1. IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 7
ALL203
IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 7
Andrew Pollack
Northern Collaborative Technologies

2. Who am I? Andrew Pollack Author of NCT Search for Lotus Domino
Principal, Northern Collaborative Technologies
Certified with Lotus Notes since version 2
IBM Lotus Beacon Award
Finalist in 1999, Winner in 2003
Author of NCT Search for Lotus Domino
Proud member of the The Penumbra Group
Firefighter – When not driving a keyboard, I drive the big red truck

3. About this Presentation
This is a ‘fly-by’ of new features
Focus is on what’s Important about 7
What IBM says is Important
What I think is import
Created in August based on “Milestone 2”
Updates are likely, and will be posted
BASED ON BETA – Things WILL change
Focus on Admin, Designer, & Client
I try to put the ‘meat’ on the slides

4. The Obligatory Commercial
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Now, on with the show...
If this was TIVO I could fast forward…
Major Release

5. Perspective: What makes this a “Major Release”
I say so!
To IBM: No longer the odd man out
Real Integration with IBM DB2
Real Integration with Tivoli
Enhanced Integration with WAS
The beginning of integration with Workplace
To Developers: Works & plays better with others
Much easier to build Java or VS front end tools
Much better for relational data storage
Much better Java support
Integration with new MS Office features
Major Release

6. The Lotus Notes 7 Macintosh Story -- Two slices
Commitment to Lotus Notes 7 on Macintosh became public in August
Initial client to be based on code stream, certified to work with ND7
Stay tuned to fined out
what this means
Full featured N7 client
with instant messaging
probably a maintenance
release

7. New Server & Administrative Features
Lotus Notes and Domino 7 are huge for back end management

8. The Lotus Domino 7 Server
DB2 Integration
Well thought through -- it provides the basis for more relational, and more traditional applications
Performance Enhancements
Reports of 50% increase in performance on NotesBench using R6Mail and R6iNotes
Management Enhancements
ND7 really fleshes out SMTP controls & policy enforcement

9. Three kinds of DB2 Integration
Store Domino Data within DB2
Access Specific Domino Data from DB2
Create a Notes view of DB2 Data
Overview here, Details in “ALL307”

10. Store Domino Data in DB2 For Beta 2, Requires DB2 on the Same Box
Classic NSF or DB2NSF on a per database basis
Servers Only, clients continue to use NSF files
Transparent to users
Mostly transparent to administrators
Using a DB2NSF does not imply sharing data
Not presently being represented as a performance gain

11. Give DB2 Access to Domino Data
Design Element called a “DB2 Access View”
Defines data in Domino as a Table to DB2
Not the same as a Notes View
No access from Notes Client
Exception: SQL Views see it as DB2 Data
Domino Security Is Enforced
Including Reader Names

12. Creating a DB2 Access View

13. Use a “Query View” to access DB2 Data
Data may be from a Domino DB2 Access View
To open the note, you must include the noteid in the SQL select statement
Query can be dynamic
popup to determine view content
Query can “Join” DB2 data
Join two Domino DB2 Access Views to see data from more than one Domino database in a single view

14. Defining a Query View

15. Domino Domain Monitoring (DDM)
Tivoli Autonomic Monitoring Engine (TAME)
Consolidates reporting across servers
Works by itself in Domino
Integrates with Tivoli Enterprise Console
Supports 3rd Party Plug-ins
Highly programmable automatic responses

16. The Tivoli Analyzer for Lotus Domino
Separate installation – worth trying

17. Domino Domain Monitoring (DDM)
Individual monitoring probes are tailored to Domino issues
More than just “Is the server running”
Example: Report on Agent Manager sessions that run long or use too much memory
Build your own “probes” that check specific aspects of your custom applications
Provides likely causes and common solutions to reported problems

18. Resolution Center Makes Recommendations

19. New Mail Processing & Anti-spam features
Private List is going to do well
In this army
DNS White Lists
Provide exceptions to black list use
Private Black Lists
Allow easy to manage customization
Private White Lists
Allow easy to manage override
Mail Rules use info from White/Black list checks
New Mail Rule to “Stop Processing” further rules
Standard Disclaimers
Major Release

20. Combine General DNS Based Lists with Manual “Private” lists
DNS based white lists – home grown or internal DNS
DNS based Black lists like “spamcom”
Private Manual list of additional hosts to block
Private Manual list of hosts to allow though

21. Combine mail rules to utilize the results of the white lists and black lists

22. Enhancements to Smart Update
Kits are detached in the background
Shared upgrade kits failover
Smart Update requests are cluster aware
Administrator can limit concurrent downloads from a single server
Notification by mail of status by machine or user

23. LEI Improvements LEI now supports failover
processing will switch to cluster peers
LEI Administrator is IM aware
Better testing for connections from forms
Improved scheduling for activities
Virtual Documents support backend changes
Behavior controls can be based on dependant process outcome

24. Other New Administrative Features
Mozilla is supported for WebAdmin!
This means Firefox as well!
Editing the server’s NOTES.INI from a workstation in Firefox

25. More New Administrative Features
New Policy Type for Mail & CS
Especially useful for disclaimers

26. Even More New Administrative Features
Client side HTTP compression supported
Policy Lock Down
Force clients to accept and use admin policies
IPv6 is now supported
Support for 1024-bit RSA and 128-bit RC2 Notes Keys
LDAP now supports Aliases & UNIDs

27. Developers get new stuff too!

28. The Designer Perspective
DB2 Integration
It REALY means new solutions to old problems
The biggest new thing, to IBM
Standards march forward
Native Web Services
Major step forward toward hybrid applications
The biggest new developer thing, to Andrew
Java support enhanced
XML Parser updated
A few new design features

29. The Designer Perspective – The REAL News
LotusScript is NOT dead
Fully supports all the new features
Serious investment has been made
Web Services element COULD have been Java Only – Its not. This should END speculation about LotusScript’s continued usefulness.

