The Domino 7 server enhancements include autonomic diagnostic collection, a feature that can be considered both an administration feature as well as a server feature. This powerful feature is used to analyze various processes and events that are generated from a Notes client or Domino server after a crash. Autonomic diagnostic collection was first released with Notes and Domino 6.0.1. Be sure to take some time to understand and utilize this powerful tool.

Domino 7 includes more improvements to directories and LDAP; for example, support for Universal Notes IDs (UNID) through 32-character values of the new dominoUNID operational attribute. LDAP searches have been enhanced to work with IBM Workplace products that use the WebSphere Member Manager (WMM) service to access user/group objects. To optimize performance, Domino 7 re-uses existing LDAP connections, rather than initialize and close new ones for every user attempting to access protected resources whose credentials need...