Installation guide

Contents
1 Overview: BlackBerry Enterprise Server.................................................................................................................................. 5
2 Planning a BlackBerry Enterprise Server upgrade................................................................................................................. 6
Supported BlackBerry Enterprise Server versions that you can upgrade from........................................................................ 6
Replacing the BlackBerry Manager with the BlackBerry Administration Service................................................................... 6
Upgrade implications for the BlackBerry Configuration Database.......................................................................................... 7
Synchronizing data over the wireless network automatically................................................................................................... 7
3 Hardware requirements: BlackBerry Enterprise Server......................................................................................................... 8
4 System requirements.................................................................................................................................................................. 9
System requirements: BlackBerry Enterprise Server.................................................................................................................. 9
System requirements: BlackBerry Administration Service and BlackBerry Web Desktop Manager..................................... 10
System requirements: BlackBerry Enterprise Server databases................................................................................................ 10
System requirements: BlackBerry Attachment Service.............................................................................................................. 12
System requirements: BlackBerry Collaboration Service........................................................................................................... 12
System requirements: BlackBerry MDS Connection Service..................................................................................................... 13
System requirements: BlackBerry MDS Integration Service...................................................................................................... 13
System requirements: BlackBerry Monitoring Service............................................................................................................... 14
System requirements: BlackBerry Router..................................................................................................................................... 15
System requirements: Computers for BlackBerry Web Desktop Manager users.................................................................... 15
System requirements: Messaging server..................................................................................................................................... 16
System requirements: Firewall...................................................................................................................................................... 16
System requirements: Instant messaging server........................................................................................................................ 16
Supported features and environments......................................................................................................................................... 17
Unsupported environments........................................................................................................................................................... 17
5 Preupgrade tasks......................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Configuring a Microsoft Exchange 2007 messaging environment.......................................................................................... 18
Create a Microsoft Exchange 2007 account and mailbox................................................................................................. 18
Configure Local Security Policy permissions for the Microsoft Exchange 2007 account.............................................. 18
Configure Microsoft Exchange 2007 permissions for the Microsoft Exchange account............................................... 19
Enable BlackBerry device users to send email messages in a Microsoft Exchange 2007 environment...................... 19
Configuring a Microsoft Exchange 2003 messaging environment.......................................................................................... 20
Create a Windows account and mailbox.............................................................................................................................. 20