RE: Email on the move (PDAs)

["Ian" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pete - yes and no.

Exchange 2003 will co-exist with Exchange 5.5, in that there is an AD
connector for Exchange 5.5, folders can be replicated between them etc. I'm
not certain about using an Exchange 2003 box as an OWA/OMA gateway onto
mailboxes stored on a 5.5 server, but Microsoft have a wealth of technotes
and example scenarios in technet.

*BUT* and here's the big provisio - you need to get someone involved with
some good Exchange and AD experience. Installing the AD connector into your
5.5 environment will change it's behaviour, and isn't a quick test scenario
- it's something to plan out properly and treat with all the respect a
major
infrastructure project deserves.

In my experience, mobile email using OMA is rock solid and very, very
slick,
I *do* think it's worth looking at Exchange 2003 even if OMA was the only
benefit, but still... Get some solid paid for advice rather than just what
we say on ukha!

Ian.




-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
White, Peter
Sent: 02 June 2005 11:41
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Email on the move (PDAs)

Ian (& All)



Back to the subject of mobile email.  Having spoken to quite a few salesmen
all offering PDA-based software that's like "BlackBerry on
steroids", it
does, unsurprisingly, turn out that it's more like BlackBerry on a Class A
drug, in that it works fine for a bit, and then just falls apart. I've only
tried a couple of apps, but generally they all seem to be a big compromise
over either BB or just mobile Exchange on a PDA (assuming that works well).



Therefore, we've kind of gone full circle, and are back to considering
Exchange2003.  Currently the corporate standard is v5.5, so I'm not going
to
change that in a hurry, but before I go down and bug the IT guys, given
that
I've got the Action Pack (thus a copy of Exchange 2003 Standard and
Enterprise), and a spare server, is it as 'simple' as setting up a new
Exchange server for just a few users to run a proof of concept?  Will
Exchange2003 happily co-exist with 5.5?



Thanks, Pete