What's New in IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.02 and 8.5

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1 IBM Software Group What's New in IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.02 and 8.5 Nov 20, 2008 Presenters: Stephen Ng Greater China Group, Channel Leader, Lotus, IBM Software Group

2 Agenda New features in Lotus Domino 8.5 New features in Lotus Notes 8.5 2

3 Goals of Domino 8.5 Reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) through: Simplifying Notes identity management Reducing storage costs Improving quality of service (QoS) while Maintaining compatibility with existing applications and infrastructure 3

4 Domino 8.5: Simplify Notes identity management Notes ID files have been a key consideration in managing end-user costs and administrator workload However, they have also been the key to Notes/Domino s highly secure reputation Two new (optional) features will reduce the visible impact of the ID file: Shared login Notes users only need to remember a single password their Windows password Addresses key customer concern regarding Notes end-user overhead Notes ID Vault Reduce costs and improve turnaround time for lost IDs, forgotten passwords Provides the ability to automatically reset Notes passwords, recover lost/damaged IDs 4

5 What is the Notes ID Vault? Centralized repository for storing, synchronizing and managing user ID files Use cases in 8.5: Provision new users to vault during user registration Notes IDs automatically captured during client authentication for existing users IDs Help desk and/or programmatic password resets for Notes Allow designated users/administrators to decrypt encrypted e- mail or other database contents Requires 8.5 client and server 5

6 Password reset with ID vault Helpdesk Notes IDs Domino Notes ID Notes Domino ID Vault Self service password reset application 6

7 Notes Shared Login in 8.5 Windows authentication used in place of Notes user name/password User signs on in Windows Windows generates encrypted key to unlock Notes ID No Notes password is required to start Notes No passwords to sync 1. User enters Windows Password Windows 2.Encrypted key unlocks Notes ID Notes ID Notes Unlocked Notes ID still manages Notes security from that PC Domino Password changes are only required in Windows Domino DBs 7

8 Key Differences Each copy of NSL enabled ID file is tied to a specific machine Recommend use of NSL with ID vault for best experience Not compatible with storing ID files on file shares and used from multiple workstations without the ID vault or password mode Not compatible with roaming user if ID file roams (recommend using ID vault to roam instead of storing ID file in personal address book) Can create a password protected copy of ID file from User Security Notes password expiration does not apply Password checking will not be used for NSL enabled IDs w/8.5 servers Password checking will check for older IDs Notes to Internet password synchronization setting does not apply Need alternative for Windows to HTTPPassword sync 8

9 Domino 8.5: Reduce storage costs Storage costs consistently rate as one of the highest components of Domino TCO New 8.5 features will help dramatically reduce disk usage, especially overlapping storage Domino Attachment and Object Storage (DAOS) Allows for single instance storage for attachments/objects present in multiple mail files/applications Stored as files Allows for incremental backups No single point of failure Easy for administrators, no monitoring of file size Document compression Allow compression of Notes documents (also in 8.0.1) Disk space savings of 35% Significant cost reduction (storage, backup, etc.) 9

10 Space usage in a Notes database/application 10

11 Storage Reduction DAOS Domino Attachment and Object Service Large Object Store for Domino Content is stored outside of the Notes database. Consolidate the storage of attachments for all users of a Domino server Common content is stored only once. DAOS manages reference counts on the shared content. Access to DAOS objects is transparent to Domino server and applications DAOS is transparent to C-Api calls, Agents, Lotusscript 11

12 DAOS benefits Reduced disk space Any given DAOS object exists only once on the server Sampling of two different mail servers within IBM had savings of 11-25% The more participating databases, the greater the sharing and savings opportunity Optimized mail routing of attachments Optimized object copying for any same server copy operations Compacting databases is faster 2-7 times faster in our samples Backing up data is faster The DAOS store can be incrementally backed up 12

13 The old way Attachments sent to each user are stored separately in each user s mail file. Ernie.NSF Info.doc Bert.NSF To: Bert, Ernie, & Gary Attachment: Info.doc Info.doc Gary.nsf Info.doc 13

14 The new way, using DAOS Ernie.NSF Small Ticket E:\Lotus\Domino\Data\DAOS Bert.NSF To: Bert, Ernie, & Gary Attachment: Info.doc Small Ticket Gary.nsf Info.doc Small Ticket 14

15 Mail Routing Optimization Significantly fewer bytes pushed from Mail.box Same attachment to multiple recipients on the same server Mail.box does not need to be expanded to hold ephemeral attachments When Mail.box is done routing the mail, it deletes its copy of the attachment effectively transferring the reference to the mail recipients. This optimization is in addition to and complementary to the router optimizations for mail Compatible with existing databases and servers For non-daos enabled databases, entire attachment is copied For pass-thru requests, entire attachment is copied 15

