UPGRADING TO LOTUS NOTES 6 AND LOTUS DOMINO 6

Creating a Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade desktop policy settings document
A desktop policy settings document enables Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade to function automatically, to deploy different releases of the Notes client to different groups of users, to upgrade Notes clients through several updates at one time, and to control when updates occur, which preserves server performance. The desktop policy settings document is applied continually during authentication and is enforced by dynamic configuration. The policy settings document is applied to users' client configuration whenever a change to the document occurs.

For more information about the desktop policy settings document, see the topic Creating a desktop policy settings document.

1. In the Domino Administrator, open the Settings view on the People and Groups tab.

2. If you are creating a desktop policy settings document, click Add Settings, then choose Desktop. If you are modifying a desktop policy settings document, select the policy, then click Edit Settings.

3. If you are creating a desktop policy settings document, complete the Policy name and Description fields in the Basic tab of document.

4. In the Deploy version field, enter the release number of the Notes client to which you want users to upgrade.

5. In the Grace Period field, enter the date on which the grace period ends. Use the mm/dd/yyyy date format.

6. Click Save and Close.

7. Create a master policy to administer the Lotus Notes Smart Upgrade desktop policy settings document to users and groups.

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