Sonic'

Can Exchange 'push' to Blackberries or is the push technology only for Smartphones etc

Customer doesnt want a BES server, but wants to use Push on Exchange 2003 (it is SP2 so does have push)

SwissTony

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yes it can I believe, but the difference between the two is the fact that once received on the handset, a copy is not left on the server.

Obviously full BES servers are around £4000, which is why a lot of people just use the lesser functions of it and sync desktop when back in the office

Sonic'

I know they arent cheap, and for half a dozen users they cannot justify the cost of a BES Server

I have setup a few BES servers in my time, but never setup Blackberries direct with Exchange

Not having a copy left on the server might be a problem though, as this is a firm of Solicitors

SwissTony

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yes that IS the main issue between the two versions, which is why blackberry get away with charging that price, as they know the 'server copy' is the key..barstewards

I am hoping this afternoon see's the licence from MS to Apple for the Exchange/Outlook push client on the iphone

David_Wallis

you could allways use a rule to forward to the crackberry.

Sonic'

Yes that is an option David

Im going to look into it in a bit more detail with the customer tomorrow, and go through all his options, tbh he is actually annoyed that all the partners heard Exchange was going in, and decided to go out and buy Blackberry's without telling anyone till they had them

David_Wallis

oops.. just install devicewall and ban em!

Ours work well, but they do use BES.

Sonic'

Yeah BES is the preferred option, but I know they will never stump up the money for a BES server

They wouldnt even stump up the extra to go Exchange 2007

David_Wallis

ooh.. isnt there a cut down bes option? never really looked though.