BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express is a new product that offers a low cost solution for businesses of any size, with an existing Microsoft® Exchange or Microsoft Small Business Server, to quickly and easily get started with the BlackBerry® solution. It provides advanced BlackBerry Smartphone business features with no additional per user or software fees. Plus is runs on any Internet-enabled BlackBerry data plan.
Here are some quick points on BES Express:
- Free Server Software and free CALS
- Supports up to 2000 users/can stack multiply servers for more user capability
- Supports up to 75 users if installed on an existing Exchange server
- Will work on Exchange 2003,2007,2010/windows small business server 2003,2008
- 35+ IT policies
- Doesn’t support MVS (mobile extension)
- Will eventually replace BlackBerry Professional Server
- Do not need an Enterprise rate plan, will work with a BIS rate plan
Here's what you can do as an end-user:
Flag for follow up - Flagging email messages for follow up is a great way to help users spot the ones they’re looking for when they need them. Apply different colors, assign due dates, set reminders and more.1
Remote email search
Users can search for emails that are no longer stored on their smartphone without returning to their desk.
Set up out-of-office reply
Out-of-office notifications are updated easily from users’ BlackBerry smartphones.
HTML email
View emails with embedded HTML, including images, page layout, and text formatting.
Sync email status
Reading an email on your BlackBerry® smartphone marks it as “read” on desktop as well. Deleting an email can optionally be reflected on the desktop.
Mail folder management
BlackBerry smartphone users can add, remove or rename folders right from their smartphone. Changes made on the BlackBerry smartphone will automatically be updated on the mail server.
View email folders
View custom email folders created on the desktop. View emails moved into folders by custom email filters setup through desktop.
Free/busy lookup
Users can look at their colleagues’ availability and choose a meeting time that works for everyone.
Forward appointments
Users can simply forward a calendar entry from the email message list or directly from the calendar.
View and forward Calendar Attachments
Just as they would from an email message, users can open some of the most popular document and graphic attachments from calendar entries.
Contact sync
Contact information on users’ BlackBerry smartphones automatically stays up-to-date with the information on their computers.
Address lookup
Users can look up colleagues in the corporate address book from their smartphone.
Synchronization of multiple contact folders
Users can synchronize multiple contact folders, personal distribution lists and public/shared folders to their smartphone.
Remote File Access
Users can find local and remote files, and open, view, save, or email JPEG, Adobe® PDF, Microsoft® Word, Microsoft® Excel® and Microsoft® PowerPoint® files directly from their BlackBerry® smartphone.
Ability to download, edit, save and attach documents
Users can edit and save changes to Microsoft® Word and Microsoft® PowerPoint® files, then send them as email attachments to colleagues and customers while on the go.
Native file attachments
Users can download and save full-size email attachments in their native file formats
For more information and to check out the other goodies available with BlackBerry BES Express, check out the page here.
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