The purpose of this knowledge collection is to provide links to a select group of documents and resources that educate readers on the items and issues to take into consideration when upgrading to Lotus Notes/Domino 8.5.

Note:
For Notes/Domino 8.0 see this document:  Knowledge Collection: Upgrading to Lotus Notes/Domino 8.0   (#7010255)
For Notes/Domino 8.0.1 see this document:  Knowledge Collection: Upgrading to Lotus Notes/Domino 8.0.1 (#7011887)

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Detailed system requirements

• Lotus iNotes
• Lotus Domino 8.5
• Lotus Domino 8.5 for i (hardware)
• Lotus Domino 8.5 for i (software)
• Lotus Notes 8.5, Lotus Domino Administrator 8.5, Lotus Domino Designer 8.5

Upgrade & Supportability

• Supportability matrix of operating systems and Notes 8.5 client and embedded plug-ins
• Smart Upgrade not supported for Notes 8.5 on Mac OS
• Upgrade Central: Planning your upgrade to Lotus Notes / Domino 8.5 (including Lotus iNotes and Lotus Notes Traveler)
• Domino 8.5 for i: Checklist for upgrading

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Lotus Notes/Domino 8.5 Information Center

Contains the following help facilities in a format that is different from the traditional .NSF based help databases:

• Domino 8.5 Administration help
• Notes 8.5 client help
• Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook 8.5 help

IBM Lotus Domino and Notes 8.5 Release Notes

Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5 Reviewer's Guide

Lotus Notes product documentation site

Lot us Domino product documentation site

Lotus Notes and Domino Installation Guides

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What's new in Domino 8.5?

Guided Tour of the Domino Configuration Tuner

Summary of changes to Roaming User functionality in Notes and Domino 8.5

Notes ID vault

IBM Lotus Domino going green: The new Lotus Domino attachment and object service (DAOS)

DAOS FAQ

Domino 8.5 hotfix available to ensure that User Rename/User Delete update group membership

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What's new in Lotus Notes 8.5 client?

What's new in the Domino Designer 8.5 client?

What's new in the Domino Administrator 8.5 client?

Lotus Domino 8.5 Administrator Help updates

Platform differences for Mac and Windows on Lotus Notes 8.5

Performance improvements from Notes 8.0.1 to 8.0.2 and 8.5

Knowledge Collection: XPages

Tutorial: XPages, Themes, and Mashups in IBM Lotus Domino Web application development

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Domino Web Access product name changed to 'Lotus iNotes' in release 8.5

Does Lotus iNotes/Domino Web Access support the use of policies?

New features in IBM Lotus iNotes 8.5: Full mode

New features in IBM Lotus iNotes 8.5: Administration policies and lite mode

Features in iNotes 8.5 full mode, lite mode and ultralite mode

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Definition of a Knowledge Collection
A focused compilation of documents about a specific product or topic and serves as a source for general reference and as a supplement for training material. Knowledge Collections are not designed to be an all-inclusive list of all documents dealing with the specific topic.