Compare the features in BlackBerry® Enterprise Server v5.0 and v5.0 with Service Pack 1 with BlackBerry Enterprise Server software v4.1 with Service Pack 6.

 
 

IBM Lotus Domino

End User Features
  Version 4.1 with Service Pack 6 Version 5.0 Version 5.0 with Service Pack 1
Email
Access to Regular Domino® Email—Send/Receive Email Wirelessly  yes  yes  yes
Push Message Delivery  yes  yes  yes
Wireless Email Reconciliation  yes1  yes1  yes1
Sent Item Synchronization  yes2  yes2  yes2
Wireless Email Settings  yes2  yes2  yes2
Wireless Email Reconciliation Hard-delete Support  yes  yes  yes
Email Server Search and Download  yes3  yes3  yes3
BlackBerry Enterprise Server Email Message View  yes  yes  yes
HTML Support  yes3  yes3  yes3
Device Side Folder Management    yes4  yes4
Flag for Follow Up    yes4  yes4
IBM® Lotus® Notes® Out of Office Service      yes
Instant Messaging/Collaboration
Support for IBM Lotus Sametime®  yes  yes  yes
Support for Windows® Messenger  yes  yes  yes
Support for Novell® GroupWise® Messenger  yes  yes  yes
Support for IBM® Lotus® Sametime® 8  yes  yes  yes
Support for Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007  yes  yes  yes
BlackBerry® Client for IBM® Lotus® Connections  yes  yes  yes
IM Contact Linking to Address Book Contact  yes3  yes3  yes3
IM Contact Click-to-Call  yes3  yes3  yes3
IM Session Convert-to-Call  yes3  yes3  yes3
Emoticons  yes3  yes3  yes3
IBM® Lotus® Sametime® File Transfer  yes  yes  yes
IBM® Lotus® Sametime® Public Group Support  yes  yes  yes
Calendar/PIM
Wireless Calendar Synchronization  yes5  yes5  yes5
Wireless PIM Synchronization (Calendar, Address Book, Memopad, Tasklist)  yes2  yes2  yes2
Remote Address Lookup  yes6  yes6  yes6
vCard Support (Conversion to BlackBerry Address Book)  yes  yes  yes
Calendar Enhancements (Tentative Acceptance, Conflict & Adjacent Notification, Private Flag Support)  yes7  yes7  yes7
Task Enhancements (Task Reminders and Recurrences)  yes8  yes8  yes8
PIM Categories Support  yes7,9  yes7,9  yes7,9
Address Lookup for Hosting Organizations  yes  yes  yes
Free/Busy Availability Lookup  yes3  yes3  yes3
Calendar Attachment Support    yes4  yes4
Calendar Meeting Delegation    yes  yes
Synchronization of Public and Private Contacts    yes4  yes4
Synchronization of Multiple Contact Folders    yes4  yes4
Attachments
Attachment Service  yes1  yes1  yes1
Attachment Service Support for .ZIP  yes11  yes11  yes11
Attachment Service Support for Color Attachment Viewing  yes11,13  yes11,13  yes11,13
Attachment Service Support Image Viewing (JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG and TIFF)  yes11,13  yes11,13  yes11,13
Attachment Service Support for Document Info, Tracked Changes  yes11,13  yes11,13  yes11,13
Image Application  yes7,18  yes7,18  yes7,18
Attachment Viewing Pan and Zoom Enhancements  yes  yes  yes
Native File Format Download  yes3  yes3  yes3
Attachment Edit (.DOC, .PPT)  yes3  yes3  yes3
IBM® Lotus® Domino® Document Link Support  yes  yes  yes
Support for Audio (.AMR, .WAV, .MP3)  yes  yes  yes
Support for Audio WMA Files    yes  yes
Support for Open Document Text (ODT)    yes  yes