16 Lotus Domino 8.5 DAOS FAQ Answers DAOS is local to the Domino server not cross server DAOS requires transaction logging to be enabled on the Domino server and for participating databases DAOS requires a new database ODS version DAOS is API transparent DAOS objects count against quotas and are reported in the file size DAOS is completely different from and shares no code with SCOS! 16

17 Domino 8.5: Improve quality of service Domino Configuration Tuner (DCT) Ease the administrative tasks concerning misconfiguration that can lead to costly performance and security issues Identify problems Suggest potential solutions Detect, analyze, and address potential problems before they re discovered Extends autonomic work introduced in Domino 6, 7, and 8 Design partner reaction to this feature: Strong positive 17

18 Lotus Domino 8.5 Domino Configuration Tuner (DCT) 18

19 Lotus Domino 8.5 Further Reduction in I/O Rates Further reduction in I/O rates for operations and bytes moved over 8.0 Document compression Per-database control for Update task Very large reduction in cost of Schedule and Design tasks Mail.Box-specific optimizations to minimize or avoid disk writes Large set of transaction log I/O rate reductions Better grouping of I/O on smaller set of database pages 19

20 Domino 8.5 Performance Snapshot 32 Bit Domino 8.5 Performance Status for N85Mail W orkload Domino Workload Users Build Date CPU Disk Ops Disk kbytes AIX 32 Bit n8m ail 4000 Release 8.0 4/4/ % , Bit n85m ail 4000 V85_ /8/ % , % -19.8% -33.7% Linux 32 Bit n8m ail 4000 Release 8.0 3/20/ % 1,080 14, Bit n85m ail 4000 V85_ /16/ % 772 9, % -28.5% -34.0% Solaris 32 Bit n8mail 4000 Release 8.0 4/16/ % , Bit n85m ail 4000 V85_ /21/ % , % -21.9% -56.0% System i 32 Bit n8mail 4000 Release 8.0 4/21/ % 1,473 23, Bit n85m ail 4000 V85_ /21/ % 1,105 16, % -25.0% -28.7% Win64 32 Bit n8mail 4000 Release 8.0 4/17/ % , Bit n85m ail 4000 V85_ /13/ % 760 8, % -19.7% -29.5% zlinux 32 Bit n8m ail 4000 Release 8.0 4/2/ % , Bit n85m ail 4000 V85_ /9/ % 695 8, % -25.1% -31.7% New runs this week in blue Criteria <= 0-25% -25% between >= 5% -20% -20% 20

21 Agenda Notes feature list Notes 8.5 feature list Which does my customer want? 21

22 Notes Microsoft Office 2007 Viewers DOCX, PPTX, XLSX iphone support Real-time access to mail, calendar and contact data through the browser on your iphone. With a day at a glance view, see your day's events at a single glance of your calendar. Built on the Lotus DWA infrastructure to deliver an optimized viewing experience for iphone users. Designed to provide quick access to your critical data while leveraging the rich user experience of the iphone screen. Included with the Lotus DWA license at no additional charge 22

23 Lotus Notes Performance improvements Notes 8.0.2, generally, starts up in half the time of Notes RAM recommendations remain RAM used is reduced 23

24 Notes 8.5 General Functionality Context menus have been streamlined for Mail, Contacts, and To Do views. 24

25 Notes 8.5 General Functionality Navigate Notes preference fields using the Tab key. Automatically compress images pasted into documents. Note that bitmap (.bmp) images that are imported into a Notes document are compressed; bitmap images that are pasted into a Notes document are converted to.gif or.jpg format. Choose "File -> Preferences -> Basic Notes Client Configuration", and then choose the appropriate setting under 'Additional options' (the setting is selected by default). 25

26 Notes 8.5 General Functionality Drag-and-drop has been enhanced. Drag-and-drop between rich text fields in Notes documents (Windows only), drag Sametime Contacts names or groups to Notes name fields and rich text fields, or drag names from external applications to Notes name fields. 26

27 To the To: field Drag from Sametime 27

28 Notes 8.5 General Functionality Drag-and-drop text in the Notes Editor 28

29 Notes 8.5 General functionality Roaming User for Notes standard configuration is introduced in this release. A new Roaming policy settings document is introduced to support this functionality, as are two new roaming-specific databases (a Feeds subscription database and an EclipseTM plug-in data and preferences database). User files configured for roaming now appear in a single Roaming Applications folder on the Notes replicator page. A new Roaming preference panel is available for Notes users configured for file server-based roaming. 29

