Installation guide

Preupgrade tasks

Configuring a Microsoft Exchange 2007 messaging environment

Create a Microsoft Exchange 2007 account and mailbox

Before you begin:

• You must configure Microsoft® Exchange 2007 to support versions of Microsoft® Outlook® earlier than 2007 by creating

the public folder database. For more information about supporting earlier versions of Microsoft Outlook, visit http://

support.microsoft.com to read article 555851 and visit http://technet.microsoft.com to read articles 123694, 124270,

397221, and 691120.

• You must be an administrator with permission to create accounts.

1. On the computer that hosts Microsoft Exchange, log in using an administrator account that has the correct permission to

create accounts.

2. Open the Microsoft Exchange Management Console.

3. Create a Microsoft Exchange account that you name BESAdmin.

4. To allow the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to check if a user has permissions to a public folder, assign this account the Owner

permission to all public folders.

After you finish:

• Verify that users have Read and Visible permissions to public folders.

• To permit checks for meeting invitee availability for BlackBerry® Device Software version 4.5 or later, configure the Schedule

+ free and busy information for the system public folder. For more information, visit http://technet.microsoft.com to read

articles 629523 and 691129.

Configure Local Security Policy permissions for the Microsoft Exchange 2007 account

On each computer that you want to install the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server on, you must configure the Local Security Policy

permissions for the Microsoft® Exchange account that you want to use to complete the installation process and run the services

for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

Without the correct permissions, the BlackBerry Enterprise Server cannot run.

1. 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.

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