Modernise Domino Applications Without Losing What Matters
Transform Lotus Notes applications into secure web and enterprise platforms while preserving business logic, workflows, and data integrity.
Lotus Notes applications often underpin critical business processes but are increasingly difficult to maintain, extend, and access.
Rewriting them from scratch introduces risk, cost, and the potential loss of embedded business logic that has evolved over years.
We modernise Notes applications by transforming legacy clients into secure, web-based solutions, preserving core functionality while enabling modern identity, cloud hosting, and browser-based access.
Practical guidance on support, stability, and next steps.
The result is modern, secure applications that retain existing business functionality while aligning with current identity, security, and cloud platforms.
Choose the Right Deployment Model for Your Risk and Operating Model
Modernised applications can be deployed in different ways depending on your organisation’s security, control, and operational requirements.
Best suited for organisations that require full control over infrastructure, security, and data residency.
Best suited for organisations looking to reduce infrastructure overhead and enable secure, scalable access across distributed teams.
Both models ensure full control over application code and data, with deployment tailored to your organisation’s security, operational, and compliance requirements.
Secure Applications with Enterprise Identity and Access Control
Modernised applications integrate with enterprise identity platforms such as Microsoft Entra ID, ensuring secure authentication, controlled access, and full alignment with organisational security policies.
Enforce existing MFA policies to protect access to sensitive applications.
Remove credential sprawl and enable seamless, secure access across systems.
Manage access through existing identity frameworks, audit processes, and security controls.
Turn Microsoft 365 into a
Platform for Business Applications
Run modern web applications directly within Teams and SharePoint, fully integrated with enterprise identity, security, and collaboration tools.
Legacy Notes applications are transformed into embedded, secure business solutions that operate natively within Microsoft 365, eliminating the need for separate clients or disconnected systems.
Modernisation Without Breaking What Already Works
Lotus Notes applications often contain years of embedded business rules, workflows, and operational knowledge.
Rebuilding from scratch risks losing that logic. Migr8IT preserves and enhances it, ensuring modernisation does not disrupt how the business actually operates.
Core application logic is translated into modern service and application layers, ensuring workflows, validations, and business rules behave exactly as expected.
Approval flows, document lifecycles, and user roles are maintained within modern web architectures, ensuring operations continue without disruption.
Documents, relationships, attachments, and metadata are preserved in full, ensuring traceability, integrity, and long-term accessibility.
Move Beyond Legacy Notes Clients to Secure, Modern Applications
Applications rely on the Lotus Notes client and legacy Domino infrastructure.
Applications become secure browser-based systems aligned with modern enterprise identity, security, and cloud platforms.
Why Lotus Notes Applications Are
Modernised as Web Applications
Modernisation Without Functional Loss
Core business logic and workflows are preserved, avoiding the risk and cost of rebuilding applications from scratch.
Reduced Operational Risk
Applications are rebuilt using modern web technologies that are easier to support, secure, and maintain long term.
Extended Lifespan of Mission-Critical Applications
Existing systems remain operational and supported while longer-term platform strategies are planned.
Lower Support and Maintenance Overhead
Modern architectures reduce reliance on scarce Domino expertise and simplify ongoing application support.
Improved Accessibility and Usability=
Browser-based access removes dependency on the Lotus Notes client and supports modern working patterns.
Faster User Adoption
Modern interfaces improve usability while maintaining familiar workflows, reducing training and support demands.
Modernise Lotus Notes Without Losing What Works.
Transform legacy Notes applications into secure browser-based systems while preserving business logic, workflows, and operational continuity.
Lotus Notes Application Modernisation Frequently Asked Questions.
Do you rebuild Lotus Notes applications or simply replace them?
We do both, depending on what is appropriate. Where an application delivers unique or complex business logic, we reproduce that behaviour on modern enterprise platforms rather than forcing users into an off-the-shelf alternative that does not fit. Where functionality can be simplified or retired safely, we recommend that instead.
How do you preserve custom business logic during modernisation?
We analyse how the application actually behaves, not just how it looks. This includes workflow rules, calculations, validations, security controls, and exception handling. That logic is then deliberately recreated in the target platform using native capabilities or custom services, ensuring outcomes remain consistent with the original system.
What platforms can modernised applications be built on?
Applications can be rebuilt on Microsoft 365 and the Power Platform, custom web application stacks, or other enterprise platforms depending on requirements. The choice is driven by complexity, scale, security, and long-term supportability, not by a one-size-fits-all approach.
Can applications be accessed through a web browser?
Yes. A core objective of modernisation is browser-based access. We remove reliance on thick clients and legacy runtimes, enabling secure access through standard web browsers across devices, while maintaining enterprise-grade security and access controls.
How do you avoid over-simplifying complex Notes applications?
We do not assume that low-code platforms are suitable for every workload. Heavily customised or workflow-intensive applications are assessed carefully. Where Power Apps or similar tools are not appropriate, we design solutions that preserve functionality without introducing technical constraints or future rework.
Will users experience disruption during modernisation?
No. Modernisation is delivered using controlled, phased approaches. Existing applications remain operational while new solutions are introduced and validated, avoiding downtime and allowing users to transition safely.
What happens to integrations with other systems?
Existing integrations are identified and either preserved, modernised, or replaced with cleaner interfaces. This ensures that downstream systems continue to operate correctly and that hidden dependencies do not break during transition.
How do you ensure the modernised application is easier to support long term?
Applications are built using standard, widely adopted technologies and platform features. This removes reliance on scarce Lotus Notes skills and allows mainstream development and operations teams to support, enhance, and evolve the solution over time.
Can modernisation be aligned with wider cloud or Microsoft 365 strategy?
Yes. Modernised applications are designed to fit into broader enterprise strategies, including identity, governance, security, and data platforms. This ensures the result is not just a technical upgrade, but a strategic step forward.
What is the biggest risk in application modernisation and how do you mitigate it?
The biggest risk is losing subtle but critical business behaviour. We mitigate this by grounding every decision in technical analysis of the existing application, not assumptions, and by validating behaviour before users rely on the new system.