Open Beta

Thank you for your interest in BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365. The general availability of the service is expected to be in January, 2012. We are currently accepting participants for our Open Beta Program starting in October.

BlackBerry Business Cloud Services provides a secure link between your organization’s Microsoft Office 365 messaging services and BlackBerry smartphones. BlackBerry Business Cloud Services provides mobile access to email, calendaring and organizer data with Exchange Online.

Further information can be found in the Feature and Technical Overview.

Things to consider when participating in the open beta program...

• Consider that with any pre-release service there may be occasional service interruptions and maintenance requiring temporary system downtime
• Consider that the open beta program is both a testing ground for you to explore the new features and functionality and for RIM to provide periodic service updates to ensure the service at launch exceeds expectations
• You will have access to technical support for any issues encountered
• You acknowledge that the beta service is not a finished product and that your interaction does not reflect your experience with the finished product

Your feedback is invaluable to RIM and as such you are encouraged to enroll in the open beta program on BlackBerry Beta Zone to:

• Provide feedback to RIM via surveys and discussion boards
• Download additional documentation and information
• View a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ)
• Receive email notifications of beta program updates and changes
• Gain access to technical support information
• Help us continue to improve our products and services

How Do I Participate?

Enroll your business or organization in BlackBerry Beta Zone by nominating it on the right side of the page.

Once the open beta service is available in your region, RIM will notify you and configure your BlackBerry Beta Zone account so you may access the supplemental resources available on the site.

To enable your Microsoft Office 365 tenant for BlackBerry service through Office365.com:

1. Note: BlackBerry Business Cloud Services is currently available for customers on a Microsoft Office 365 Enterprise Plan
2. An administrator must login to Microsoft Online Services and click on Setting up email on mobile phones
3. Click Enable BlackBerry® Business Cloud Services
4. Agree to the information sharing agreement
5. From the Microsoft Online Services Admin Overview, click Manage under BlackBerry® Business Cloud Services from Research In Motion (RIM®)
6. Once the open beta is live you will be able to configure and activate desired BlackBerry devices

Any inquiries regarding the open beta can be directed to enterprisebeta@rim.com.

RIM BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Office 365 Open Beta Program

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