RIM Announces BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365

RIM’s hosted BlackBerry service for Office 365 is now accepting participants in their open beta program.

October 25, 2011 · 1 min · Mike Crowley

How to Connect the BlackBerry Device Simulator to a BlackBerry Enterprise Server (Screenshots)

An illustrated 15-step walkthrough for connecting the BlackBerry Device Simulator to a BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5x for Enterprise Activation testing.

August 25, 2011 · 3 min · Mike Crowley

Cloud-Based BES Services With BPOS / Office 365

Two big developments for BlackBerry admins today: Microsoft’s Hosted Exchange (BPOS / Office 365) announced it would provide complimentary BlackBerry licenses for existing mailbox subscribers. RIM revealed plans to introduce a cloud-based BES service. Check out the official announcement at the Microsoft Office 365 blog for additional details.

March 16, 2011 · 1 min · Mike Crowley

BlackBerry Desktop Software Version 6 Adds x64 Support

BlackBerry Desktop Software version 6.0.1.18 finally adds support for 64-bit Microsoft Outlook.

December 31, 2010 · 1 min · Mike Crowley

BES 5.0.2 and Exchange 2010 SP1

BES 5.0.2 adds Exchange 2010 SP1 support, but a KB article warns of issues when public folders are not enabled.

October 5, 2010 · 1 min · Mike Crowley

BlackBerry Desktop Software Version 6 Released

BlackBerry Desktop Software 6.0 adds Outlook 2010 32-bit support, with 64-bit support promised for 2011.

August 17, 2010 · 1 min · Mike Crowley