The BES Express 5.0.1 product includes the same BlackBerry Web Desktop feature included with the full BES product, enabling users to manage their own handhelds, backup and restore data as well as configure message filters.
So what? Whilst the BES Express product does enable client devices to enjoy push email and PIM data synchronisation functionality on a BIS (BlackBerry Internet Service) tariff, unless you have the more expensive BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server) tariff, it is not possible to activate devices wirelessly using the Enterprise Activation feature. (http://blog.brightpointuk.co.uk/how-does-bes-wireless-activation-process...).

This means that whilst it isn't possible for users to be remotely activated against a BES Express deployment over the air if they are on the cheaper BIS tariff, they can activate their devices remotely via their web browser by connecting their BlackBerry device to their PC via the supplied USB cable.

When choosing a remote email solution there are a number of approaches that you can take: you may have decided on a client device type and wish to know what solutions are compatible; you may have a specific feature set you need to be available to your users; or similarly a set of features you don't want to be available. You may have specific security concerns or may have a policy regarding which manufacturers you are able to consider.

The BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express Edition offers businesses the ability to enable their staff to use BlackBerry devices to receive push-based email from an existing Microsoft Exchange installation - both standalone Exchange servers and the Microsoft Small Business Server product.

The BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express Edition offers businesses the ability to enable their staff to use BlackBerry devices to receive push-based email from an existing Microsoft Exchange installation - both standalone Exchange servers and the Microsoft Small Business Server product.

The BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express Edition offers businesses the ability to enable their staff to use BlackBerry devices to receive push-based email from an existing Microsoft Exchange installation - both standalone Exchange servers and the Microsoft Small Business Server product.

WICKSoft (http://www.wicksoft.com) develop remote access solutions for BlackBerry that extend the native functionality of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) solution, enabling access to shared and public address books and calendars, as well as network file shares and Sharepoint workspaces. Sharepoint and Exchange versions 2003 and 2007 are currently supported.
Although the solution is currently limited to BlackBerry clients, the company have a version for both Windows Mobile and the iPhone in the works scheduled for release imminently.

RIM have officially added support for Exchange 2010 to BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5. Following hot on the heels of SP1 for BES 5 (http://blog.brightpointuk.co.uk/service-pack-1-bes-5-released), both RIM and Microsoft have released updates for BES 5 and Exchange 2010 to enable compatibility.
The pre-prequisites are therefore:

• BES 5.0.1 MR1 (ie BES 5 with Service Pack 1 and Maintenance Release 1)
  

Service Pack 1 for BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5 is now available, bringing the version number up to 5.0.1

The update, which weights in at 657MB for Exchange and 667MB for Domino, is available for download from the BlackBerry web site - https://www.blackberry.com/Downloads/browseSoftware.do

New features in this release include:

• BlackBerry Device Dashboard
  

In the unlikely event that your BlackBerry refuses to load one day and simply displays an error message on the screen reading "Error 302 - Reload User Software", all is not lost. You can re-load the software from your PC using the BlackBerry Desktop Manager application.

The BDM can be downloaded free of charge from the BlackBerry web site here - http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/desktop/

Install the software before connecting your device to the PC via the USB cable if you have not done so already. The main dashboard will be displayed:

Whilst a BlackBerry handheld activated with a corporate BES server will receive contact and calendar data over the air from either an Exchange or a Domino server, devices used with the BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) can only receive emails over the air, and must synchronise contact and calendar information locally with your PC via the BlackBerry Desktop Manager software, available for download free from the BlackBerry web site- http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/desktop/