EXCHANGE VS DOMINO

Features Compared

DIRECTORY
Exchange

Domino

AD

NAB(Notes Address Book)

Local Contacts

Local Contacts

Offline Address Book(OAB)

Mobile directory(MDB)

Web Service based/ Public Folder

NRPC/Replication

OAB generated on Mailbox

server

MDB generated on Directory

Catalog(DC) server

CAS server copies OAB from

MBX server and sends to user

A replica put into users home

servers

Outlook
CachedMode>AutoDiscover>CAS

Notes Client (replica

task)>dconfig>Home server
policy

Suggested Contacts

Recent Contacts

MAIL ROUTING
Exchange

Domino

Based on Exchange Attributes In

Persons AD Account

Persons PAB information

AD site Based

NNN Based

Implicit intra-organization Send

connector

Servers having same NNN

AD site link for inter site

Connect docs/NNN for inter

Link Cost

Connect doc Cost

Hub Role

Notes Router

Default Protocol is SMTP

NRPC for inter Domino and

SMTP for internet

Send and receive Connectors

Foreign SMTP domain, SMTP

connection document and SMTP

DELETED ITEMS/DB RECOVERY

Exchange

Domino

Deleted Items

Trash

Recover Deleted Item

Recover From Backup

Purges(Single Item Recovery)

Recover From Backup

Litigation Hold/Recover From

Backup

Recover From Backup

Soft Deleted((Hiding Only)

)/Disconnected DB

AdminP Approval/Recover From

Backup

SEARCH
Exchange

Domino

Column Vise

Column Vise

Advanced Search(Property
based)

Advanced Search(Field based)

Exchange Search/Windows
Search

Server FT Index/Local FT Search

Attachment indexing based on

Filters

Attachment indexing based on

KeyView Filters

Discovery Mailbox searches for

all the mail boxes in the
organization

Domain Indexing for File system

files/Domain Databases in a
single place

USER MANAGEMENT
Exchange

Domino

AD users and computers and

EMC

Lotus notes Admin client

EMS

Third Party apps/Live console

Scripts

Scripts

New_Requests(Move)

AdminP Requests

CLIENTS
Exchange

Domino

Outlook(MAPI RPC)

Lotus Notes Client(NRPC)

OWA(HTTP)

iNotes(HTTP)

IMAP

IMAP

POP3

POP3

Active Sync

Traveler

BES

BES

Web services inbuilt

Customizable

OFFLINE MODE
Exchange

Lotus Notes

Outlook Cached Mode/Offline

Mode

Offline

Local outlook.ost file

Local mail.nsf file

Archive.pst

Archive.nsf

OAB and local contacts

MobileDir and Local Contacts

ACCESS DELEGATION
Exchange

Lotus Notes

Full Access to Mailbox(open

MBX in Outlook)

Reader Access

Receive As(log on) to Mailbox DB

Reader + Access

Send As

Author + Access

Folder wise /Calendar Access by

Owner

Design Access/Access Delegation

preferences by Owner

ARCHIVE
Exchange

Lotus Notes

Personal Folder(.pst on PC)

Archive stored on local

Personal Archive

Archive stored on server

Auto archive based on Retention

policy settings

Based on archive profile settings

and policies

HIGH AVAILABILITY AND FAIL-OVER

Exchange

Lotus Notes

DAG

Clusters

Continuous/Log shipping
replication

Event based cluster replication

Active Manager

Cluster Manager

Mail delivered to active MDB

copy

Home mail server copy

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