Going Mobile with Microsoft Online Services

paulenglis — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:11:00 GMT

Mobile computing and mobile device connectivity is a more popular topic that generates questions for the Microsoft Online Services team. To help answer some of those questions, we’ve launched a Mobility Solutions page on the Microsoft Online Services Web site.

This site contains information about various mobile devices, including:

· Mobility Solutions Description, providing background on all supported mobile devices

· Windows Mobile devices

· RIM BlackBerry devices

· Exchange ActiveSynch devices, such as Nokia and Apple iPhone devices

The site also includes information about promotional offers.

Watch this Team Blog for follow up articles on instructions for setting up and configuring mobile devices to work with Microsoft Online Services.

Configure Blackberry Internet Service for Microsoft Online Services

kevw@microsoft.com — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:48:00 GMT

This article provides instructions to connect your Blackberry Internet Service (BIS) account with Microsoft Online Services. BIS only provides e-mail synchronization with Exchange Online.

Go to your wireless provider's BIS site.
Click Setup Account.
Enter your e-mail address and password.
At this point, BIS autodiscover prompts you for additional information. Select the radio button for the option I will provide the settings to add this email account, and then click Next.
On the Select Account Type screen, select the radio button for the option This is my work email account, and click Next.
On the Set Up An Existing Work Email Account screen, select radio button option for I can access my email account using a Web browser (Outlook Web Access), and click Next.
Enter the OWA URL for your location as follows:

North America - https://red001.mail.microsoftonline.com
Europe - https://red002.mail.emea.microsoftonline.com
Asia - https://red003.mail.apac.microsoftonline.com
For "User Name", enter the email address you use to sign in to Microsoft Online Services.
For "Password", enter the password you use to sign in to Microsoft Online Services.
For "Email address", enter the email address you use to sign in to Microsoft Online Services.
For "Mailbox name", leave blank.

Your Microsoft Online Services e-mail account should now be successfully added to your list of "Valid Email Accounts" for Blackberry Internet Service. A new mailbox will appear on your Blackberry shortly.

The BIS infrasturcture is run by Research In Motion and your wireless provider, and these instructions may change as the service is updated. As mentioned previously, BIS provides e-mail connectivity only.

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