Choose a strategy for deploying clients in the service.
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The following table describes common client deployment strategies. Table 1. Common strategies for deploying clients| Strategy |
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New mail files
Browser-based clients and mobile clients
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- This option is the quickest and least expensive.
- All users can quickly access their mail.
- Users who decide that they want to use the IBM® Notes® client
can do so when it is convenient, and can continue to use cloud mail
in the meantime.
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New mail files
Notes clients, browser-based clients, and
mobile clients
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- This option causes the least disruption for users and is often less time consuming than
transferring mail files.
- This option might be a good one to choose if current Notes clients meet
the service requirements and do not need to be upgraded.
- Notes client
users can export contacts from current mail files and import them
into new mail files.
- Notes client users can access on-premises
archives of their original mail files. (The archives must be created before users move to cloud
mail.)
- The use of managed mail replicas can boost performance for Notes
client users.
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Transferred mail files and Notes clients for
some users
New mail files and browser-based clients and mobile clients for other users
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- This option allows some critical users such as executives and
managers to continue to use the Notes client and
to continue to work with current and past mail file content.
- This option can be more time consuming to deploy, depending on
the quantity and size of the mail files that are transferred.
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Transferred mail files for all users
A mixture of Notes clients, browser-based
clients, and mobile clients
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- This option is the most time consuming but can be the least disruptive for users, especially if
Notes client upgrades are not required.
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