BES 5.0.3 support for Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting Mode–CDO - no longer supported

The compatibility matrix for BES has been updated to include Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting Mode support, BlackBerry Enterprise Server Compatibility.

When BES 5.0.3 was released I upgraded BES in my Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting Mode environment to resolve a calendar issue preventing meeting management from devices, this was great news for my team as it had caused some pain internally.

I actually performed a fresh install and moved users to the new BES, for me this minimised down time, allowed time for testing and gave me an easy roll back operation.

CDO no longer supported by BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for Microsoft ® Exchange 2010 SP1 Hosting Mode

To enable Microsoft Exchange Web Services on BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 SP3:

1. Copy the BlackBerry Enterprise Server installation files to a computer that hosts a BlackBerry Enterprise Server instance.
2. Extract the contents to a folder on the computer.
3. At the command prompt, navigate to <extracted_folder>\tools.
4. Perform one of the following actions:
   • To enable Microsoft Exchange Web Services for a specific BlackBerry Enterprise Server , type
     TraitTool -server <server_name> -trait EWSEnable -set true
   • To enable Microsoft Exchange Web Services for all BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances in a BlackBerry Domain, type
     TraitTool -global -trait EWSEnable -set true
5. Press ENTER.
6. Restart the BlackBerry Controller Service for every BlackBerry Enterprise Server modified.

Daniel

Update Rollup 4 for Exchange 2010 SP1 Release

The Exchange Team have release RU4 for Exchange 2010 SP1 with a ton of updates and fixes for both client and server experience.

Get the full info and update here, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2509910.

Roll on august when we get RU5 and hopefully SP2 sometime soon!