Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Partner Solution Case Study
Cross-Platform Messaging Solutions Provider
Simplifies Migration from Lotus Notes
Partner: Binary Tree
Web Site: www.binarytree.com
Partner Size: 53 employees
Country or Region: United States
Industry: Professional services—
Information Technology
Partner Profile
Founded in 1993, Binary Tree and its
business partners have helped more than
4,000 customers migrate 15,000,000
users to new messaging technologies,
making it a leading provider of crossplatform messaging migration and
coexistence software.
Software and Services
 Microsoft Server Product Portfolio
− Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
 Microsoft Office
− Microsoft Outlook
− Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
2007
 Services
− Microsoft Exchange Online
− Microsoft Office SharePoint Online
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CMT for Coexistence with ZApp
CMT for Domains
CMT for Exchange
CMT for SharePoint
CMT Inspector Enterprise
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“With our CMT suite of software and solutions,
customers can confidently migrate from Lotus Notes
and Domino to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
without interrupting service for users.”
Steven Pivnik, Chief Executive Officer, Binary Tree
Binary Tree has helped millions of IBM Lotus Notes users
migrate to Microsoft® software. With the launch of Microsoft
Exchange Server 2010, the company’s CMT for Exchange
solution fully supports migrating to the new release. CMT for
Coexistence with ZApp also supports the coexistence of Lotus
Domino and Exchange Server 2010 environments. Together,
these and other CMT solutions simplify and speed migration and
reduce its costs.
Business Needs
Binary Tree products analyze and support
the migration of—and coexistence
between—enterprise messaging and
collaboration environments. The company
supports multiple vendors’ messaging
applications and, as a Microsoft® Gold
Certified Partner, has developed expertise
in helping customers to migrate to
Microsoft software from IBM Lotus
Domino Server and Lotus Notes.
Chief Executive Officer of Binary Tree.
“First, it requires thorough analysis and
planning because the migration process
includes not only moving e-mail boxes,
calendars, and contact data but also Notes
applications. Additionally, there is often a
transition period when organizations
support both environments. That’s why
we’ve designed CMT as a complete endto-end suite of migration and coexistence
solutions.”
“Migrating from Notes/Domino to an onpremises or online version of Microsoft
Exchange Server can be a major project for
any IT department,” explains Steven Pivnik,
To better support its migrating customers,
Binary Tree strives to make its CMT
solutions fully compatible with the latest
Microsoft communication and
collaboration software.
Solution
In April 2009, Binary Tree began working
with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 to
update the company’s CMT software suite.
Exchange Server 2010 is the cornerstone of
the Microsoft unified communications
strategy. The new release delivers a range of
deployment options, a rich user experience,
and extensive information protection and
control capabilities.
Benefits
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Each of the solutions in the CMT suite helps
implement a particular phase or step of the
migration process. For example, CMT
Inspector Enterprise analyzes and reports
on the Notes/Domino environment to help
plan the migration to Exchange Server 2010.
CMT for Coexistence with ZApp (Zero-touch
Application Remediation) establishes
connections between Domino and
Exchange Server so that users can work
seamlessly with both systems. This
application also includes native support for
directory synchronization and free/busy
calendar lookups between both
environments—functionality that is not
included in Exchange Server 2010.
CMT for Exchange (previously CMT
Universal) handles the migration of Notes
mailboxes to Exchange Server or Microsoft
Exchange Online with unmatched data
fidelity, performance, and manageability.
Similarly, CMT for SharePoint streamlines
the migration of Notes applications to
Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007.
And finally, CMT for Domains consolidates
Domino domains to simplify the
environment before establishing
coexistence and starting a migration. It also
helps to consolidate and retire Domino
servers after the migration.
Keeps migration projects on schedule
and on budget. Binary Tree solutions
help speed migration in a number of
ways. First, analysis tools in the CMT
suite help IT administrators create an
effective and efficient migration
strategy. “The advanced capabilities of
Binary Tree software to analyze an
existing Notes/Domino environment
makes it easier for organizations to plan
their migration,” says Pivnik. “This
planning reduces the risk of missed
deadlines and cost overruns.”
Second, to quickly process Notes data,
each properly configured CMT for
Exchange workstation can migrate more
than 8 gigabytes of data per hour. It can
also be configured with other
workstations into a migration farm in
order to process up to 10,000 users a
week.
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Avoids interruptions in service. To
make the migration as smooth as
possible, many organizations choose to
temporarily maintain both
Notes/Domino and Exchange Server
environments. During the transition,
employees using both Notes and the
Microsoft Outlook® messaging and
collaboration client must be able to
communicate with one another. CMT for
Coexistence handles directory
synchronization, free-busy lookups, mail
routing, and calendar workflow so that
Outlook users can use Notes graphic
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Document published September 2009
links, buttons, forms, and so on. It also
keeps custom and recurring calendar
events synchronized between both
clients.
The CMT suite from Binary Tree is helping
customers migrate from a Notes/Domino
environment to Exchange Server 2010
faster, with fewer complications and less
risk, and at lower cost than relying solely
on internal IT resources.
“With our CMT suite of software and
solutions, customers can confidently
migrate from Lotus Notes and Domino
to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
without interrupting service for users,”
says Pivnik.
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Simplifies migration and reduces
costs. Binary Tree software helps
organizations keep migration projects as
simple and cost-effective as possible.
For example, by consolidating domains,
CMT for Domains reduces the
complexity of the subsequent migration
or coexistence phases. Similarly, by
retiring Domino servers after migration,
organizations can reduce the ongoing
operating costs of any remaining
portion of their Notes/Domino
environment.
Pivnik concludes, “Our e-mail and
application migration solutions
dramatically reduce the resource needs
for the transition to Exchange Server
2010. Binary Tree and our partners also
offer gradual or rapidly executed hosted
migration services that reduce the
resources required of customers, like
our Weekend Express service that
supports migrating up to 5,000 users in
a single weekend.”