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We are happy to announce that we are once again offering this truly unique service.

SoloSync™, a service of Exchange My Mail, Inc is unique in that the service allows individuals or small companies to connect Blackberry users to our BES ( BlackBerry Enterprise Server ) while maintaining the mailboxes on the in-house Microsoft Exchange server.

With our core service ( Hosted Exchange ) and most all other Microsoft Exchange providers in order for a user to wirelessly sync their BlackBerry they must also host their mailbox on our Exchange servers. So a company that has their own Microsoft Exchange server would either have to move the whole company to our Exchange servers so those with BlackBerry can wirelessly sync, or they would have to separate the BlackBerry users from the corporate mail server.

This causes an issue where the BlackBerry users would no longer have access to public folders, company contacts or the Global Address List (GAL).

While this might be ok for many companies and individual users, many of them have problems with this.

Our SoloSync™ service solves these issues by connecting your in-house Microsoft Exchange Server (2000, 2003 or 2007 versions) to our BlackBerry Enterprise Server infrastructure. This is all done without any changes being made to your existing Exchange server, and in most cases no changes need to be made on the firewall if you are using one.

This now allows the end users mailbox to remain on the corporate email server, while we handle the BlackBerry synchronization. Administrators are happy because everybody can stay in-house, Corporate is happy because there is no need for expensive hardware, software, maintenance, updates, upgrades and so on.. End users are happy because they now get real-time wireless Sync with their Outlook.

Limitations:
- Tasks
- Memos
- Folder redirection
- ISA firewall

There are some limitations to this service, for example it will not sync tasks or memo’s. Email, contacts and calendar will sync perfectly though.
In many cases we have found it is very difficult to work with and get the service working properly if you have a Microsoft ISA firewall. This is not to say it won’t work, but it is sometimes difficult, and may lead to setup delays.

Requirements:
- Microsoft Exchange Server version 2000, 2003, 2007
- OWA (Outlook Web Access) protected by a 3rd party SSL certificate.
- Blackberry device with BES level service.

The SoloSync infrastructure is designed to handle hundreds of thousands to millions of users simultaneously without delay or issue.

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