UPGRADING TO LOTUS NOTES 6 AND LOTUS DOMINO 6

Upgrading to Lotus Notes/Lotus Domino 6
Most organizations do not move to Lotus Notes/Domino 6 all at once; rather, they phase in Lotus Notes/Domino 6. There is a period of time in which the old systems (including earlier releases and other mail/groupware products) coexist with Lotus Notes/Domino 6. Lotus created Lotus Notes/Domino 6 with this coexistence phase in mind -- key system databases, such as the Domino Directory and the Administration Requests database, were designed for backward compatibility. In addition, features such as native Simple Message Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) support in the Domino router do not require infrastructure changes. Existing routing paths and addressing work as they did in Domino 4.6 or Domino 5.

To help you structure your upgrade process and rollout, see the following information: