BlackBerry Professional 4.1 for Microsoft Exchange, 10u PRD-10459-107 User Manual

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Configuring a Microsoft Exchange 2007 messaging
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To configure a Microsoft® Exchange 2007 environment, you perform the following tasks:
Create a Microsoft Exchange 2007 account and mailbox. The account and mailbox are required so that the components
of the BlackBerry® Professional Software can authenticate to the Microsoft Exchange server.
Configure Microsoft® Windows® permissions for the Microsoft Exchange account. These permissions allow the account
to log in to the local server and run the BlackBerry Professional Software as a Windows service.
Configure Microsoft Exchange 2007 permissions for the Microsoft Exchange account.
Assign permissions that allow BlackBerry device users to send messages in a Microsoft Exchange 2007 environment.
If Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 storage group, database, and public folders are not installed, after you install and
configure BlackBerry Professional Software, update the registry on the host server.
Create a Microsoft Exchange 2007 account and mailbox
You create and configure a Microsoft® Exchange account and mailbox to run the BlackBerry® Professional Software. The
components of the BlackBerry Professional Software also use this account to authenticate to the Microsoft® Exchange
messaging server.
1.
Log in to the Microsoft® Exchange server as an administrator with permission to create an account.
2.
Open the Microsoft Exchange Management Console.
3.
Create a Microsoft Exchange account named besadmin.
Configure Microsoft Windows permissions for the Microsoft Exchange
2007 account
1.
On the Microsoft® Exchange server, right-click My Computer. Click Manage.
2.
In the left pane, expand Local Users and Groups.
3.
Navigate to the Groups folder.
4.
In the right pane, double-click Administrators.
5.
Click Add.
6.
In the Enter the object names to select field, type besadmin.
7.
Click OK.
8.
Click Apply.
9.
Click OK.
Getting Started Guide
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