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Notes to Microsoft

Notes to Microsoft — Your Complete Guide

Everything you did in HCL Notes has a home in Microsoft 365. This guide shows you exactly what maps to what, what feels the same, and what's different.

Notes Mail → Microsoft Outlook

Your email, calendar, and contacts in one app — and your @yourcompany.com address stays the same.

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What Feels the Same

  • Compose, send, reply, and forward emails
  • Organize mail into folders
  • Flag messages for follow-up
  • Search across all your mail

Key Differences

  • No more Notes ID file — one Microsoft sign-in
  • Views like All Documents replaced by search
  • Focused Inbox sorts important mail automatically
  • Email, calendar, contacts in one window
Notes Calendar & Scheduling → Outlook Calendar

Scheduling, meetings, and time management.

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What Feels the Same

  • Day, week, and month views
  • Meeting invitations and responses
  • Repeating meetings
  • Room and resource booking

Key Differences

  • Scheduling Assistant replaces Find Available Times
  • Lives inside Outlook, not a separate tab set
  • Teams meetings added with one click
  • Outlook and Teams calendars unified
Personal Address Book & Domino Directory → Outlook Contacts & Global Address List

Your contacts and the company directory.

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What Feels the Same

  • Personal contacts move with you
  • Company-wide directory of colleagues
  • Type-ahead addressing when composing
  • Contact groups for frequent lists

Key Differences

  • Global Address List replaces the Domino Directory
  • Always up to date — nothing to replicate locally
  • Same directory powers Outlook and Teams
  • Contact cards display photos, titles, availability
Mail-in Databases → Shared Mailboxes

Team addresses that several people monitor together.

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What Feels the Same

  • One address, multiple people reading
  • Shared responsibility for replies
  • Keeps team mail out of personal inboxes
  • History stays with the team

Key Differences

  • Appears in the Outlook sidebar below personal folders
  • No separate database to open
  • Send as the shared address or your own identity
  • Works on mobile through the Outlook app
iNotes (Notes on the web) → Outlook on the Web

Your mail in a browser, from any computer.

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What Feels the Same

  • Full mailbox access from a browser
  • Same folders as the desktop app
  • Compose, reply, search — all available
  • No installation needed

Key Differences

  • Access via outlook.office.com from anywhere
  • Looks and functions like desktop Outlook
  • Calendar and contacts included
  • Sign in with your Microsoft 365 account + MFA
HCL Verse / Traveler → Outlook Mobile

Work email and calendar on your phone.

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What Feels the Same

  • Mail and calendar on iPhone or Android
  • Push notifications for new mail
  • Works over cellular or Wi-Fi
  • Respects work account security

Key Differences

  • One Outlook app replaces Verse and Traveler
  • Shared mailboxes available on mobile
  • Teams app adds chat and meetings on the go
  • Single sign-in with MFA — no device sync codes
Notes ID & Password → Microsoft Sign-In + MFA

Account security and authentication.

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What Feels the Same

  • One identity for all your work tools
  • Password-protected access
  • IT can help recover access
  • Protects company data

Key Differences

  • No Notes ID file to copy between computers
  • Microsoft Authenticator app approves sign-ins
  • Single sign-on across all Microsoft 365 apps
  • Self-service password reset

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