MICROSOFT RELEASED A set of tools Monday that allow Lotus Notes users to assess what applications they have running on their servers, a key step in helping them migrate to competing products from Microsoft.

The Microsoft Application Analyzer for Lotus Notes consists of two tools that enable users to take an inventory of the applications they have built for the Notes platform. Such information is useful for customers to help assess what resources it would take to migrate to Microsoft's competing Exchange server, said Jim Bernardo, product manager with Microsoft's Exchange group.

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