[jfults2000]

I will admit I am new to all of this IT work but I work for a small company (18 people and only 8 Blackberrys maybe) and they need me to manage their servers along with all of my other duties. The boss just got a Storm and wants to have push email and have his calendar and contacts and what not synched to his phone and all the other blackberrys. I have one server runner W2k3 that is my domain controller and then I have another server running Exchange 2007. I do not want to install BES express on our domain controller is possible/compatible to run BES express on our Exchange 2007 server or not?? Thank you ahead of time for your comments and thoughts.

[knottyrope]

What OS is exchange installed on?

Server 2008 is not supported yet.

[SoUnCool]

Originally Posted by jfults2000

I will admit I am new to all of this IT work but I work for a small company (18 people and only 8 Blackberrys maybe) and they need me to manage their servers along with all of my other duties. The boss just got a Storm and wants to have push email and have his calendar and contacts and what not synched to his phone and all the other blackberrys. I have one server runner W2k3 that is my domain controller and then I have another server running Exchange 2007. I do not want to install BES express on our domain controller is possible/compatible to run BES express on our Exchange 2007 server or not?? Thank you ahead of time for your comments and thoughts.

Not a good idea to run BES on Exchange or on DC, you need a dedicated box

[Sp00n]

I have an issue with my current fresh BES install.

Environment is as follows:

BES Server - Win2k3 SP2 (Domain Controller) with the mapi and cdo 1.2.1 + mdac installed + BES 4.1.4b
Exchange Server - Windows 2008 + Exchange 2007 (08.01.0240.006 = SP1?).

I've gone through the setup but when I come to set the mapi profile it refuses to resolve the name, it will resolve the administrator name but not the besadmin name.

I have set ViewOnlyAdmin and other writes using:

set-mailboxserver <servername> | add-ADpermission -user BESAdmin -accessrights GenericRead, GenericWrite, ExtendedRight -extendedrights Send-As, Receive-As, ms-Exch-Store-Admin

Permissions check:

User : DOMAIN\BESAdmin
Identity : EXCHANGESERVER
Deny : False
AccessRights : {Self, WriteProperty, GenericRead}
ExtendedRights :
IsInherited : False
Properties :
ChildObjectTypes :
InheritedObjectType :
InheritanceType : All

User : DOMAIN\BESAdmin
Identity : EXCHANGESERVER
Deny : False
AccessRights : {ExtendedRight}
ExtendedRights : {Receive-As}
IsInherited : False
Properties :
ChildObjectTypes :
InheritedObjectType :
InheritanceType : All

User : DOMAIN\BESAdmin
Identity : EXCHANGESERVER
Deny : False
AccessRights : {ExtendedRight}
ExtendedRights : {ms-Exch-Store-Admin}
IsInherited : False
Properties :
ChildObjectTypes :
InheritedObjectType :
InheritanceType : All

User : DOMAIN\BESAdmin
Identity : EXCHANGESERVER
Deny : False
AccessRights : {ExtendedRight}
ExtendedRights : {Send-As}
IsInherited : False
Properties :
ChildObjectTypes :
InheritedObjectType :
InheritanceType : All

Still MAPI errors, I tried to look for away to amend the GAL permissions but I'm not particularly familiar with exchagne 2007 and the management shell.

[Sp00n]

The besadmin accounts needs a mailbox, who knew

[networkfish]

Useful how-to guide for setting up BES with EX2007

itexpertmag.com/telecoms/setting-up-blackberry-enterprise-server-bes-with-exchange-2007

Hope this helps the community
Regards
Julian

[Frank Castle]

Hi,

So we finally have our 1st Exchange 2007 mailbox up.

What is the latest with a mix 2003 & 2007? BES is on it's own box and has ESM tools. Service account is staying in 2003.

Are there still calendar issues?

Anything I missed?

[sgodo]

I had a lot of problems with Calendar Sync in BES 4.1.6 and Exchange 2007 in a hosted environment. You can check out the solution at blackberryforums.com/bes-admin-corner/194863-solved-bes-4-1-6-exchange-2007-calendar-sync-issue.html

[guruleenyc]

Excellent and to the point! Thanks for the resource as it worked like a charm in my BES svc account migration from Exch2k3 to Exch2k7 cohabitating for some time.

[bdubbs]

Originally Posted by Sp00n

The besadmin accounts needs a mailbox, who knew

I'm having a problem creating this mailbox at the moment. Exchange 2007 won't let me.

[wands]

Originally Posted by garycutri

Install BES 4.1.3 or higher in an Exchange 2007 Environment

2. Log onto your Exchange Server using an account which has permissions to create an account. Open the Exchange Management Console and create a service account called BESadmin.

Silly question, but exactly how do you do this?

Cheers Steve

[stlito]

I'm having some issues pushing an IT policy to a user. We're on BES 5.0.1. When I view the status of the job, it says "optimized out". Does anyone know what this means? Thanks!

