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Overview
For each major version of the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server and associated components, the common platform and required third-party software are integrated and released as the recommended environment. This environment is the configuration against which test plans were executed with the release of the service pack.
Status of Third-party Platform Configuration
As new versions of third-party components are released, or as legacy versions become unsupported, the varying configuration scenarios may be supported in different ways by Research In Motion (RIM).
View definitions of the configuration states and the corresponding support service levels offered
BlackBerry Enterprise Server Compatibility Matrix
The BlackBerry Enterprise Server compatibility matrix shows the various combinations of third-party software components that have been reviewed for compatibility. It identifies the recommended environment for each service pack, as well as the support status for other environments.
Use the matrix to:
- View the recommended configuration for your version of BlackBerry Enterprise Server software
- View the current compatibility status of a particular configuration
- View additional comments/information, compatibility issue description and other pertinent technical information for a particular configuration
Status Definition
There are five possible states for various configurations of BlackBerry® Enterprise Server and third-party software components.
Each of these states has a corresponding scope of service, as provided by Research In Motion (RIM).
| Configuration State | Definition | Scope of Support Service |
| Recommended | The best case scenario environment RIM recommends to all customers for the particular platform. | All issues are addressed as “normal” by BlackBerry® Technical Support Services and RIM Development. |
| Pending | New version of third-party components is currently being assessed by RIM. | BlackBerry Technical Support Services will continue to support a customer with a configuration in this state. