Combining BIS & BES

[petforda]

Hi can any one help me with this one?

We want to use BES to manage our own IT settings and policies etc - ie a hosted solution for cost - but also maintain our BIS service from Orange - so we dont need to use an exchange server - so the basic question is can you use BES for pure management purposes without linking to an exchange server? this would mean combining BES and BIS together?

Thanks in Advance!

[GlenB]

Although you can use both BES and BIS simultaneously, you can't disable the email part of the BES system. If you go with a hosted solutiom for BES, then surely your Exchange system will be hosted too - BES requires either Exchange, Groupwise or Domino.