[Tacfire11]

'm running into the same situation, trying to install BES 5.0, on a W2K8 Server. I'm receiving the same errors with regards to Mapi and CDO. I read in an earlier post that these files have been moved in the latest EXMapiCDO.EXE package to C:\Program Files, instead of (as an example) C:\Windows\System32. I have also installed the ESM tools from Exchange 2007. So I had thought that ESM also provided MAPI and CDO for the BES, but I could be wrong (probably, I getting use to it ). Oh, I had originaly downloaded and installed the older version of MAPICDO to install. I did not uninstall when I downloaded and installed the newer version. Probably should do that .

So my question, do I simply move these files (EXMapi.dll and CDO.dll), and will that solve the install error?

Thanks guys.

[knottyrope]

install the CDO 1.2.1 from here instead of ESM 2003 tools,

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...4286b1f&Displa...

[SmoothRunnings]

Originally Posted by Tacfire11

'm running into the same situation, trying to install BES 5.0, on a W2K8 Server. I'm receiving the same errors with regards to Mapi and CDO. I read in an earlier post that these files have been moved in the latest EXMapiCDO.EXE package to C:\Program Files, instead of (as an example) C:\Windows\System32. I have also installed the ESM tools from Exchange 2007. So I had thought that ESM also provided MAPI and CDO for the BES, but I could be wrong (probably, I getting use to it ). Oh, I had originaly downloaded and installed the older version of MAPICDO to install. I did not uninstall when I downloaded and installed the newer version. Probably should do that .

So my question, do I simply move these files (EXMapi.dll and CDO.dll), and will that solve the install error?

Thanks guys.

ESM tools don't work on Exchange 2007, if you really need the tools you need to download Exchange 2007 32bit bit from MS and install it on a Windows XP machine. Generally the tools are good for backing up and restoring mailboxes in Exchange since you can't do it on the server level.

[royx23]

We currently have an SBS 2003 server running Exchange 2003, a dedicated BES (4.1.4) server running on Server 2003, and a freshly loaded SBS 2008 running Exchange 2007.

I am getting ready to migrate network settings and Exchange mailboxes to the new server. I'm totally new to administering BES, and I have read through the thread and am not sure which steps I need to follow, given the versions I'm running.

Thanks in advance.

[scott0482]

I am trying to install BES Express 5.0.1 on an Microsoft 2008 x64 server that is running Exchange 2007 sp2. It is also a Domain Controller. I know I am piling things on here, maybe this is why people go virtual, and I may have to consider running the BES virtual, it is only going to support 3 blackberries, so I can probably allocate pretty low resources for it.
But I have successfully put BPS 4.1 on an SBS2003 server which is essentially doing the same thing I am trying to do now.

It gives me 2 errors.
Unable to find collaboration Data Objects Library (CDO.dll)
Microsoft Exchange Server detected (MAPI version 1.0.2536)

I installed the CDO 1.2.1 from the link above and it went through, after trying the "outlook" version first by accident. I still get the CDO.dll error however.

Edit:
I restarted the server and now the MAPI and CDO pre-requisites are fine. Hopefully this actually works after the install.

[osaid suliebi]

I installed exchange 2007 in Server that placed in HeadQuarter office,Can i install BES express in diffrent LAN(other office) Note:IP-VPN between 2 offices
please any one to help!!

[osaid suliebi]

server i want to install BES on it, does necessary be domain controller??

Originally Posted by Sp00n

I have an issue with my current fresh BES install.

Environment is as follows:

BES Server - Win2k3 SP2 (Domain Controller) with the mapi and cdo 1.2.1 + mdac installed + BES 4.1.4b
Exchange Server - Windows 2008 + Exchange 2007 (08.01.0240.006 = SP1?).

I've gone through the setup but when I come to set the mapi profile it refuses to resolve the name, it will resolve the administrator name but not the besadmin name.

I have set ViewOnlyAdmin and other writes using:

set-mailboxserver <servername> | add-ADpermission -user BESAdmin -accessrights GenericRead, GenericWrite, ExtendedRight -extendedrights Send-As, Receive-As, ms-Exch-Store-Admin

Permissions check:

User : DOMAIN\BESAdmin
Identity : EXCHANGESERVER
Deny : False
AccessRights : {Self, WriteProperty, GenericRead}
ExtendedRights :
IsInherited : False
Properties :
ChildObjectTypes :
InheritedObjectType :
InheritanceType : All

User : DOMAIN\BESAdmin
Identity : EXCHANGESERVER
Deny : False
AccessRights : {ExtendedRight}
ExtendedRights : {Receive-As}
IsInherited : False
Properties :
ChildObjectTypes :
InheritedObjectType :
InheritanceType : All

User : DOMAIN\BESAdmin
Identity : EXCHANGESERVER
Deny : False
AccessRights : {ExtendedRight}
ExtendedRights : {ms-Exch-Store-Admin}
IsInherited : False
Properties :
ChildObjectTypes :
InheritedObjectType :
InheritanceType : All

User : DOMAIN\BESAdmin
Identity : EXCHANGESERVER
Deny : False
AccessRights : {ExtendedRight}
ExtendedRights : {Send-As}
IsInherited : False
Properties :
ChildObjectTypes :
InheritedObjectType :
InheritanceType : All

Still MAPI errors, I tried to look for away to amend the GAL permissions but I'm not particularly familiar with exchagne 2007 and the management shell.

[royx23]

osaid suliebi,

No, the server does not need to be a domain controller. The one we use is not.