You dont need an Enterprise CAL to use ActiveSync. There are some policies that are only avail with the Enterprise CAL however.
________________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 9:31 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Blackberry question In a large financial organization like the one I work for, we have around 9000 blackberry devices. No windows mobile or EAS since the Security folks won't approve it. (Can't block SMS, 3rd party messaging, etc) While I love Exchange as a mail server, the EAS solution is still immature (we have tested even e2k7 sp1). It also needs a enterprise CAL (so EAS is not really free). -----Original Message----- From: "Joe Heaton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:59:57 To:"MS-Exchange Admin Issues" <exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Subject: Blackberry question We currently use Windows Mobile devices, connecting directly to our Exchange server. Unfortunately, the Moto Q phones we purchased for our new Executive Director, and Assistant Director, have had charging issues, as in they wouldn’t take a charge when plugged in. It is possible, also, that the Director has no clue how to charge his phone, but I hope that scenario is unlikely. Anyway, I guess at his previous employment, they used Blackberry devices, and he’s starting to question why we don’t use Blackberry here. I explained to him that in an enterprise situation, we would need to have a separate server for Blackberry, and we would also need to purchase the server software. Also, no one in IT has had experience managing this type of solution, so there would be a learning curve for us. He also asked the same type of questions of another IT guy, so I think he’s going to be going to our manager and pushing to implement a Blackberry solution. Which finally brings me to my question here. I’ve looked at the Blackberry website, and I see two versions of the BES software. The Express, and the regular. What’s the difference between the two? If I only have a handful of users, would it be better to get the Express version, which has no cost? Thanks, Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Sunbelt Messaging Ninja with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Sunbelt Messaging Ninja with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
