[ExchangeList] Re: Smart Phones

  • From: "Taylor, George" <GTaylor@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:19:40 -0600

We need more than just Email and PIM.  Basically we need a Windows based OS 
that we can installed applications on.  Our doctors have a couple small apps 
they run on thier PDAs and they manually sync them to Exchange, but the apps 
won't run on RIM.  After using Blackberries for awhile they naturally said they 
don't want both, they want one device that will do everything.  We're leaning 
towards the Treo line and using WSES.
 
Thanks,
 
George Taylor
Systems Programmer
Regional Health Inc.
 

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From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 1:06 PM
To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Smart Phones


From what I understand, the BB can access Exchange through an OWA Web 
Publishing Rule. My brother connects or our company's Exchange Server using 
those settings and it works great for him. I've never seen his device, but all 
I had to do is give him the URL and credentails and it worked fine. Is there a 
problem with using the BB in that way?
 
Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
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        From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Taylor, George
        Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 1:42 PM
        To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Smart Phones
        
        
        Good idea, but not very doable in Healthcare.  Maybe other Healthcare 
orgs are different, but here the Drs getting pampered, basically they get 
almost anything they ask for.  When you have over 400 Doctors on staff it's an 
impossible task to get them to all agree on one device.
         
        George Taylor
        Systems Programmer
        Regional Health Inc.
         

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        From: Rick Boza [mailto:rickb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
        Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 3:37 PM
        To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Smart Phones
        
        

         

        "It might be differnet in other large companies, but in the places I've 
worked, the purchasing department and the departments that support to the 
phones decide what phones users get, not the users.  There is no room for the 
user to dictate what phone they want to use, when the company has to provide 
the support for it.  There are minor exceptions, such as for executives, but 
this is very rare. "

         

        In my experience, it's usually better for the people that actually do 
the business related tasks, and ultimately make the company money, rather than 
the team that supports them, be intimately involved and perhaps even the bigger 
influencer in those decisions.  I know this often isn't how it works, but when 
it does I've seen great adoption of the decision and even better, creative 
thinking among the business users in better and more efficient ways to use the 
devices.

        If you have that many problems with 5 SmartPhones, maybe you need to 
revisit your training program or your configuration of the devices, rather than 
the devices themselves.  I've deployed windows mobile devices (well, and PPCPE 
and SmartPhones) all over the country and with good user training the success 
has been equal to anything I've done with BES servers (and I've deployed BES to 
a few thousand folks, though admittedly not version 4).  

        A couple of key points: It is less expensive because clients already 
own Exchange - BES is not simply a 'value-add' - and in my experience the 
device costs are close enough to make any price differences on device 
negligible.  Also, though Evan points out that in his infrastructure the MAPI 
connection is not a concern, that can't always be said for many environments.  
You simply have to take any overhead impact into consideration, or you are 
asking for trouble in the long run (of course, this goes for any infrastructure 
changes).

        My personal opinion is E2K3SP2 makes BES an unnecessary luxury, UNLESS 
you already have the existing investment of course.  Makes very little sense 
(unless BES is a huge headache) to rip out your existing infrastructure and all 
devices just because 'now it's in there.'  Having said that, it probably makes 
it worthwhile to evaluate a strategy going forward as devices and servers 
approach retirement.

         

        My 2¢, anyhow...

         

        Rick  

        From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Evan Mann
        Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 3:27 PM
        To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [ExchangeList] RE: [ExchangeList] RE: [ExchangeList] Re: Smart 
Phones

         

        I have over 250 Blackberry Users to support.  If they all had WM5 smart 
phones, I'd have at least 25 calls per day for the phones alone, based on the 
calls I get for the 5 or so users currently using WM5 phones.  If I had to 
support 25 users, I might think differently.

         

        Yes, you can set password policy and a remote wipe, but  the fact still 
remains there is no way to restrict anything else on those devices.

         

        I have a stout server infrastructure, I'm not concerned about the MAPI 
connections.  I'm not concerned about my BES account being hacked either. Use a 
secure password.   It's very easy to make a password that "cannot" be cracked.

