So I just saw this KB article; neat point of information:

The maximum permitted record space for each BlackBerry smartphone user is 4850 KB in the BlackBerry Configuration Database and the average space required by each BlackBerry smartphone user is 400KB. A typical entry in the MsAddresses table in the BlackBerry Configuration Database is approximately 300 bytes in size. The MsAddresses table contains two copies of the contact list so that the BlackBerry smartphone user accounts...

Let's face it ... we can't ignore the iPhone ... and neither can Microsoft: Official comments from Microsoft on the Exchange Team Blog regarding the problems with iOS 4 and Exchange ActiveSync.

Okay, admittedly, this is not a BlackBerry-related post, but it is useful for Exchange engineers all the same.

iOS 4: Exchange Mail, Contacts, or Calendars may not sync after update

It seems that Apple's recent release of iOS4 and the "revolutionary" iPhone 4 has caused a "small" problem for enterprises running Exchange. In essence, the...

A friend of mine wanted to take two scripts he had:

1. Obtained device free handheld memory
2. Grabbed some user info from various tables (Name, email address, BES, Mode, OS Version, Password status (enabled / disabled) IT Policy name & applied time)

and wanted them combined into a single query. The difficult thing is that to get free handheld memory you need to do some converting and parsing of data from the SyncDeviceMgmt table in the BlackBerry Configuration Database.

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Henrik Walther is putting together a multi-part blog series on Eliminating Traditional Backups using native Exchange 2010 Functionality.

Exchange 2007 was a huge change / improvement / whatever you'd like to call it to the messaging and collaboration world, but don't think Exchange 2010 isn't equally as awesome.

I'll keep you up to date on what Henrik says and expect to see a bunch of content from me on how BES + Exchange 2010 = a better world for us BlackBerry Enterprise...