If you haven't read it already ... RIM has released BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express ... wait a sec, didn't that already exist?

I don't get the reusing of names and RIM's ability to successfully confuse administrators (Like the whole MDS, MDS-CS, MDS-IS debacle) ... anyhoo check it out: BlackBerry - BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express

Things to note:

• Supported on Exchange 2003/2007/2010 only (yay! 2010 support included)
• Supported on Windows Server 2003

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I've been reading through the BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Microsoft Exchange Version: 5.0 Performance Benchmarking Guide and picked up a few read-worthy things.

A somewhat English translation of how IT Policy works (in RIM's words)

Sending IT policy updates to BlackBerry devices

If you assign an IT policy to a user account or group, change an existing IT policy, or delete an existing IT policy, the BlackBerry® Policy Service sends an IT policy update...

I love a good Exchange blog ... and even if you're not an Exchange Admin/Engineer/Architect, this is a good read about some simple storage concepts that can really be applied in other fields.

Devin Ganger, an Exchange MVP wrote up a great article titled: From Whence Redundancy? Exchange 2010 Storage Essays, part 1.

Give it a read and learn a little about disks!

How is this BlackBerry related hdawg ... well, I'll tell ya.

I've got an upcoming flight with WiFi on it and want to use multiple devices, but not pay for multiple connections.

Now to be clear what I'm looking to do is have 1 device on at a time and connected and have no intention of trying to use multiple devices at the same time ... besides, multiple devices with the same MAC on the same network at the same time would be an EPIC FAIL.

So, I found this...

Blech .... KB20654 - Unable to synchronize organizer data with Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 ...

Anyone got a work-around?

Suggested resolution by RIM: Downgrade the Microsoft Office 2010 environment to a compatible version of Microsoft Outlook.

Support exists for Exchange 2010 with BES, but no Outlook 2010 ... sure its beta ... but COME ON!!!!