Chapter 2. Planning an Installation

Planning ahead is essential to a successful Domino/Notes deployment (no surprise there). Whether you are setting up a new Domino installation or extending an existing one, you need to determine beforehand what your needs are and how you will meet them. If you are setting up a new Domino installation—a new domain or organization—planning is especially important, because mistakes made in the initial setup tend to haunt you forever, and because a poorly planned and executed rollout may fail entirely. But even if you are just extending an existing installation, lack of adequate planning can lead to costly mistakes.

In this chapter we look briefly at the overall planning and rollout process. Then we look in detail ...

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