BlackBerry® Professional Software and BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express

[yeowkm]

Currently I have Blackberry Professional Softwaere 4.1.4.2 on a very old windows 2003 server.

Planning to upgrade to the latest version of Blackberry Enterprise Server, which is version 5.

I have only 25 BB users.

Should I upgrade to Blackberry Enterprise Express instead since this is cheaper and I do not require most of the features on BES 5.0.3 ?

We are using Exchange 2003, with plan to upgrade to Exchange 2010 in the next 3-6 months.

[knottyrope]

for 2010 support you need BES Express 5.

It is free and will install on teh mail server for up to 75 users.

Also can use BIS dataplans which can save you some money

BES Express 5 press release
http://press.rim.com/release.jsp?id=3546

About BES Express 5

http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/business/server/express/

Any of the following operating systems:
• Windows Server® 2003 SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit)
• Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit)
• Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit)
• Windows® Small Business Server 2003
• Windows Small Business Server 2008
• Windows Small Business Server 2011

Free SRP, yes FREE!
Free 10000 CALs (2k per server) again FREE!
BIS or BES dataplan will work on it.
MAX 75 users when installed on the exchange server.
Over 50 IT policies (remote wipe included)
Exchange 2003, 2007, 2010 suppoted

Over The Air Enterprise Activation for Bes Express 5 with BIS

 http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/BlackBerry-Professional-Software/Activating-Devices-That-are-...

BlackBerry Balance
http://us.blackberry.com/apps-software/business/server/full/balance.jsp

BES/SBE/BPS 4.x upgrade options to BES Express 5.0

[yeowkm]

What is the cost of BES express ?

What are the subscriptions charges or licenese that I need to purchase ?

[knottyrope]

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yeowkm wrote:

What is the cost of BES express ?

Free

What are the subscriptions charges or licenese that I need to purchase ?

Free CALs, just need a BIS dataplan and of course a BES one works fine too

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