ok ok ok everyone posted yesterday about the availability of BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express Edition. I previously mentioned some info about the impending release but lets dive a little deeper ...

First off, remember that BES Express is effectively BPS 5.0. You'll get most of the base functionality that BES touts, but expect some limitations. Just like BPS never got past SP4 of 4.1, expect there to be limited functionality going forward. Yes you're getting BES ... but you're...

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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