Installation guide
Item Requirement
• if using Windows Vista or Windows Server® 2008, the BlackBerry
Administration Service web address added as a trusted site and Enable
protected mode cleared
System requirements: Messaging server
Any of the following messaging servers that is located in close proximity to where you want to install the primary BlackBerry®
Enterprise Server:
• Microsoft® Exchange 2003 or later
• Microsoft Exchange 2007 or later
• Microsoft Exchange mixed environment (Microsoft Exchange 2003 and 2007)
System requirements: Firewall
To install the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, a firewall or proxy firewall with the following conditions:
• exclusive use of port 3101 to open and maintain an outgoing, two-way TCP/IP connection to an external server
• support for the resolution of Internet addresses that use DNS
• for proxy firewalls, transparency of the proxy server
System requirements: Instant messaging server
To install the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, any of the following instant messaging servers:
• IBM® Lotus® Sametime® version 6.5.1 Community Server
• IBM Lotus Sametime version 7.0 Community Server
• IBM Lotus Sametime version 7.5 Community Server
• IBM Lotus Sametime version 8.0 Community Server
• Microsoft® Office Live Communications Server 2005 SP1 Standard or Enterprise
• Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 Standard or Enterprise
• Novell® GroupWise® Messenger version 2.0 or later
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System requirements: Messaging server
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