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niiicccee ... Just found this up on Bink.  Not too sure if the current messaging policy on a BES server will control this, but check it out! Windows Live™ Messenger for BlackBerry® smartphones allows you to chat in virtual real time with your instant messaging (IM) contacts when and where you want to – not just when you’re in front of ...

Heard a rumour today, that RIM are taking the european datacentre down for 7 hours on Friday (25th July 2008) night! Yeah, you read right, that it they are taking EUROPE out! .. All BES devices that use the European NOC will not be working! Oh my GAWD! time to get those Windows Mobile devices out!  Couldn't find anything on Google about it ...

This is a handy little KB from RIM, it enables you to determine the software version of your BlackBerry Enterprise Server ;-)  Source: http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/dynamickc.do?externalId=KB05131&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC&kcId=KB05131

I saw this on Jason's Blog .. AstraSync is scheduled to be released in July 2008 at $49 for a one mailbox 12 month subscription. You can register your interest by filling in the form below. Once you have submitted your details our sales team will contact you to provide further information on the product and release date. Could be an interesting ...

Okay so just for everyone (and for me to blow the dust off a few brain cells .. and what I understand the issue to be) .. This is a problem introduced with Exchange 2007, and affects any BES or Outlook 2003 user that is on Exchange 2007. Essentially, a users Exchange 2007 OoO is actually stored at the top of the information for a users mailbox, ...

Ari to the rescue! .. ''RIM hopes to release 5.0 by year-end, but that will depend on the quality of the code'' .. Which Year? Source: http://www.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?R=printThis&A=/article/08/05/14/RIM-details-features-in-BlackBerry-Enterprise-Server-5_1.html BES is a critical piece in RIM's effort to make its software ...

So at last RIM confirm they have a problem! .. Rumour control has the fix scheduled for BES 5.0 ... god knows when that will hit the streets!. So esentially you when you migrate a Blackberry user to Exchange 2007 they shouldn't set an OoO from the BES device!? Source: http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/article/458/KB15155_f.SAL_Public.html ...

This is quite a good KB from the boys at Blackberry, it details the sequence of events that occurs in each component of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server during wireless enterprise activation is outlined below. The details include the lines that are written to the respective debug logs of each ...

Need this article the other day. Two Blackberry servers, one in another country.  bbsrptest worked for both, but when we went install Blackberry, bbsrptest failed :-| Now the firewall guys swear they didn't make any change (yeah right) but we need to get Blackberry working ASAP, while they sorted out why bbsrptest wasn't working! John found ...

This just arrived in my inbox ... no mention of support for Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1! Packed with new features to simplify administration and increase productivity! Includes BlackBerry® Monitoring Service for high availability through enhanced monitoring, alert, troubleshooting and reporting capabilities. Enhanced security features include ...

So I have been ''play'' with PowerShell again today, and I have trying to work out how to write an Event to the Eventlog. Richard gave me some code to do it with vbs, but I found this while surfing (it has taken an age to find!) http://winpowershell.blogspot.com/2006_07_01_archive.html Anyway, not I have found it the world is my oyster!  So ...