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We ONLY use it for email and calenders. I'm sorry to hear that. Is there any reason? What about applications like CRM, HelpDesk, Resource Tracking, Product Catalogs, web sites, TeamRooms, Document Libraries, Blogs, etc? You should try and really use what Domino can do.
I noticed "Domino Express 8" and I am perplexed by it. There doesn't seem to be much helpful information about it. Here is the home page: http://www-142.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/products/product4.nsf/wdocs/dominoexpress There is no difference in how Domino and Domino Express works. It is simply a licensing arrangement, designed to help small and medium sized companies. You purchase per user only, instead of buy both server and client software. There are a few restrictions on what you are allowed to do. The Licensing FAQ listed on the page above will help you.
At 100 employees, you are perfect for this.
Can someone give me some answers to a few questions? Happily...
1) Is this a client/server based model as our current infrastructure is? The infrastructure is the exact same, Express is just a licensing model. Mail files and such are kept on the server and the client software accesses it? Yes, but you can also replicate mail files locally, which is something most people highly prefer. In 13 years at IBM, I think I've only opened my mail on the server a dozen or so times.
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? no.
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? As mentioned above, the licensing FAQ provides this information. If you use clustering, that is one thing that is not allowed.
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. Express is just licensing, there is nothing different in the code, the infrastructure, etc. It would not be an option to loose old email as our document retention policy would forbid that. You have nothing to worry about there.
4) Would I lose webmail? No.
We've been questioning our need for this huge complicated (and increasingly more difficult with each version to administrate) Can you please explain this. In each version new tools are added to Domino Administration. What are you finding difficult, and more important what are you finding harder with each new version?
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