Exploring New Features in IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 Administration (D8730)
Lotus Domino Release 8.5
Dates Offered:
2/25/2010

Audience:This intermediate course is designed for experienced Lotus Domino 8 administrators who require early exposure to new Lotus Domino and Lotus Notes 8.5 features that affect system administration, and who will be responsible for updating an existing Lotus Domino and Lotus Notes 8 environment to Lotus Domino and Lotus Notes 8.5.


Description:This instructor-led, hands-on course prepares Lotus Domino 7 or 8 system administrators to support a migration to a Lotus Domino and Notes 8.5 environment. The class provides students with the additional information and skills they need to perform their duties efficiently using Lotus Domino and Lotus Notes 8.5. The training will build upon students’ existing administration expertise in the Lotus Domino 7 and 8 environments and prepare them to make effective use of both the the new user enhancements and the administration improvements and advances available in 8.5.


Prerequisites:Completion of either of the following Lotus Domino 8.0 paths, or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience:

Administrators who were new to Lotus Domino 8.0 and completed the following courses:
! IBM Lotus Domino 8.0 System Administration Operating Fundamentals (D8750)
! Building the IBM Lotus Domino 8 Infrastructure (D8760)
! Managing IBM Lotus Domino 8 Servers and Users (D8770), or
! Domino 8.0 Systems Administration Bootcamp (D8900) in lieu of above 3 classes
OR
Administrators who upgraded to Lotus Domino 8.0 from a previous release and completed the following course:
! Exploring New Features of IBM Lotus Domino 8.0 Administration (D8720 or D8725)


Duration:1 day


Objectives:The class will cover the following:
  • Identifying the high-level changes in the Lotus Domino 8.5 administration and user environments, and investigating upgrade and deployment scenarios for Lotus Domino 8.5 servers and Lotus Notes 8.5 clients.
  • Managing users and servers
  • Managing content
  • Implementing security features introduced in Lotus Domino 8.5
  • Implementing hardware conservation techniques


Topics Covered:COURSE OUTLINE:

Examining the Lotus Domino 8.5 Environment
Overview of New IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 Administration Features
Introducing New Features of Lotus Domino 8.5
Upgrade strategies
Implementing Lotus Domino 8.5 in mixed environments
Investigating deployment plans and scenarios
Overview of new features in IBM Lotus Notes 8.5 clients
Comparing Desktop Client Types
Examing Lotus iNotes
Examing Mobile Client Options
Identifying performance improvements
Installing and upgrading Clients
Managing Users and Servers
Managing User and Groups
Overview of User-Management Enhancements
Auto-populated Groups
Supporting roaming users
Implementing dynamic policies
Using roaming policies
Managing Servers
Overview of new server tools and tasks
Configuring the Domino Server with notes.ini
Changing the On-Disk structure format
Router optimization
Console log mirroring
Using the Remote Admin Console
Using the Domino Configuration Tuner
Managing Content
Managing Feeds and Subscriptions
What are Feeds?
Feed Readers
Feeds and Lotus Notes and Domino
Benefits of implementing Feed Support
Configuring Feed Support
Managing Widgets and Live Text
What are Widgets?
What is Live Text?
Introduction to Expeditor Component Packaging
Configuring access to Widgets and Live Text
Implementing New Security Features
Managing the IBM Lotus Notes ID Vault
What is the Lotus Notes ID Vault?
Management options
Managing IBM Lotus Notes Shared Login
What is Lotus Notes Shared Login?
Management options
Implementing New Encryption Techniques
What is AES Encryption?
Benefits of Implementing AES Encryption
Encryption options
Implementing Hardware Conservation Techniques
Implementing New Compression Options
Overview of new compression options
Serving compressed documents on a Lotus Domino Web Server
Enabling Image Compression
Implementing Domino Attachment and Object Service
What is the Domino Attachment and Object Service?
Benefits of implementing DAOS
Implementation


Cost:$500