Support for Open Document Presentations (ODP) and Open Document Spreadsheets (ODS)      yes
Corporate Data Access
BlackBerry® Browser  yes14  yes14  yes14
Corporate Data Access  yes14  yes14  yes14
BlackBerry Browser JavaScript® v1.3 Support  yes7  yes7  yes7
BlackBerry Browser Enhancements (Enhanced HTML Tables Support, Ability to Email a URL, Animated GIF Support)  yes15  yes15  yes15
Remote File Explorer    yes4  yes4
Device Choice
Support for devices with BlackBerry® Connect™ software and BlackBerry® Built-In™ software  yes  yes  yes
Enterprise Device Authorization  yes  yes  yes
Support
Automatic Wireless Backup of Device Data  yes2  yes2  yes2
Ability to Delete BlackBerry Applications from the Device  yes7  yes7  yes7
Archiving SMS, PIN-to-PIN and Call Logs  yes  yes  yes
IT Features
  Version 4.1 with Service Pack 6 Version 5.0 Version 5.0 with Service Pack 1
Security
End-to-end Security  yes  yes  yes
Triple DES Encryption Support  yes  yes  yes
AES Encryption Support  yes15  yes15  yes15
Device Content Protection, Content Compression  yes7  yes7  yes7
Password Keeper, Device Wipe  yes7  yes7  yes7
Wireless Encryption Key Regeneration  yes2  yes2  yes2
Native Notes Encryption - Read Only  yes16  yes16  yes16
Native Notes Encryption - Read & Write    yes4  yes4
IBM® Lotus® Notes® ID Vault      yes
Deployment
Automated BlackBerry® Desktop Software Deployment (Silent Install)  yes17  yes17  yes17
Support for Single BlackBerry® Desktop Manager Package (separate installers)  yes18  yes18  yes18
Cradle-less Provisioning  yes2  yes2  yes2
BlackBerry® Router and BlackBerry® Device Manager  yes2  yes2  yes2
Device Configuration Tool  yes  yes  yes
Supports Optional BlackBerry Desktop Manager (Basic MSI Installer, Full Desktop or Handheld Manager only)  yes  yes  yes
Application Loader "Lite"  yes  yes  yes
Wireless Third Party Application Provisioning and Control  yes15  yes15  yes15
Corporate Data Access
BlackBerry® Mobile Data System (BlackBerry MDS)  yes19  yes19  yes19
BlackBerry® Mobile Data Services  yes19  yes19  yes19
BlackBerry® MDS Runtime  yes19  yes19  yes19
Two-factor Authentication Support  yes  yes  yes
Data Group Push  yes  yes  yes
BlackBerry Browser Supports WML, cHTML, xHTML and HTML, CSS (partial)  yes7  yes7  yes7
BlackBerry® Browser Supports JavaScript, Offline Forms Handling  yes7  yes7  yes7
Increased Access Control, Application Management and Corporate Proxy Handling  yes  yes  yes
Additional Development Tools, such as Synchronization SDK, Attachment Distiller SDK and Plazmic® Content Developer’s Kit  yes  yes  yes
Management/Administration
Multi-network Support  yes  yes  yes
Forced Blind Carbon Copy  yes  yes  yes
All-Points-Bulletin Via PIN  yes  yes  yes
Global Filters  yes  yes  yes
BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Management Console  yes    
Web-Based BlackBerry® Adminstration Service Console    yes  yes
BlackBerry® Administration Service Domino® Directory Scanning      yes
Enhanced Error Logging  yes  yes  yes
Wireless IT Policies and Commands  yes6  yes6  yes6
Preservation of User Settings (device, desktop) on Update  yes20  yes20  yes20
Support for Enforced Handheld Software Upgrade IT Policy  yes20  yes20  yes20
