Blackberry Mobile Devices and Exchange Servers
Does Exchange server 2007, or 2010 for that matter, have any built in integration to sync with Blackberry Devices? Mail/contact/calendar? Or does on have to use the BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 for Exchange server? I was thinking Exchange has that ability with WM5 and 6, but not blackberry. Can someone please confirm my beliefs?
What are your recommendations?
Thanks in Advance, tandrist
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- Exchange does not have any built in sync integration with Blackberry. Win mobile devices use the ActiveSync protocol. You do not have to have a BES server to get your Exchange mail on the blackberry, you could look into using the desktop software.
http://www.eaccess.com/Support/BB_FAQ_Redirector.htm
Mark Morowczynski|MCT| MCSE 2003:Messaging, Security|MCITP:ES, SA,EA|MCTS:Windows Mobile Admin|Security+|http://almostdailytech.com Mark is absolutely right, but I tend to think of it the other way around. Blackberry devices don't have inbuilt integration with Exchange ActiveSync! This is a Blackberry device limitation, rather than an Exchange limitation. There are third party applications that allow Blackberries to ActiveSync, such as http://www.astrasync.com/ . I have not tested this so can’t confirm its reliability.
Recommendations ? Buy a Windows Phone ! ;-)Cheers Wayne
Airloom- Edited byWayne Phillips.MVPTuesday, October 27, 2009 12:59 AM
- Windows phones can sync (obviously), iPhones can sync, Nokias can sync .. only BackBerries can't (on it's own). Yes, this smells like intentional by RIM :)
Besides implementing BES Server ($) you can check out 3rd party software like AstraSync (as indicated by Wayne).
