BES also equals: - 1 Windows server, plus SQL or MSDE to support. If BES 4 (not 5), also one more server running the Exchange admin tools. - higher utilization on your Exchange server, 1 BB = 2.5 users - headache of having one more service account with god-level rights to every mailbox in your environment. - support calls, when your C_O doesn't get responses to messages sent from his/her BB message at midnight on Sunday while they are on "vacation" in Mexico.
Not any different support model, but if you only have 20 users and a functioning OWA server, you may look into BIS. On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Martin Blackstone <mblackst...@gmail.com>wrote: > No it doesn’t, but it is important to understand the costs of having an > in-house (BES) system. > > You are going to have to buy the following > > Blackberry Enterprise Server > > User CAL’s > > T-Support (unless you want to fly with no support). > > > > Now this of course isn’t including the cost of a server and a Windows > server license. I run mine in a VM but used to run it on a desktop class PC. > > > > Carriers charge for a BB Enterprise wireless plan as well and that’s needed > to use BES. That’s probably where that $20 charge is coming from. I don’t > think I have seen a carrier yet who doesn’t charge for the enterprise fee. > > > > If this is all cost prohibitive, you should change course to Windows Mobile > for sure. > > > > *From:* Todd Lemmiksoo [mailto:tlemmik...@all-mode.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, > August 05, 2009 2:32 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Blackberry Server question. > > > > Our sales guys are getting new Nextel Blackberry's. I want to look into > setting up our own Blackberry server. Nextel is telling us that it will cost > $20/month per phone to use the phones with an in-house Blackberry server. Is > this what you are paying also? Doesn't this make it cost prohibitive to have > an in-house Blackberry server? > > Todd Lemmiksoo Network Administrator > > All-Mode Communications, Inc. 1725 Dryden Road > Freeville, New York 13068 > (607) 347-4164 x440 > 1-877-ALLMODE (toll free) > http://www.all-mode.com > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