Enhanced SNMP Management  yes21  yes21  yes21
Handheld Management Reporting  yes2  yes2  yes2
Server Architectural Improvements  yes  yes  yes
Support for Multiple Domino Domains  yes  yes  yes
Role-based Administration  yes  yes  yes
Custom Roles with Different Levels of Access According to Employee's Roles and Permissions    yes  yes
Group-based administration  yes  yes  yes
Backup and Restore of Saved Messages  yes  yes  yes
BlackBerry® Web Desktop Manager - available as a download  yes  yes  yes
BlackBerry® Monitoring Service  yes  yes  yes
Built in Monitoring with Threshold Analysis Tool and Maintenance Window Support    yes  yes
BlackBerry® Monitoring Service Monitoring Dashboard View      yes
Handheld BlackBerry® Monitoring Service Dashboards Views (browser-based)      yes
Job Management for Applications    yes  yes
Throttling    yes  yes
Scheduled Upgrades    yes  yes
BlackBerry® Enterprise Transporter    yes22  yes22
High Availability    yes  yes
Enhanced Enterprise Activation Diagnostics/Troubleshooting    yes  yes
Platform Certification
VMWare ESX v3.0.1  yes  yes  yes
VMware® ESX v3.5 and v4.0 Certification      yes
BlackBerry® Enterprise Server 64-bit O/S Support  yes  yes  yes
BlackBerry® Enterprise Server d, BlackBerry® Enterprise Server x (in 32-bit mode)  yes  yes  yes
BlackBerry® Enterprise Server with 64-bit SQL 2005 DB  yes  yes  yes
IBM® DB2® 8.2.0  yes    
Certification for IBM® Lotus Notes® & IBM® Lotus® Domino® 8.0.1  yes  yes  yes
Certification for IBM® Lotus Notes® & IBM® Lotus® Domino® 8.5.0  yes  yes  yes
Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Support (Enterprise and Standard Editions)      yes
Localization (BlackBerry® Administration Server, BlackBerry® Monitoring Service, Installer, BlackBerry® Web Desktop Manager and Documentation)
English  yes  yes  yes
Japanese  yes    yes
French, Italian, German, Spanish      yes

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1 - BlackBerry Device Software v2.6 or higher (C++ enabled handhelds) OR BlackBerry Device Software v3.6 or higher (Java enabled handhelds)
2 - BlackBerry Device Software v2.7 or higher (C++ enabled handhelds) OR BlackBerry Device Software v4.0 or higher (Java-enabled devices)
3 - BlackBerry Device Software v4.5 or higher required
4 - BlackBerry Device Software v5.0 or higher required
5 - BlackBerry Device Software v2.1 SP4 or higher (C++ enabled handhelds) OR BlackBerry Device Software v3.2.1 or higher (Java enabled handhelds)
6 - BlackBerry Device Software v2.5 or higher (C++ enabled handhelds) OR BlackBerry Device Software v3.6 or higher (Java enabled handhelds)
7 - BlackBerry Device Software v3.8 or higher (Java-enabled devices)
8 - BlackBerry Device Software v2.5 or higher (C++ enabled handhelds) OR BlackBerry Device Software v4.0 or higher (Java-enabled devices)
9 - Supported by Java-enabled devices with 16MB or more memory only
10 - Attachment service is supported as an 'add-on' to: (a) BlackBerry Device Software v2.1 (or higher) for C++ enabled BlackBerry smartphones AND (b) BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Lotus Domino v2.1 with SP1. Not available for Java-enabled BlackBerry smartphones on BlackBerry Enterprise Server v2.1.
