Blackberry sync to Exchange via Outlook over HTTP

Hi folks,

Our CEO has two offices, one here at our main office and one at a branch
office. He has two notebooks - one here, and one there (he doesn't like to
carry one with him). He has a blackberry, and gets his e-mail directly, but
syncs for calendar and contacts, mainly calendar.
His "main" notebook here at the home office works fine, but he wants to sync
from the remote office as well. I'm quite sure he can't sync over a TS
connection via RDP, but if I set up his Outlook 2003 on his remote notebook
to connect via HTTP, could he sync remotely that way? Anyone done this?

Mike

Mike <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Our CEO has two offices, one here at our main office and one at a
> branch office. He has two notebooks - one here, and one there (he
> doesn't like to carry one with him). He has a blackberry, and gets
> his e-mail directly, but syncs for calendar and contacts, mainly
> calendar.
> His "main" notebook here at the home office works fine, but he wants
> to sync from the remote office as well. I'm quite sure he can't sync
> over a TS connection via RDP, but if I set up his Outlook 2003 on his
> remote notebook to connect via HTTP, could he sync remotely that way?
> Anyone done this?
>
> Mike

Get BES or Blackberry Professional or tell him to get something that can use
ActiveSync instead.
Using the PIM sync tool in the Blackberry desktop, and trying to sync from
two machines may cause problems. If you want to try, though, contact
RIM/Blackberry support for their software. I wouldn't do this as he's likely
to end up with duplicates.

Thanks Lanwench. I read somewhere else that RIM has a Express version of
professional which is free and for only one user, which would both apply in
my needs, so I'm going to look into that.
When I last looked at BES (when he got the blackberry), it was several
thousand dollars, which for one user would seem crazy, but I'm going to check
out the Express version.
That would seem a lot easier than trying to sync from two machines.

Mike


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> Mike <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Our CEO has two offices, one here at our main office and one at a
> > branch office. He has two notebooks - one here, and one there (he
> > doesn't like to carry one with him). He has a blackberry, and gets
> > his e-mail directly, but syncs for calendar and contacts, mainly
> > calendar.
> > His "main" notebook here at the home office works fine, but he wants
> > to sync from the remote office as well. I'm quite sure he can't sync
> > over a TS connection via RDP, but if I set up his Outlook 2003 on his
> > remote notebook to connect via HTTP, could he sync remotely that way?
> > Anyone done this?
> >
> > Mike
>
> Get BES or Blackberry Professional or tell him to get something that can use
> ActiveSync instead.
> Using the PIM sync tool in the Blackberry desktop, and trying to sync from
> two machines may cause problems. If you want to try, though, contact
> RIM/Blackberry support for their software. I wouldn't do this as he's likely
> to end up with duplicates.
>
>
>

Mike <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Thanks Lanwench. I read somewhere else that RIM has a Express
> version of professional which is free and for only one user, which
> would both apply in my needs, so I'm going to look into that.
> When I last looked at BES (when he got the blackberry), it was several
> thousand dollars, which for one user would seem crazy, but I'm going
> to check out the Express version.
> That would seem a lot easier than trying to sync from two machines.
>
> Mike

Yup. I tend to use the terms interchangeably, but yeah, what you want is the
Professional version. You can add other BBs if you buy licenses for them -
but there is a limit of x (I don't remember how many).



>
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>> Mike <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> Our CEO has two offices, one here at our main office and one at a
>>> branch office. He has two notebooks - one here, and one there (he
>>> doesn't like to carry one with him). He has a blackberry, and gets
>>> his e-mail directly, but syncs for calendar and contacts, mainly
>>> calendar.
>>> His "main" notebook here at the home office works fine, but he wants
>>> to sync from the remote office as well. I'm quite sure he can't
>>> sync over a TS connection via RDP, but if I set up his Outlook 2003
>>> on his remote notebook to connect via HTTP, could he sync remotely
>>> that way? Anyone done this?
>>>
>>> Mike
>>
>> Get BES or Blackberry Professional or tell him to get something that
>> can use ActiveSync instead.
>> Using the PIM sync tool in the Blackberry desktop, and trying to
>> sync from two machines may cause problems. If you want to try,
>> though, contact RIM/Blackberry support for their software. I
>> wouldn't do this as he's likely to end up with duplicates.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Oba2Rw1FKHA.2376@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Mike <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> Thanks Lanwench. I read somewhere else that RIM has a Express
>> version of professional which is free and for only one user, which
>> would both apply in my needs, so I'm going to look into that.
>> When I last looked at BES (when he got the blackberry), it was several
>> thousand dollars, which for one user would seem crazy, but I'm going
>> to check out the Express version.
>> That would seem a lot easier than trying to sync from two machines.
>>
>> Mike
>
> Yup. I tend to use the terms interchangeably, but yeah, what you want is
> the Professional version. You can add other BBs if you buy licenses for
> them - but there is a limit of x (I don't remember how many).
>


x = 30

BlackBerry Professional Software
(click on "Ordering additional Client Access Licenses" at top right to see
specifics, limits, etc)
http://www.blackberry.com/select/pro.../express.shtml

:-)