30 Notes 8.5 General functionality When you hover over Live Text and the cursor appearance changes, you can left-click the Live Text instance to start an action. If a default action has been assigned, the action runs. If no action has been defined as default, a panel of options appears. The right-click Live Text action available in Notes has been replaced with a Live Text context menu which you can access by clicking on the hover icon which displays when you hover over any Live Text instance. Widgets and Live Text support on the Linux and Mac OS platforms is introduced with this release. 30

31 Notes 8.5 General functionality Notes 8.5 adds support for installation and use on Macintosh OS. Notes 8.5 adds support for installation and use with Citrix software. Support for 64 Bit The Notes basic configuration Allclient install kit is no longer available, however the Notes-only basic configuration install kit remains available. Customers looking to install or upgrade to the Domino Designer 8.5 or Domino Administrator 8.5 clients must use the Notes standard configuration Allclient install kit. This is applicable to the Windows client platform as there is no Notes basic configuration install kit for the Mac OS or Linux platforms. The Notes start-up sequence has been reordered as part of a performance enhancement in this release. 31

32 Notes 8.5 Mail Type-ahead includes all addresses stored in a user's contact entry To select an alternate address, when you begin typing a name, select "Other Addresses" from the menu that appears. The more frequently-used addresses display at the top of the list. 32

33 Notes 8.5 Mail A new Folder column in the mail 'All Documents' view displays any mail folders that a document is in. 33

34 Notes 8.5 Calendar Add Google CalendarTM entries, another Notes user's calendar, or an ical feed. Updates entries each time the view is opened Check box to update Take offline adds entries to your Notes calendar For synchronization (e.g., Blackberry) 45 Days before and after current date 34

35 Notes 8.5 Calendar Horizontal scroll bar for Calendar views has been added. When all of the header information for calendar entries cannot be displayed completely for a day in a calendar view, the day displays a horizontal scroll bar. You can use a mouse or the keyboard left and right arrow keys to scroll with the bar, and display the rest of the header information for calendar entries. 35

36 Notes 8.5 Contacts To import external contacts to your Notes Contacts, from Contacts, choose "File - > Import Contacts". If field remapping is required, it can be done first, or done in Contacts after the import. To export your contacts, and to now filter which contacts and fields to export, from Contacts, choose "File -> Export -> Contacts". 36

37 Notes 8.5 Contacts Forward contacts as a vcard from Contacts. Select the contact(s) you want to forward as a vcard and choose "Forward vcard". Add international sets of alphabet tabs. Choose the menu icon at the bottom of the tabs column, and then choose from Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, or Cyrillic. 37

38 Notes 8.5 Notes Applications New Notebook (formerly Personal Journal template). The Personal Journal template has a new name, and a new look. When you install or upgrade to Notes 8.5, any new Notebook you create will use the new template (Notebook8.ntf). In addition, any existing journal template will be updated automatically if one of the following conditions are met. It is named journal.nsf It was created from the Default Home Page It was created manually using "File > Application > New" and was subsequently linked to your default Home page by using the "Set Journal" option. Journals created this way but not linked to your default Home page will not be updated automatically. Use "File > Application > Replace Design" to update existing journal templates manually. 38

39 Notebook 39

40 Notes 8.5 Notes Applications More seamless failover in mail client and composite applications. Since version 8.0, the Notes client is itself an example of a composite application involving both Java and non-java components. In the Notes client for this release, regardless of which part (component) of your mail client you are in, initiating an action when your mail server is down will cause that component to fail over to another server in the cluster. For example, if you are working in the Follow Up or Calendar miniview (an.nsf component of your mail application) and your mail server goes down, the miniview will fail over. Moreover, the failover of one component triggers all related components to fail over; in the previous example, the failover by the miniview triggers the Inbox to fail over as well. 40

41 Notes 8.5 Sametime Drag messages to add names to your Sametime Contacts list. You can drag a Mail message to any personal group in your Sametime Contacts list and add all the members of the group to your list at one time. This can also be done with Calendar and To Do entries that have recipients (such as meetings or group To Do assignments), and with Contacts entries. 41

42 Notes 8.5 Lotus Symphony Performance enhancements.odp and.ppt file format save, application start up, new document creation, spell checking in ODP and ODS, Presentation page painting, and an optimized sidebar refresh. Interoperability with other file formats Improved support for chart rendering, numbering and bulleting with Microsoft Office documents Support for opening and playing Microsoft PowerPoint.PPS file format Support for displaying Presentation table in OpenOffice.org Improved support for graphics and layouts in SmartSuite documents Function enhancements in three editors Support for the page slider function in Presentation Support for the validity list function in Spreadsheet 42

43 Notes 8.5 Lotus Symphony Improved support for the Table of Contents function in Documents Improved support for spell checking in Presentation template files Improved support for configurable default file types when creating new documents 43

44 IBM Software Group Thank you