11 - BlackBerry Device Software v2.6 or higher (C++ enabled handhelds) OR BlackBerry Device Software v3.7 or higher (Java enabled handhelds)
12 - Requires BlackBerry Enterprise Server v2.2 SP1
13 - Supported by Java-enabled devices with color screens only
14 - BlackBerry Device Software v2.5 or higher (C++ enabled handhelds) OR BlackBerry Device Software v3.2.1 or higher (Java enabled handhelds)
15 - BlackBerry Device Software v4.0 or higher (10MB or higher, Java-enabled devices)
16 - BlackBerry Device Software v4.1 or higher required
17 - Requires BlackBerry® Desktop Software v2.1 SP3 or higher
18 - Requires BlackBerry Desktop Software v3.6 or higher
19 - Components of BlackBerry Mobile Data System software version 4.1
20 - Requires BlackBerry Desktop Software v3.5 or higher
21 - More SNMP event traps in BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.1
22 - Included with the BlackBerry Resource Kit
23 - Must be BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.1 with Service Pack 4

 

Microsoft Exchange

End User Features
  Version 4.1 with Service Pack 6 Version 5.0 Version 5.0 with Service Pack 1
Email
Access to Regular Exchange Email - Send/Receive Email Wirelessly  yes  yes  yes
Push Message Delivery  yes  yes  yes
Wireless Email Reconciliation  yes1  yes1  yes1
Sent Item Synchronization  yes2  yes2  yes2
Wireless Email Settings  yes2  yes2  yes2
Wireless Email Reconciliation Hard-delete Support  yes  yes  yes
Email Server Search and Download  yes3  yes3  yes3
BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Email Message View  yes  yes  yes
HTML Support  yes3  yes3  yes3
Device Side Folder Management    yes4  yes4
Flag for Follow Up    yes4  yes4
Instant Messaging
Support for Windows® Messenger  yes  yes  yes
Support for IBM® Lotus® Sametime®  yes  yes  yes
Support for Novell® GroupWise® Messenger  yes  yes  yes
Support for IBM® Lotus® Sametime® 8  yes  yes  yes
Support for Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007  yes  yes  yes
IM Contact Linking to Address Book Contact  yes3  yes3  yes3
IM Contact Click-to-Call  yes3  yes3  yes3
IM Session Convert-to-Call  yes3  yes3  yes3
Emoticons  yes3  yes3  yes3
Calendar/PIM
Wireless Calendar Synchronization  yes5  yes5  yes5
Calendar Enhancements (Tentative Acceptance, Conflict & Adjacent Notification, Private Flag Support)  yes6  yes6  yes6
Free/Busy Availability Lookup  yes3  yes3  yes3
Forward Calendar Entries    yes4  yes4
Calendar Attachment Support    yes4  yes4
Wireless PIM Synchronization (Address Book, Memopad, Tasklist)  yes2  yes2  yes2
Remote Address Lookup  yes7  yes7  yes7
vCard Support (conversion to BlackBerry Address Book)  yes  yes  yes
Task Enhancements (Task Reminders and Recurrences)  yes8  yes8  yes8
PIM Categories Support  yes6,9  yes6,9  yes6,9
Address Lookup for Hosting Organizations  yes  yes  yes
Synchronization of Public and Private Contacts    yes4  yes4
Synchronization of Multiple Contact Folders    yes4  yes4
Attachments
Attachment Service  yes1  yes1  yes1
Attachment Service Support for .ZIP  yes10  yes10  yes10
Attachment Service Support for Color Attachment Viewing  yes10,13  yes10,13  yes10,13
Attachment Service Support Image Viewing (JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG and TIFF)  yes10,13  yes10,13  yes10,13
Attachment Service Support for Document Info, Tracked Changes  yes10,13  yes10,13  yes10,13
Image Application  yes6,13  yes6,13  yes6,13
Attachment Viewing Pan and Zoom Enhancements  yes  yes  yes
Native File Format Download  yes3  yes3  yes3
Attachment Edit (.DOC, .PPT)  yes3  yes3  yes3
Support for Audio (.AMR, .WAV, .MP3)  yes  yes  yes
Support for Audio WMA Files    yes  yes
Support for Open Document Text (ODT)    yes  yes
