Quest Software announced the launch of Coexistence Manager for Notes, the newest addition to its set of migration solutions. This solution allows organizations to utilize both IBM Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange Server simultaneously while either migrating from Notes to Exchange or during a prolonged coexistence scenario, without disrupting daily end user activities.

Combined with Quest's migration product, Notes Migrator for Exchange, Coexistence Manager for Notes ensures a seamless migration from IBM Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange through high-fidelity email, calendaring and document hyperlink coexistence, reducing administrative and help desk burdens across organizations.

When coexisting between Notes and Exchange, common concerns include inconsistent calendar data, lost attachments, extraneous attachments, and loss of document link functionality. Quest Coexistence Manager for Notes is reported to ensure that calendar data, including invitations with custom and recurring meetings, is processed correctly. The product also maintains Notes document link functionality and preserves workflow by automatically redirecting e-mail-based document hyperlinks to the current location of the application, whether it is on Notes or SharePoint. In addition, the product also preserves the native look and functionality of all icons and document links.

Along with Coexistence Manager for Notes, Quest recently released a new version of Notes Migrator for SharePoint, which added discovery and analysis, project management, SharePoint site provisioning, and enhanced QuickPlace migration support. Notes Migrator for SharePoint also allows organizations to migrate Lotus Notes, QuickPlace and Domino.doc application content to SharePoint without data loss.

The product scales from automated migration of standard Notes applications to advanced migration of complex custom Notes applications. Quest additionally announced that two of its popular migration products, Notes Migrator for Exchange and GroupWise Migrator for Exchange, support Microsoft's newly-launched Business Productivity Online Suite. Both can now migrate email and calendaring data directly to Microsoft Exchange Online.

Quest's Coexistence Manager for Notes is available now with North American pricing beginning at $10 per mailbox. It can also be bundled with Notes Migrator for Exchange as part of the Notes to Exchange Migration Suite for $15 per mailbox.