Domino 8 or Domino 8 Express?

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Subject: Domino 8 or Domino 8 Express?

Feedback Type: Question

Product Area: Domino Server

Technical Area: Install

Platform: Windows 2003 server

Release: Notes and Domino 8 - GOLD

Reproducible: Not applicable

We are currently a small sized business with 100 or less employees. Currently we are running Domino 7.0.1 and Notes 7.0.1. We've been using Domino and Notes since R5 and have gone through the upgrades as we can get to them. We ONLY use it for email and calenders. No other functionality is used, with the exception of the out of office agent and symantec anti-virus for domino. Now we are ready to go to Domino and Notes 8. However, as I was looking for the redbook for the Domino 8 deployment guide, I noticed "Domino Express 8" and I am perplexed by it. There doesn't seem to be much helpful information about it. Can someone give me some answers to a few questions?

1) Is this a client/server based model as our current infrastructure is? Mail files and such are kept on the server and the client software accesses it? Or is this something like Outlook Express where each computer is basically its own mail server that relays mail and has its own mail files?

2) What functionality would I be missing (if any) by going to "Express" if all I use domino/notes for now is messaging and calendars?

3) Is there a way to "downgrade" from a full blown enterprise domino server system to "Express" without loosing all the mail files for all the current users. It would not be an option to loose old email as our document retention policy would forbid that.

4) Would I lose webmail?

We've been questioning our need for this huge complicated (and increasingly more difficult with each version to administrate) mail system for years when all we use of it is internal and external email and personal calendars. This sounds like something that may be simpler to administrate and maintain as well as being a little less expensive. Does anyone out there have the answers to these questions? Thanks for all your help.

James

Feedback number WEBB784QXB created by ~Mario Xanakonyynds on 10/18/2007

Status: Open
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