Support for Open Document Presentations (ODP) and Open Document Spreadsheets (ODS)      yes
Corporate Data Access
BlackBerry Browser®  yes14  yes14  yes14
Corporate Data Access  yes14  yes14  yes14
BlackBerry® Browser JavaScript® v1.3 Support  yes6  yes6  yes6
BlackBerry® Browser Enhancements (Enhanced HTML Tables Support, Ability to Email a URL, Animated GIF Support)  yes15  yes15  yes15
Remote File Explorer    yes4  yes4
Device Choice
Support for devices with BlackBerry® Connect™ software and BlackBerry® Built-In™ software  yes  yes  yes
Enterprise Device Authorization  yes  yes  yes
Support
Automatic Wireless Backup of Smartphone Data  yes2  yes2  yes2
On-Device Help  yes15,9  yes15,9  yes15,9
Ability to Delete BlackBerry Applications from the Smartphone  yes6  yes6  yes6
Archiving SMS, PIN-to-PIN and Call Logs  yes  yes  yes
IT Features
  Version 4.1 with Service Pack 6 Version 5.0 Version 5.0 with Service Pack 1
Security
End-to-end Security  yes  yes  yes
Triple DES Encryption Support  yes  yes  yes
AES Encryption Support  yes15  yes15  yes15
Support for Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME)  yes  yes  yes
Device Content Protection, Content Compression  yes6  yes6  yes6
Password Keeper, Device Wipe  yes6  yes6  yes6
Wireless Encryption Key Regeneration  yes2  yes2  yes2
Deployment
Automated BlackBerry® Desktop Software Deployment (Silent Install)  yes16  yes16  yes16
Support for Single BlackBerry® Desktop Manager Package (separate installers)  yes17  yes17  yes17
Cradle-less Provisioning  yes2  yes2  yes2
BlackBerry Router® and BlackBerry® Device Manager  yes2  yes2  yes2
Device Configuration Tool  yes  yes  yes
Supports Optional BlackBerry Desktop Manager (Basic MSI Installer, Full Desktop or Handheld Manager only)  yes  yes  yes
Application Loader "Lite"  yes  yes  yes
Wireless Third Party Application Provisioning and Control  yes15  yes15  yes15
Corporate Data Access
BlackBerry® Mobile Data System (BlackBerry MDS)  yes16  yes16  yes16
BlackBerry® Mobile Data Services  yes16  yes16  yes16
BlackBerry® MDS Runtime  yes16  yes16  yes16
Two-factor Authentication Support  yes  yes  yes
Data Group Push  yes  yes  yes
BlackBerry® Browser Supports WML, cHTML, xHTML and HTML, CSS (partial)  yes6  yes6  yes6
BlackBerry® Browser Supports JavaScript, Offline Forms Handling  yes6  yes6  yes6
Increased Access Control, Application Management and Corporate Proxy Handling  yes  yes  yes
Additional Development Tools, such as Synchronization SDK, Attachment Distiller SDK and Plazmic® Content Developer’s Kit  yes  yes  yes
Management/Administration
Multi-network Support  yes  yes  yes
Forced Blind Carbon Copy  yes  yes  yes
Global Filters  yes  yes  yes
BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Management Console  yes    
Web-Based BlackBerry® Adminstration Service Console    yes  yes
Multiple BlackBerry Enterprise Server Instances on One Physical Machine  yes19  yes19  yes19
Enhanced Error Logging  yes  yes  yes
Wireless IT Policies and Commands  yes7  yes7  yes7
License Manager  yes  yes  yes
Preservation of User Settings (device, desktop) on Upgrade  yes20  yes20  yes20
Support for Enforced Handheld Software Upgrade IT Policy  yes20  yes20  yes21
Support for Microsoft® Exchange 2007  yes21  yes21  yes21
Enhanced SNMP Management  yes22  yes22  yes22
Handheld Management Reporting  yes2  yes2  yes2
Server Architectural Improvements  yes  yes  yes
Role-based Administration  yes  yes  yes
Custom Roles with Different Levels of Access According to Employee's Roles and Permissions    yes  yes
Group-based administration  yes  yes  yes
Backup and Restore of Saved Messages  yes  yes  yes
BlackBerry® Web Desktop Manager - available as a download  yes  yes  yes
BlackBerry® Monitoring Service  yes  yes  yes
