Why Mailmig.exe is not Suitable for Large Scale Notes to Outlook Migration?

Exchange Migration Wizard or mailmig.exe is the inbuilt tool of MS Exchange Server that help organizations in batch migration of email accounts. Mailmig.exe tool support both Exchange to Exchange migration as well as Non-Exchange to Exchange migration. Suppose, you’re running a business organization and use Lotus Notes client for email communication. Now, due to any reason, if you want to migrate into MS Exchange environment then Exchange Migration Wizard is the best option.

Exchange migration wizard can work if following conditions are fulfilled:

• You are using MS Exchange Server 2000 or 2003

• You must have logged in as network administrator on the destination computer that runs Exchange migration wizard

• You must have access of non-Exchange server such as IBM Domino Server

• Size of the individual Lotus Notes or Domino Server mailbox must be 1 GB or less

• There must be less than 1500 emails in all folders of a single Lotus Notes mailbox

Proceed in following steps for converting Lotus Notes mailboxes into Outlook PST:

1. Click Start>Programs>Microsoft Exchange

2. Go to Deployment>Migration Wizard

3. In the migration Wizard, select “Migrate from Lotus Notes” option and click “Next”

4. Select Lotus Notes or Domino Server mailboxes for migration

5. Specify the destination folder to save all converted Notes mailboxes

Exchange Migration Wizard is a free tool and convenient option of small scale mailbox migration. It allows you to convert Notes items such as emails with attachments, compressed emails, to-do-lists, calendars and others. You can also convert selected email items into Outlook PST by specifying date range during conversion process by this wizard. However, Microsoft has dropped Exchange migration wizard in Exchange Server 2007 and higher versions. Therefore, you must choose third party software if you need to convert large or several lotus notes mailboxes or in case, MS Exchange 2000 or 2003 is not part of your organization.

NSF to PST migration software is an apt solution for batch migration of Lotus Notes/Domino Server mailboxes. It allows Domino administrator to export all mailbox items such as emails, attachments, deleted emails, to-do-lists, calendars, address book, appointments, notes and others from Notes NSF file to MS Outlook or Exchange Server. It is a bulk transporter of Lotus Notes emails into MS Exchange environment. You shall be able to convert several NSF files into .PST or .EDB format using NSF to PST migration tool. This NSF to PST migration software support every version of MS Exchange Server, Lotus Domino Server, MS Outlook and IBM Lotus Notes. You should explore the software potentials by downloading the free version of NSF to PST migration wizard. As such other freeware applications, NSF to PST migration software has limited capabilities in its free version. Therefore, you must purchase licensed version to get entire features of this email converter.

Summary:

Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 and 2003 include Exchange migration wizard that support migration user mailboxes from Exchange as well as foreign emailing platforms like Lotus Domino Server. However, Exchange migration wizard is suitable for small scale mailbox migration. If you intend to convert large number of Lotus Notes or Domino Server mailboxes into MS Outlook, then NSF to PST migration software is the best option.