Actually with the BES Express some carriers allow you to use the BIS plans instead. This was a new change with the Express version only. T-Mobile allows you to use a BIS plan but you won't get OTA activations for your devices, they would need to be connected to the server. I know Verizon does require you to have a Enterprise plan even if you use the BES Express server.
Mike -----Original Message----- From: greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 8:59 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Blackberry devices & Push Email BIS is actually handled by Rim and works with your phone carriers. It's a portal you login to and setup your connection or you can configure Internet email right on your phone. It in turns polls the mail servers and then delivers the email to your phone. It works perfectly with OWA on Exchange 2003 - 2010. No additional charges other than how your carrier charges for Internet usage. Also pop services.. www.blackberry.com/go/vzw for example BES Express, latest version. Is completely free. If you have an Exchange server you can install it on your server or a separate server and it will sync all contacts/calendar/emails/tasks. You must have your blackberry provisioned for BES services by the cell carrier. Some charge for this; others include it. Bes professional 4.x charged 99.00 per blackberry that is no longer the case in bes express version 5. -----Original Message----- From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 8:39 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Blackberry devices & Push Email BIS is Blackberry Internet Service. It will sync via your OWA portal. BES express is free so $$ shouldn't be an issue any more if that's what's stopping you from running a BES server. -----Original Message----- From: Ellis, John P. [mailto:johnel...@wirral.gov.uk] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 7:31 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Blackberry devices & Push Email Hi Steve What is BIS ? Is it possible without to push email without any BES/BIS/Blackberry servers deployed? Thanks John -----Original Message----- From: Koivisto, Steve [mailto:steve.koivi...@rosedmi.com] Sent: 28 May 2010 13:20 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Blackberry devices & Push Email John, The latest version of BIS supports this. My Bold 9700 is able to send/receive email from one of my Exchange servers without being on BES. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Ellis, John P. [mailto:johnel...@wirral.gov.uk] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 5:16 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Blackberry devices & Push Email A quick question. Can a Blackberry device such as a BB Bold 9700 support push email without having a BES server, maybe using the BB equivilant of ActiveSync? We have a few a Windows/Symbian based devices that have push email to the phones. The Windows based ones use ActiveSync and SSL cert and the Symbian ones use Mail For Exchange and a SSL cert Thanks John ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.clearswift.com **********************************************************************
