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Originally Posted by Superflyer
I have been running the BES server at my work for a couple of years now but I have no experience with BIS so I can't help you there.
As for the iPhone, we have been avoiding them but with the new iOS 4 it has made it easier to manager so we just started a test run with a couple iPhones. Basically active sync has to be enabled on the Exchange server, this is very easy to do and may be done already. Once that is enabled you have to go through the process on your iPhone with an Exchange connection. For the server name enter in your OWA web address (webmail.calgarypuck.com). The iPhone will query this and with your credentials find the information it needs.
So far the people that we have set up say that it works well. It is a little slower then the blackberry but not bad. The one thing that they are not crazy about is that it only syncs email, calendar and contacts, not notes or tasks.
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Superflyer - what's been your experience with pushing a mail account via OWA and battery life? I'm seeing a few reports that this takes a toll on battery life and being used to a BB good for 3-4 days of battery life, I'm concerned as it is. I hear you on the lack of notes and tasks, particularly the notes. I have a pile I'm going to have to convert... maybe use draft emails?
Also - how have you found data usage when pushing an account via OWA? Is 500GB going to be enough? I probably get about 10-20 emails a day and send half of that.
Fanin80 - OWA is actually more than just basic webmail - it's more or less got basic functionality of Outlook covered off. I've used it for years when need to check something quickly on the road, be it calendars or tasks.
I haven't been able to figure out the external facing address of the Exchange server (if there is one, I suspect not), as my sources in IT have dried up so a direct ActiveSync connection doesn't seem to be in the cards. I think OWA will have to be it. Still, I have to give it this OWA sync method credit, it syncs quite nicely with the work account in testing. I can look up users on Exchange, calendar functionality looks decent, and contacts seem to be covered nicely. It's free vs the $50 a year that AstraSync wants for the BB.
As long as something doesn't go fubar with this arrangement, I just may go for the iPhone 4 here. While I'll miss the hard keyboard, and how well suited the BB is for work, I'm eager to be free of the no fun police and the fist of BES. It'll be a shame to give up my now non existent BB Data unlimited plan on Bell though...need to look into whether I can keep that.