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IM Cloud-based Service for Office 365
1. Coming in late 2011 . . .
a new cloud-based
service that will make
Office 365 available to
BlackBerry® users . . .
2. . . . providing the best experience for
BlackBerry users of Office 365
3. 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
4. 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
Hosted, licensed
between Office 365 and the and supported
Research In Motion® (RIM®)-hosted by RIM
BlackBerry enterprise service
5. An Extension of the Trusted BlackBerry Solution
• Secure and reliable
BlackBerry email and
messaging
• Based on the market-
leading BlackBerry®
Enterprise Server
6. Moving Forward
• 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
7. 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
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
* Requires purchase of BlackBerry Enterprise Data plan