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tobyw · 09-19-2008, 02:25 PM

Dear All,

I am posting here for a bit of an advice about what to do regarding a BES installation. For the past couple of years we have run BES Express for a single user. We are now in the position of renewing or changing our mobile contract and it seems there will be another BB user (possibly up to three more, depending on cost).

The options are therefore to 'upgrade' to BES Small Business (with the appropriate number of CALs) or to change to BES Professional (again with the required no of CALs). I am currently thinking that BES Professional might be the most simple solution. I would continue to run this on a dedicated server.

I gather that the only downside would be that we couldn't run custom MDS apps, but that is not an issue and almost certainly will not be for the foreseeable future.

Can anyone see a problem with this? Any other downsides with Professional? Any upsides to going with Small Business?

Thanks for any wise words here.

09-19-2008, 02:25 PM	#1
tobyw Talking BlackBerry Encyclopedia Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Model: 8100 Carrier: T-Mobile UK Posts: 278	BES Express to Small Business or Professional? Please Login to Remove! Dear All, I am posting here for a bit of an advice about what to do regarding a BES installation. For the past couple of years we have run BES Express for a single user. We are now in the position of renewing or changing our mobile contract and it seems there will be another BB user (possibly up to three more, depending on cost). The options are therefore to 'upgrade' to BES Small Business (with the appropriate number of CALs) or to change to BES Professional (again with the required no of CALs). I am currently thinking that BES Professional might be the most simple solution. I would continue to run this on a dedicated server. I gather that the only downside would be that we couldn't run custom MDS apps, but that is not an issue and almost certainly will not be for the foreseeable future. Can anyone see a problem with this? Any other downsides with Professional? Any upsides to going with Small Business? Thanks for any wise words here.
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