We run ours on a dedicated virtual machine. It can be a little interesting getting it attached for the first time to an Exchange 2007 server - you need the mapi tools if I remember correctly. Once you have it set up it's amazing though - backs up everything on the device, and I do mean everything. Applications, contacts, calendar, email, SMS, call logs... And you can do remote restores and wipes. You’ll wonder how you lived without it. I believe they still offer a version of BES where the first user is free – BES professional edition or something like that. ---- Jack Kramer Computer Systems Specialist University Relations, Michigan State University w: 517-884-1231 / c: 248-635-4955 > From: "Aldrich, Dak" <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: "Aldrich, Dak" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:55:08 -0500 > To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [MSUNAG] BES inquiry... > > Ok. So... I'm new to this trend called a BlackBerry. (It will NEVER replace > the iPhone, but for work, I just couldn't justify a second iPhone to keep work > and personal phones separate...) > > In every way it is great for what I need, except for the main reason I got > it.. It's email functionality is SO far under the bar, it's almost unusable > without the BES. > > As I have a few BB users here, I'm going to be getting the BES, which i > understand will solve all of my email woes... However, I haven't had a chance > to read up much on it. I was wondering about others using it out there... do > you run it on it's own dedicated server? or > do you run it right on the exchange server? I will have no more than 5 users > using it. > > Is there any advice that you all might have on it, regarding the setup or > general maintenance, that might be useful to a newbie? > > Thanks! > > -dak > > ------------------------------ > -dak aldrich > -network admin > -college of music, msu > [log in to unmask] > -517.432.5045 > -http://comit.music.msu.edu