Blackberry w/ Office 365? Easy or hassle? BES needed? Is it as simple as activesync?
We are thinking of migrating from on-premises Exchange 2007 to Office 365.
The president of our company hates his iphone 6s PLUS and wants to know if he could get a blackberry if we approve the Office 365 project.
Will a blackberry work out-of-the box without needing a blackberry enterprise server or additional complication?
Is having one blackberry user add a giant complication or not a big deal?
Thanks,
Mike
The president of our company hates his iphone 6s PLUS and wants to know if he could get a blackberry if we approve the Office 365 project.
Will a blackberry work out-of-the box without needing a blackberry enterprise server or additional complication?
Is having one blackberry user add a giant complication or not a big deal?
Thanks,
Mike
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There's a 'built-in' version in the O365 suite - BlackBerry Business Cloud Services. It's not as simple as ActiveSync and requires some additional setup, plus management includes the BB service. Read more here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office-365-blackberry.aspx
I did see that article too.
He'd be buying a new device so the simpler Blackberry 10 would be his selection.
So, "BlackBerry 10 smartphones can connect to Exchange Online directly using Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync."
Is this even needed: "blackberry cloud services"
http://us.blackberry.com/enterprise/products/cloud-services/overview.html
I really don't want to complicate our new office 365, requiring us to learn a whole different interface/process just to support one phone.
Give me reasons I can use to say no !!
Thanks,
Mike
He'd be buying a new device so the simpler Blackberry 10 would be his selection.
So, "BlackBerry 10 smartphones can connect to Exchange Online directly using Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync."
Is this even needed: "blackberry cloud services"
http://us.blackberry.com/enterprise/products/cloud-services/overview.html
I really don't want to complicate our new office 365, requiring us to learn a whole different interface/process just to support one phone.
Give me reasons I can use to say no !!
Thanks,
Mike
Well you will be adding a whole new level of complexity (and another point of failure) if you use the BBCS, and if this is for one user only, I dont see any point in going this route.
Is there any one-user appropriate way to let him have a blackberry?
I'd like to say something like: "BBCS is entirely too complicated; if we don't get BBCS, your blackberry would not sync mail but only have a copy (for example, if that's true).
Is there anything provided strictly as part of the office 365 platform that supports syncing mail to a blackberry without running new layers of blackberry software?
And lastly, would having one blackberry reduce the reliability of mail for the entire enterprise, or just that user?
Thanks,
Mike
I'd like to say something like: "BBCS is entirely too complicated; if we don't get BBCS, your blackberry would not sync mail but only have a copy (for example, if that's true).
Is there anything provided strictly as part of the office 365 platform that supports syncing mail to a blackberry without running new layers of blackberry software?
And lastly, would having one blackberry reduce the reliability of mail for the entire enterprise, or just that user?
Thanks,
Mike
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