Ve srovnání s první betou přináší její následnice celou řadu vylepšení. Asi všichni se těšíme především na vylepšení intergrace s DB2. Co je tedy nového? Pomůžu si originálním textem:

Domino server

Improved product integration with DB2 as an optional back-end storage (available on Windows, AIX, Linux (x86), and Solaris for Beta 2). See the feature list in the Lotus Notes/Domino 7 Release Notes for details regarding platform-specific limitations.

Usability:

• Improved MIME-to-CD conversion fidelity
• Anti-SPAM enhancements, including whitelist support

Administration:

• Domino Domain Monitoring (DDM), offering automated problem/event determination and analysis by feature (replication, messaging, directory, security, OS resources, Web, agents/applications, database)
• Single user interface that consolidates, prioritizes, and assists resolution of problems/events across multiple servers
• Many additional probes
• Reporting and configuration UI enhancements
• Smart Upgrade enhancements including failover features, UI and usability enhancements, background detachment of kits, and a governor to intelligently limit upgrades on heavily loaded servers
• Further, a Smart Upgrade administrative notification feature has been introduced that provides detailed information on Smart Upgrade failures/status by user via a new mail-in database.
• Administration scriptability, offering three new powerful event handling methods to enhance server monitoring and event tracking
• DB2 administration features

Serviceability, including Tivoli Autonomic Monitoring Engine (TAME) integration:

• Reports Domino events to Tivoli monitoring products, such as Tivoli Enterprise Console
• Provides Domino-specific TAME Resource Models (RMs) that evaluate and report on system resources
• Allows third parties to create new RMs for Domino TAME to handle/report on server events

Programmability:

• New @Functions and Domino Object methods and properties
• Web Services hosting (Java and LotusScript)
• Support for Java Virtual Machine (JVM) 1.4.1
• Performance Profiler for Java and LotusScript agent and Web Services

Notes client

Productivity:

• Sort by subject in mail
• Calendar Cleanup action
• Follow-up enhancements
• Autosave selected documents (see Domino Designer section below)

Usability:

• Asynchronous openings of views
• Rooms and Resources enhancements
• Welcome Page Wizard -- Workplace setup

Improved product integration:

• IBM Lotus Instant Messaging (formerly Lotus Sametime) integration in Calendar and Scheduling, To Do, Team Rooms, Discussions, Personal Address Book, and Domino Directory
• Smart Tags support for Microsoft Office

Kompletní popis najdete na stránce IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 7 Beta Program. Release Notes Beta 2 jsou ke stažení zde, instalační verze pak zde.