Blackberry now free with BPOS/Office 365

Coming in 2011 . . . a new cloud-based service that will make Office 365 available to BlackBerry® users . . . 02-03-11

. . . providing the best experience for BlackBerry users of Office 365 02-03-11

BlackBerry Cloud-based Service for Office 365
Starting at $0 per user per month*
Pre-release is expected to be available in mid 2011
General availability is targeted for late 2011**
* Requires purchase of BlackBerry Enterprise Data plan ** Existing Hosted BlackBerry for Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) – Standard customers will be offered the opportunity to transition to the new service by this time 02-03-11

Enhancements
Ability to securely manage BlackBerry deployments online with mobile device management capabilities and IT policy settings
Self-service functions for end users to manage and secure their own BlackBerry devices online
Integrated single sign-on experience between Office 365 and the Research In Motion® (RIM®)-hosted BlackBerry enterprise service
Hosted, licensed and supported by RIM 02-03-11

An Extension of the Trusted BlackBerry Solution
Secure and reliable BlackBerry email and messaging
Based on the market-leading BlackBerry® Enterprise Server
02-03-11

Existing customers with Hosted BlackBerry for Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) – Standard will be offered the opportunity to transition to RIM's new BlackBerry cloud-based service for Office 365 at the time RIM's service becomes generally available
Microsoft® and RIM are working together on migration from Microsoft's Hosted BlackBerry Service for BPOS – Standard to RIM's cloud-based BlackBerry service
We expect to be able to share plans well in advance of customer migration and as a part of the Office 365 transition package from Microsoft
Moving Forward 02-03-11

Interim Price Change Existing Hosted BlackBerry Service for Business Productivity Online Suite ( BPOS ) – Standard
Microsoft will change the price of the existing Hosted BlackBerry for Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) – Standard to $0 per user per month*
Partners should meet with Microsoft and RIM to review the partner experience
* Requires purchase of BlackBerry Enterprise Data plan NOTE: Date and details of price change for Hosted BlackBerry for Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) – Standard are based on an agreement between RIM and Microsoft; Microsoft will provide full details on this price change to their customers and channel partners 02-03-11

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