         

        It might be differnet in other large companies, but in the places I've 
worked, the purchasing department and the departments that support to the 
phones decide what phones users get, not the users.  There is no room for the 
user to dictate what phone they want to use, when the company has to provide 
the support for it.  There are minor exceptions, such as for executives, but 
this is very rare. 

         

        Training doesn't prevent users from doing things to their unrestricted 
phones that cause them to stop working.  No amount of training can do that.  
Users can, and will play.  BES lets you prevent their ability to play, which is 
why I (and many others) choose it.  

         

        
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        From: Mathieu CHATEAU [mailto:gollum123@xxxxxxx] 
        Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 2:50 PM
        To: Evan Mann
        Cc: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: Re: [ExchangeList] RE: [ExchangeList] Re: Smart Phones

        Hello Evan,

         

         

        to start with, my goal is NOT to make a troll.

         

        BES agent make 4 mapi connection per blackberry. The more you have 
blackberry...

        BES account have full access to all mailboxes. If it's cracked or virus 
coming in...

         

        We have setup full WM5 devices. Things i didn't know before:

        -Godaddy certificate (30$) is working directly with WM5 that have the 
security pack (no certificate install on device)

        -You can enforce password policy through ESM with device wipe after X 
attempt.

        -You can remote wipe a WM5 device from exchange (through the 
MobileAdmin website)

        -Direct SSL access to exchange FE (isa in reverse proxy before).

         

        -the main advantage is that can you freely choose your smartphone and 
operator.

        -Above all, you can and have to choose your form factor. This is the 
success key. Many users want

        the best one (mean the more expensive one), but this model are often 
not adapted.

        In our company, most users have choosen the biggest one with keyboard, 
even if we let them choose

        between 3 form factor (phone with WM5, pda look like (no keyboard), and 
the Qtek wih slide keyboard).

        We should have enforce their choice...

         

        Anyway which mobile solution you choose:

        Training, training, training. Start with your own staff, they must have 
deep knowledge about it.

         

        The success things:

        -Migrate their contact from the old phone. This means SIM and phone 
contacts.

        -Explain clearly the peak hours useness.

        -Explain bluetooth eat battery.

        -Give them the phone, make them answer a test call. Not just the 
answering thing but the real life thing:

        -Mute sound

        -Handfree button

        -search contact while on the phone

        -look agenda while on the phone

         

        hope it helps,

         

        Regards,

        Mathieu CHATEAU

        http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

         

        Friday, September 8, 2006, 2:39:38 PM, you wrote:

         

> 

You need to upgrade your BES.  4.x offers full wireless sync.  I don't have a 
single user who has to cradle any more.

 

I'm also offering support for Windows Mobile 5.0 devices, doesn't matter which 
kind, as long as it can be upgraded to support DirectPush.

 

BES is better then all of them IMO. It offers bertter management and more 
security and policy enforcement then anyone else.  You don't have to install 
special software on the handhelds either and deal with those issues.  The 
phones aren't as "cool", but this is for business.  Cool isn't a concern, 
reliability, security, and support are the concerns. 

 

 

 

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From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ara Avvali

Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 8:24 PM

To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Smart Phones

 

We have all kinds here. 

*         Blackberries. Emails are synced wireless but calendar and contact has 
to be done with wire (not bad). Good thing with BB access plan rate doesn't 
change outside the country.

*         Palm 700w and palm 700p. Fully synchronized wireless. Doesn't work 
outside USA

*         T-Mobile MDA windows based. Full active sync. Crazy expensive out 
states and Canada 

 

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From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Taylor, George

Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 11:49 AM

To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Subject: [ExchangeList] Smart Phones

 

I'm curious what type of Smart Phones folks are using with Exchange?  For 
political reasons some admins here want to move away from Blackberries and BES. 
 Right now we're looking at Goodlink and WSES.  What are the rest of you using 
on the backend and what device are you having your users carry?

 

Thanks,

 

George Taylor

Systems Programmer

Regional Health Inc.

 

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