BlackBerry® Professional Software and BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express

[knottyrope]

tru, if your going to flatten it, dont worry about uninstalling.

[jctjurinnovcom]

I was thinking there might some 'hook' in Exchange installed by BPS that may need to be removed.

[knottyrope]

There are no hooks to exchange, just permissisons on the BESAdmin service account.

[Harvey1973]

Dear all

I would  move from BES 4.1.7.17 to latest BES Express version.

Current configuration:

BES 4.1.7.17 running Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 32 bit

15 users

database SQL Server 2000 SP3 on another server

Exchange Server 2007 SP1 on another server

Target configuration:

latest BESx version running on Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit

16 users

database SQL Server 2005 SP3 on another server

Exchange Server 2007 SP1 on another server

Steps:

since I cannot use the transporter due to the old source database, I will proceede as follow:

- Install the lates BES express version on a new machine. The database will be new on SQL Server 2005

- Use the actual besadmin account to connect to Exchange Server 2007

- Both BES and BESx server can work simultaniously

- Add a new user to BESx and test if everything works

For each devices running on BES:

- delete user on BES

- wipe device

- add user on BESx assigning the device just wiped

The last operation should be the BES uninstallation.

Is it the correct way to proceede?

Thank You

[knottyrope]

since I cannot use the transporter due to the old source database

Why do you say that? SP7 is supported.

[Harvey1973]

Actually I took a look at Transporter 5.0.3 requirements, which should be the latest version available on the RIM site, and it does not support SQL Server 2000 as a source DB or target DB either.

http://docs.blackberry.com/en/admin/subcategories/?userType=2&category=BlackBerry+Enterprise+Server+...

[knottyrope]

Stop BES services and install SQL 2005 express and use transporter.

look here for tons of info

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc966393.aspx