IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 8.5

Are you interested in trying Lotus Notes / Domino 8.5?  Try out an evaluation?  Did you know that you can get a copy off of the Lotus website?  There are so many improvements that are added in this version…. please feel free to check it out….

Download a trial version of Lotus Notes, Domino Designer, and Domino Administrator clients 8

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• What’s new in IBM Lotus Notes 8.5

Lotus Notes 8.5 marks a major milestone in the Lotus Notes history and is a significant release in terms of new features, appearance, programmability, and functionality.

Lotus Notes 8.5 marks a major milestone in the Lotus Notes history and is a significant release in terms of new features, appearance, programmability, and functionality.

• New features in IBM Lotus iNotes 8.5: Administration policies and lite mode

IIBM Lotus iNotes 8.5 includes many new features. This second article in the series covers two distinct topics: new Lotus Domino administration policy capabilities and improvements available in lite mode.

IIBM Lotus iNotes 8.5 includes many new features. This second article in the series covers two distinct topics: new Lotus Domino administration policy capabilities and improvements available in lite mode.

• New features in IBM Lotus iNotes 8.5: Full mode

In this article, the first in a multipart series, we cover the new features in Lotus iNotes 8.5 full mode and examine its Web 2.0 related features in particular depth.

In this article, the first in a multipart series, we cover the new features in Lotus iNotes 8.5 full mode and examine its Web 2.0 related features in particular depth.

• XPages, Themes, and Mashups in Lotus Domino Web application development

In this tutorial, learn how to use XPages and Themes, new technologies in Lotus Domino 8.5, to increase flexibility, control.

In this tutorial, learn how to use XPages and Themes, new technologies in Lotus Domino 8.5, to increase flexibility, control.

 

Some of the notable improvments for Lotus Notes 8.5 

●        General

4    Open button

4    Tab and Window Management

4    In-line spell check

4    MIME rendering

4    Intelligent addressing

4    Multi-level undo

4    Consolidated Preferences

4    Windows-style selection

4    Side-bar for plug ins (RSS Feed reader, day at a glance)‏

4    Search Center

4    Productivity Editors

4    Advanced Menus

●        Calendar

4    Free-time lookup

4    Unprocessed calendar entries

4    Federated Calendars

●        Mail

4    Conversation threads

4    Vertical preview

4    Message recall

4    Out of Office improvements

●        Contacts

4    Recent collaborations

4    Recent contacts

4    Business Card view

4    Contact delegation

4    Synchronize contacts automatically

●        Instant Messaging

4    Rich text, emoticons, screen capture, spell check, chat history

 Some of the notable improvments for Lotus Domino 8.5

●        Client Administration

4    Message Recall

4    Lotus Domino hosted provisioning of Lotus Notes 8

4    Policy Management enhancements

4    Database Redirect – Redirect bookmarks after database moves and deletes

●        Performance and Efficiency improvements

4    Out-of-office service

4    Automatic Inbox cleanup

4    Design note compression

4    On-demand collation

4    AdminP performance gains

4    Domino Attachment and Object Store (DAOS)

●         Directory & Security

4    Internet account lockout due to password entry failure

4    Entitlement to IBM Tivoli® Directory Integrator for use with Lotus Domino

4    Stronger 4096 bit encryption keys and simplified key rollover

4    Authentication/authorization-only secondary directories

4    Improved configuration for directory assistance LDAP directories

4    Directory lint (DirLint)‏