Built in Monitoring with Threshold Analysis Tool and Maintenance Window Support    yes  yes
BlackBerry® Monitoring Service Dashboards View      yes
Handheld BlackBerry® Monitoring Service Dashboards Views (browser-based)      yes
Job Management for Applications    yes  yes
Throttling    yes  yes
Scheduled Upgrades    yes  yes
BlackBerry® Enterprise Transporter    yes23  yes23
High Availability    yes  yes
Enhanced Enterprise Activation Diagnostics/Troubleshooting    yes  yes
Active Directory Resource Forest Authentication Support      yes
Automatic Domain Controller Discovery      yes
Platform Certification
VMWare ESX v3.0.1  yes  yes  yes
VMWare ESX v3.5 and v4.0 Certification      yes
BlackBerry® Enterprise Server 64-bit O/S Support  yes  yes  yes
BlackBerry® Enterprise Server d, BlackBerry® Enterprise Server x (in 32-bit mode)  yes  yes  yes
BlackBerry® Enterprise Server with 64-bit SQL 2005 DB  yes  yes  yes
Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 Support (Enterprise and Standard Editions)      yes
Localization (BlackBerry® Administration Server, BlackBerry® Monitoring Service, Installer, BlackBerry® Web Desktop Manager and Documentation)
English  yes  yes  yes
Japanese  yes    yes
French, Italian, German, Spanish      yes

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1 - BlackBerry Device Software v2.6 or higher (C++ enabled handhelds) OR BlackBerry Device Software v3.6 or higher (Java enabled handhelds)
2 - BlackBerry Device Software v2.7 or higher (C++ enabled handhelds) OR BlackBerry Device Software v4.0 or higher (Java-enabled devices)
3 - BlackBerry Device Software v4.5 or higher required
4 - BlackBerry Device Software v5.0 or higher required
5 - BlackBerry Device Software v2.1 SP4 or higher (C++ enabled handhelds) OR BlackBerry Device Software v3.2.1 or higher (Java enabled handhelds)
6 - BlackBerry Device Software v3.8 or higher (Java-enabled devices)
7 - BlackBerry Device Software v2.5 or higher (C++ enabled handhelds) OR BlackBerry Device Software v3.6 or higher (Java enabled handhelds)
8 - BlackBerry Device Software v2.5 or higher (C++ enabled handhelds) OR BlackBerry Device Software v4.0 or higher (Java-enabled devices)
9 - Supported by Java-enabled devices with 16MB or more memory only
10 - BlackBerry Device Software v2.6 or higher (C++ enabled handhelds) OR BlackBerry Device Software v3.7 or higher (Java enabled handhelds)
11 - Attachment service is supported as an 'add-on' to: (a) handheld software v2.1 (or higher) for C++ enabled BlackBerry handhelds AND (b) BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Lotus Domino v2.1 with SP1. Not available for Java-enabled BlackBerry handhelds on BlackBerry Enterprise Server v2.1.
12 - Requires BlackBerry Enterprise Server v2.2 SP1
13 - Supported by Java-enabled devices with color screens only
14 - BlackBerry Device Software v2.5 or higher (C++ enabled handhelds) OR BlackBerry Device Software v3.2.1 or higher (Java enabled handhelds)
15 - BlackBerry Device Software v4.0 or higher (10MB or higher, Java-enabled devices)
16 - Requires BlackBerry Desktop Software v2.1 SP3 or higher
17 - Requires BlackBerry Desktop Software v3.6 or higher
18 - Components of BlackBerry Mobile Data System software version 4.1
19 - 4.0+ Introduced Messaging Agents that improved performance and scalability of this feature
20 - Requires BlackBerry Desktop Software v3.5 or higher
21 - More SNMP event traps in BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.1
22 - Support for Microsoft Exchange 2007 requires BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.1.3 or higher
23 - Included with the BlackBerry Resource Kit
24 - Must be BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.1 with Service Pack 4