What to do and what not during Outlook to Notes Migration

Performing Outlook Notes migration is too common now days due to various reasons. When you need to change your email client to IBM Lotus Notes from MS Outlook, then you also have to convert PST files to NSF files in order to access Outlook data with Lotus Notes. However, if you do not need to access Outlook data with Lotus Notes then you can skip converting PST to NSF.

In a research, it has been found that when Outlook Notes conversion is done, people often convert PST to NSF for accessing Outlook mailbox with Lotus Notes. In most of the cases, Outlook to Notes conversion is executed at organizational level and for an organization every mailbox item is crucial, as it can be used in future.

Anyways, when you have to perform PST NSF conversion, third-party tools like Kernel for Outlook to Notes help you doing that. Such tools are designed with the aim of simplifying the conversion process to let you access emails, contacts, tasks, journals, etc. of Outlook with Notes. When carrying out the email conversion there are various important points to keep in the mind for success of the process. Let us see what ate those Do’s and Don’ts.

Points to be remembered during email conversion:
Make it sure that MS Outlook is installed on the computer where Outlook Notes conversion will be taken place.

Locate the PST file. If you do not know the location of the PST file, then use the Windows search feature to find the PST file. Once you find the PST file, pen down its location.

Now, make it sure that IBM Lotus Notes is installed and configured on the same machine where PST to NSF conversion will be carried out. If Lotus Notes is not installed and configured, first do it.

Check out that PST file does not have password applied on it. If the file is password protected then remove its password.

Always use an effective email conversion software.

Points about what should not be done during email conversion:

During PST to NSF conversion make it sure that Outlook is in offline mode i.e. Outlook has no connection with Exchange Server.

Never use the PST file, which is in use for conversion.

Never access files from network drive to execute the Outlook Notes email conversion.

These points help you see the successful email conversion; however, with this having a professional email conversion tool is must. Kernel for Outlook to Notes conversion allows converting PST files of MS Outlook into NSF files of Lotus Notes.

The software recursively scans the selected PST file, fetches data from the file, and saves the fetched data into the NSF file on computer’s hard disk. Once the files are converted into NSF files, you can access them with the supported version of Lotus Notes. The software provides full support to Lotus Notes 8.0, 7.0, and 6.5 and MS Outlook 97, 98, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010. Moreover, the software can be installed on any version of Windows operating system.