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System requirements: BlackBerry Enterprise Server

For more information about BlackBerry® Enterprise Server compatibility, visit blackberry.com/eng/support/software/server_compatibility.jsp to see the latest compatibility matrix.

Item

Requirement

operating system

Any of the following operating systems:
  • Windows Server® 2000 SP4
  • Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit)

IMAP transactions
A messaging server with the following conditions:
  • can run an IMAP service
  • can send and receive IMAP transactions (by default, over port 143)

database management system
Any of the following database management systems:
  • MSDE 2000 SP3
  • Microsoft® SQL Server® 2000 SP4
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP3 (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express SP3

For all versions of the Microsoft SQL Server that are earlier than Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP3, visit http://technet.microsoft.com to read KB960082 and Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-004.

collation setting
To support Microsoft SQL Server, the following conditions on the database server:
  • collation setting is default case-insensitive
  • BlackBerry Configuration Database collation setting is default case-insensitive

remote database conditions

named pipes and TCP/IP network protocols turned on

data access components
Any of the following data access components on the computers that host the BlackBerry Enterprise Server or the BlackBerry Configuration Database:
  • MDAC version 2.8 with Security Patch MS04-003 (version 2000.85.1025.00)
  • MDAC version 2.8.2 (version 2000.86.1830.00), included with Windows Server 2003 SP1

database conditions for the BlackBerry MDS Integration Service

A database server with the following conditions:
  • host for the BlackBerry Configuration Database
  • support for mixed-mode authentication

Microsoft® .NET Framework

to support languages other than English, localized version of Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1 SP1

firewall
A firewall or proxy firewall with the following conditions:
  • support for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to initiate an outgoing, two-way TCP/IP connection to an external server on port 3101
  • support for the resolution of Internet addresses using DNS
  • transparency of the proxy server for proxy firewalls
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