Todd,
I have used the BBes and it works very well. The BBes software IS
free and I have purchased the BB CAL for $100/user (you probably
could get a quantity discount like Joe has). The only other cost is
having the data package on the phone. I have no comparison to MS
ActiveSync so I cant say which is better/easier. But I like the BBes
server because you can wipe clean a device if it gets lost. Once it
is set up/installed, you dont need to touch it except to add new
users. And Users can be walked thru set up under 5 minutes (even the
technically challanged ones). The BBES does not need to sit on the
Exchange server. I have mine on a seperate file server and their
doesnt seem to be any performance issues.
Good luck in your decision
Jeff
I have used the BBes and it works very well. The BBes software IS
free and I have purchased the BB CAL for $100/user (you probably
could get a quantity discount like Joe has). The only other cost is
having the data package on the phone. I have no comparison to MS
ActiveSync so I cant say which is better/easier. But I like the BBes
server because you can wipe clean a device if it gets lost. Once it
is set up/installed, you dont need to touch it except to add new
users. And Users can be walked thru set up under 5 minutes (even the
technically challanged ones). The BBES does not need to sit on the
Exchange server. I have mine on a seperate file server and their
doesnt seem to be any performance issues.
Good luck in your decision
Jeff
--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Todd Caughey <caugheyt@...> wrote:
>
> Our sales guys want to switch from Moto-Q phones to Blackberry
Curves. The Curve won't do ActiveSync but there is a personal (up to
30 users) version of BES that works on top of Exchange 2007 that we
can get for free. I've used BES before and it was a PITA compared to
ActiveSync in Exchange 2007 but once set up it worked well enough.
>
> Anyone have any experience with this personal BES? Comments on
setup or performance impacts on the mail server? Any features lost
or gained over ActiveSync? Any hidden charges we might get due to
RIM involvement?
>
> Thanks,
> Todd Caughey
> Harvey Vogel Mfg. Co.
>
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