Lotus Education


Our Lotus courses are designed to be taken in sequence to ensure prerequisite knowledge and experience is gained prior to taking the following course. It is recommend that you gain relevant experience using the techniques of each course prior to taking the next course. Browse the courses below to see which classes are the best fit for you. If you are more familiar with IBM Lotus courses, check their wareSource equivalents in the table below. Learn the differences between wareSource and IBM courseware.



wareSource Courseware

Update Training IBM Equivalent 
Lotus Domino 7 to 8 Administrator Update
This half-day course explains the new features and benefits of upgrading to Notes and Domino 8 and describes how to plan for and upgrade an existing installation. You will learn the proper sequence to install the software and update databases to avoid problems and service disruptions. This course also explores the many new features that make it easier to monitor and control Domino servers and Notes clients.		 D8720 - Exploring New Features in IBM Lotus Domino 8 Administration


Application Developer Training IBM Equivalent 
Lotus Domino Designer 8: Basic Notes Applications
In this four-day course you will use Domino Designer 8 to create an application used by Notes clients to create and read documents. You will develop your application using most of the design elements available in Domino Designer. 		 D8510 - Fundamentals of IBM Lotus Domino 8 Application Development


System Administrator Training
IBM Equivalent
Lotus Domino 8 Administration Basics
During this three-day course you will install and configure the Lotus Domino Server and Domino Administrator, and a Notes client to test the installation. When you finish the course, the Server will be ready to serve Domino databases to Notes clients and browsers and to delivery mail within a single Domino Domain. This course places special emphasis on database services, security, replication, and messaging, the core strengths of Domino.
 D8750 - IBM Lotus Domino 8 System Administration Operating

FundamentalsD8760 - Building the IBM Lotus Domino 8

InfrastructureD8770 - Managing IBM Lotus Domino 8 Servers and Users
IBM Equivalent
Lotus Notes 8 Administration
This three-day course is designed for administrators responsible for managing Notes clients. During this course you will use Domino Administrator as you learn to perform Notes-specific administration tasks such as registering users and controlling Notes configuration using policies. Whereas the Lotus Domino 8 Administration Basics course covers general Domino Server installation and configuration, this course focuses on the administration of Notes clients.

D8770 - Managing IBM Lotus Domino 8 Servers and Users 
Lotus Domino 8 Monitoring and Maintenance
This two-day course covers all aspects of monitoring and maintaining a Domino Server. Domino’s self-monitoring capabilities have expanded with each revision, the latest being Domino Domain Monitoring added to Domino 8.

 D8770 - Managing IBM Lotus Domino 8 Servers and Users 
Lotus Domino 8 Mail Administration
This course is designed for LAN administrators who are responsible for supporting mail on Lotus Domino Servers, Notes and Internet mail clients. During this course you will configure traditional Notes Mail as well as standards-based SMTP mail transfer and delivery. You will set up several mail clients, including Notes, Internet mail (POP/Outlook Express), Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook, and a browser for WebMail and Domino Web Access.

No Equivalent
Lotus Notes 8 Support
This course is designed for help desk personnel responsible for supporting Notes 8 Standard and Basic configurations users, whether they are connected via the network or modem. These people do not typically have Domino Administrator or administrative rights to the Domino Server but are responsible for installing, configuring, and supporting Notes users. The course provides a very practical approach to fulfilling most user requests and solving many workstation problems, and helps you understand when to escalate problems to the Domino or Notes administrator or to a custom application developer.

No Equivalent


    How do wareSource courses compare in quality to Lotus/IBM courses?


    • wareSource courses are objectives-based and cover every important software feature and function of specific job tasks. Rather than limiting content to a single sampling of what that job is, the courses focus on accomplishing a particular job function (e.g. user, developer, administrator).
    • wareSource's objectives are built from a deep understanding of Notes and how it is used as a tool to accomplish organizational goals. Its objectives incorporate all of the Lotus objectives but include many more.
    • wareSource's materials cover the basic goals set by Lotus, but go further and deeper to explore strategies, techniques, and shortcuts that aren't included in Lotus materials.
    • wareSource courses prepare students in all aspects of Notes and aren't stripped of valuable content.
    • Lotus/IBM courses are focused on training students to accomplish simplistic tasks that can easily be tested with multiple choice tests (the basis of their certification program). The student course materials reflect this difference.
    • wareSource materials are extremely content-rich, providing the student with the ability to reference them on the job. The Lotus/IBM materials students receive are useful only in accomplishing the limited tasks that are performed in class.