Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: QSFT) was nominated – for the second consecutive year – as a finalist for the Microsoft Partner Awards in the Notes Migration Partner of the Year award category. The Quest complete Notes migration solution set earned this recognition and includes: Notes Migrator for Exchange, Coexistence Manager for Notes, Notes Migrator for SharePoint, Quest® Web Parts for SharePoint, and Migrator for Sametime.

?Achieving back-to-back finalist recognition for Microsoft Notes Migration Partner of the Year is strong external validation of the work we are doing for our customers,? said Bill Evans, vice president and general manager for SharePoint and Notes Transition, Quest Software. ?This nomination acknowledges our commitment at Quest to deliver ZeroIMPACT migrations, worldwide sales coverage, and 24/7/365 global support for organizations migrating from Lotus Notes and Sametime to Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, Office Communications Server and the Business Productivity Online Suite.?

Microsoft selected finalists from a pool of nearly 3,000 entrants worldwide. The Notes Migration Partner of the Year Award honors partners who have attained excellence in helping their customers migrate from IBM Lotus Notes to a comprehensive solution using Exchange Server, Office SharePoint Server, and Microsoft Office. This nomination recognizes Quest for effectively assessing its customers' business challenges, articulating the business value of a migration, efficiently migrating its customers' email and application environments, and preserving and improving IT-driven business processes.

?Congratulations to the 2010 Partner Award finalists for delivering such creative and superior Microsoft solutions and services,? said Allison Watson, corporate vice president of Worldwide Partner Group, Microsoft Corp. ?It's incredible to see the level of expertise our partners continue to exhibit as they create and deliver innovative solutions and services to grow their businesses, meet customer needs, and drive down costs.?

Quest Notes migration solutions provide ZeroIMPACT transition from Lotus Notes, Domino and Sametime to Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, Office Communications Server and the Business Productivity Online Suite. With Quest, customers can perform pre-migration assessments to mitigate risk, ensure coexistence to maintain business productivity and rapidly rebuild complex applications in SharePoint to shorten the transition. For more information, please visit www.quest.com/notesmigration.

Earlier this year, Microsoft Germany named Quest its 2010 Notes Migration Partner of the Year. For more information on the partner awards, visit http://digitalwpc.com/.

About Quest Software, Inc.

Now more than ever, organizations need to work smart and improve efficiency. Quest Software creates and supports smart systems management products?helping our customers solve everyday IT challenges faster and easier. Our innovative solutions for application monitoring, database management, Windows management and virtualization management help customers achieve better results, faster. Visit http://www.quest.com/ for more information.

Quest, Quest Software, and the Quest logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Quest Software in the United States and certain other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.

Web Links Referenced in this Release:

Quest Software, Inc: http://www.quest.com/

Notes Migration: http://www.quest.com/notesmigration

Notes Migrator for Exchange: http://www.quest.com/notes-migrator-for-exchange/

Coexistence Manager for Notes: http://www.quest.com/coexistence-manager-for-notes

Notes Migrator for SharePoint: http://www.quest.com/notes-migrator-for-sharepoint/

Quest® Web Parts for SharePoint: http://www.quest.com/web-parts-for-sharepoint/

Migrator for Sametime: http://www.quest.com/migrator-for-sametime/

Worldwide Partner Conference: http://digitalwpc.com/

Systems management: http://www.quest.com

Application monitoring: http://www.quest.com/application-monitoring

Database management: http://www.quest.com/database-management

Windows management: http://www.quest.com/windows-management

Virtualization Management: http://www.quest.com/virtualization

Quest Software, Inc.
Sara O'Malley, 614-726-4768
sara.omalley@quest.com
@SaraOMalley