accomplish. Moreover,you
cannot halt this process during migration, and doing so may result in data
loss. All this process is not easy to perform, you should have complete
knowledge of migration process else migration may result in complexities.
Common Problems migrating GroupWise to Exchange:
Migrating from Domino environment to Exchange is not an easy
task to carry out and executing it manually require a lot of time and expertise, minor
mistake during migration may lead to bigger fault.
Time Consuming:
Migrating is not a quick process; lot of time is needed during migration.
During migration both the servers are needed to be active and their directories
should be synchronized.
Data integrity: Inmigration
from GroupWise to Exchange patternof data in the mailbox could be tampered. You may find that after migration your mail messages,
sender details, attachment details are not intact.
Data Loss: It is
unreasonable to expect complete hundred percent data to migrate. Some of your
crucial mails could get deleted from mailbox after migration.
Importing Attachments:
GroupWise to Exchange Migration is not a simple Email migration, rather it
is a complex process. All the content in mailbox such as contacts, calendars,
events, tasks, notes is migrated after active directories of both the servers
are synchronized, so a lot of time is needed.
How to Overcome These
Problems
So as to reduce complexities,save time and efforts during
manual conversion, alternatively you can use any professional tool . Stellar GroupWise to Exchange Migrator is one
of such tool which allows GroupWise to exchange migration in quick time with great expertise without causing any data loss and server downtime.
Features of this
tool:
Stellar GroupWise to Exchange Migrator provide you most
quick and secure environment to migrate your GroupWise Mailbox to Exchange
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Migrates GroupWise Mailbox to .pst, .eml and
.msg format.
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Provides preview of the mail items before migration
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Migrate multiple mailboxes simultaneously
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Maintain Data Integrity during migration
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Allows Selective Migration of mailboxes
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Supports GroupWise version GW-2012, 8.0, 7.0,
6.5, 6.0
After analyzing complete migration process, it is clear
that doing migration manually is very time consuming and insecure. And while
going for coexistence of both GroupWise and MS Exchange it becomes very costly.
So using third party tools for migration is a best way to migrate from Novell GroupWise
to Exchange Server.