New to BES 5 is the ability to provide to users this same option on Domino. Win. To configure the option, open your browser and log into the BAS server. Follow these easy steps: (Stolen from the online help!)
- In the BlackBerry® Administration Service, on the Servers and components menu, expand BlackBerry Solution topology > BlackBerry Domain > Component view.
- Click Email.
- Click Edit component.
- In the Published contact servers section, in the User synchronized public contact servers maximum field, type the maximum number of public contact databases that users can access from their BlackBerry devices. The default value is 20.
- In the Contact server name field, type the name of a contact server.(Servername/org/cert)
- In the Database name field, type the name of a public contact database.(database.nsf)
- Click the Add icon.
- Repeat steps 5 to 7 for each public contact database that you want to add.
- Click Save all.
There is one IMPORTANT bug with this process that I discovered with the help of RIM's support desk. Like most Domino databases, you have the default security in the ACL set to No Access and users rights granted through the user of groups. It doesn't work that way with this process. The default ACL access must be set to reader OR the users must be listed in the ACL individually. While it's kind of a pain in the butt doing it this way, it does work. After RIM pinged away at it for a couple of weeks, I heard back Friday that it has listed it as a bug that will be fixed in a future release....but no word on which release.
Still though, a great new feature for the product!
5 comments:
Just to be sure I understand this. By making these additional directories available for downloads to the BlackBerry device, are the contacts in the additional directories available for Caller ID and calling?
Thanks a bunch for the tip, very cool!
Yes. They integrate right into the address book on the device and act just like your personal ones in there. I should have put that point across better in the blog entry. It really is a great feature!
Andy, Good stuff here. I added it to my Blackberry Resources page. http://www.lotusdr.com/LotusDR/LotusDR.nsf/dx/blackberry-resources.htm/
I Andy
Thank you for your post and Happy new year.
I would just ask you a question about multiple domino adrdress book on blackberry device.
When I add a new contact server by contact server name field , this server don't appear in available contact database section ;
Have you an idea about it please ?
I found this post when trying to determine whether or not this feature was availble for Blackberries...and thought I'd just add a link back to the original RIM KB on the subject, for those who need additional information on adding the Contact Dbs to individual users, after they've been defined:
http://docs.blackberry.com/en/admin/deliverables/22400/Synchronizing_folders_on_the_BB_device_522354_11.jsp
(I find it ironice that I found this blog entry first, rather than the RIM article. ;))
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