GroupWise 7 system (specifically, the domains and post offices to which Exchange users will be migrated) on one of the following operating systems:
Novell® Open Enterprise Server (NetWare® or Linux version), plus the latest Support Pack
NetWare 5.1 or 6.x, plus the latest Support Pack
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 9 or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, plus the latest Support Pack
Windows* Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Server 2003 R2, plus the latest Service Pack
Latest GroupWise 7 Support Pack Post Office Agent installed for post offices to which Exchange users will be migrated
GroupWise 7 Windows client, plus the latest Support Pack, installed on users’ workstations
For complete GroupWise 7 system requirements, see GroupWise System Requirements
in the GroupWise 7 Installation Guide
NOTE:After you have finished migrating Exchange users to all GroupWise 7 post offices in a GroupWise 7 domain, and after users have imported their Outlook PST files, you can then update that domain and its post offices to GroupWise 8, as described in Update
in the GroupWise 8 Installation Guide. Migrated users can then use the GroupWise 8 clients to access their mailboxes.
The GroupWise Connector for Microsoft Outlook is not currently available for GroupWise 8, as explained in the GroupWise 8 Readme. If you use the GroupWise 7 version of the Outlook Connector to access a GroupWise 8 mailbox, you might encounter benign peculiarities with multiple contacts folders, but otherwise, the GroupWise 7 version of the Outlook Connects can be used to access a GroupWise 8 mailbox.