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It does not support Exchange 2010 and they are not planning on updating it. Matt Stehouwer Technology Manager College of Natural Science Deans Office Michigan State University 115 Natural Science Blg. East Lansing, MI 48824 517 355-9003 | Email: [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Jon Galbreath [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 11:00 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] BES inquiry... BlackBerry Professional Software, which is the successor to BlackBerry Small Business Server, is what I use here as I also have limited users. The software is free, and comes with one license, or you can buy it outright with five licenses + the free one, for $499. It's the same price either way since you'll have to buy $99 licenses for each user. I hate BlackBerry for this reason. The problem is that BPS is deprecated and scheduled for obsolescence in July I think. It does not and will not support Exchange 2010. For that you need a $2700 Trade-Up key to move to full BES, which is completely ridiculous. Email me if you want part numbers. Jon Galbreath MCSE/Security+ Systems Administrator International Studies and Programs Ph: 517-884-2144 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Aldrich, Dak [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 10:55 AM To: [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