30. DB2 Integration in Designer
Two sides of the coin
Query Views
Data from DB2
Displayed in Notes
DB2 Access Views (DAVs)
Data from Domino
Accessed in DB2
Obeys Domino Security
Access View
DB2
Domino Data
Query View O D B C
Traditional RDB applications

31. Query Views – Data from DB2 displayed in Notes
No pre-built indexes in the NSF
Possible storage and performance boost for databases that change frequently
Selection can be changed on the fly per user
narrow selection
Complex SQL can fit different kinds of data into the same view design
Does this make the Notes client a reporting tool?
Finally, to select data

32. Use SQL right in the selection formula

33. DB2 Access Views – Free the Domino Data
Distinct Design element
not just a view type
Not visible in the client
except through Query Views
Defines Lotus Notes “Information” in a Relational Data model
Enforces Domino Security

34. Creating a DB2 Access View

35. Like Chocolate & Peanut Butter
Or Beer and Pretzels -- They go well together
DAVs from two Notes databases can make up a single Query View – breaking the .NSF barrier!
If a valid NOTEID from a DAV is selected, the referenced document can be opened from the view

36. Standards March Forward – Java Improvements
The JVM is now 1.4.1
Remote Java Debugging
Use 3rd party debuggers, like Eclipse
This is a good thing
Standards are great!
Especially when there are more than one!
Major Release

37. Even more Standards – Web Services Support
Provider only, for now
New Design Element – works like a web agent
Creates the WSDL for you
Creates skeleton code from existing WSDL
Security options are identical to Agents
LotusScript is fully supported, as is Java

38. New Methods & Properties
NotesAdministrationProcess.ApproveHostedOrgStorageDeletion
Primarily used by the Admin client
NotesDatabase.GetModifiedDocuments
Like but includes design notes as well
NotesDocumentCollection.UntilTime
An upper limit (less than) time on which notes to return in a collection
NotesDOMNode
NamespaceURI, CreateAttributeNodeNS, CreateElementNodeNS
GetElementsByTagNameNS, GetAttributeNodeNS, GetAttributeNS
GetElementsByTagNameNS, RemoveAttributeNS, SetAttributeNodeNS
SetAttributeNS

39. New Formula Language Additions
Not many needed – Formula language was vastly improved in ND6
@PolicyIsFieldLocked
For use in hide-when formulas, determines if a field is locked
@Command([DiscoverFolders])
Pops up the dialog box showing which folders contain the document

40. Autosave option in form design
Saves a local copy of the current document periodically in case of crash
Document is NOT updated to the server at this time
Used to avoid loss of work when documents are open in edit mode for long periods of time
Designer option to ENABLE the feature for a form, user option to make use of it

41. New Features in View Design
Shared Columns
At long last!
Actions can be added to “Right Click”
A long requested item

42. Other New Designer Features
Java & LotusScript Agent Performance Profiler
Works on Web Services too
XML Parser has been updated
Toggle icon for debugger
Design element lists show more information, easier to edit

43. Updates to the Lotus Notes 7 Client

44. Microsoft Office Smart Tags
New Microsoft Office Smart Tags are supported
Send mail, view contact details, invite contacts to a meeting
Hey, this is just like that “Situational Awareness” they keep talking about
Major Release

45. Set up Smart Tags in Microsoft Office
Check both
“Person Name”
“Person (Lotus Notes Recognizer)”

46. Cool new Lotus Notes 7 client stuff
“Close All Window Tabs” menu option
Save Window State – re-open notes with the same views, documents, and databases open
Autosave – for those really long documents you’ve been writing

47. Views now correctly open in the background
Views don’t lock the client
You’re on a “Need to know” basis
Major Release

48. Lotus Workplace in the Welcome Page Wizard
Enhanced support for “Lotus Workplace” in the Welcome Page Wizard

49. Instant Messaging awareness has been added almost everywhere
Keep your eyes open and stay aware!
More awareness in the mail client
Awareness in the address books
Awareness in more templates
Awareness in configuration docs
Could we be more aware?
Expect awareness to be pretty much universal by the time this thing is released
Major Release

50. The Lotus Notes Client – Mail Updates
Note: Mail Template updates are frequently the last things added to the beta versions. Watch for more as the release gets closer
“No Subject” warning when sending mail
Mail can be sorted by subject
Mail threads can be made visible within
mail documents

51. Follow-Up improvements will really help
“Quick Follow Up” flags multiple documents without any dialog box
Preferences for follow up are set in the mail preferences profile action
Follow Up actions now also on Right Click

52. Pre set your one-click follow up preferences

53. Domino Web Access Mozilla based browsers are now supported
Full S/MIME Support
Custom stationary is now supported
Features improved to more closely match Notes Client features
Single Click “Follow-Up” support has been added
More forwarding options have been added

54. ADVISOR LIVE Web Update Page
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This session WILL have updates
Also available on my site
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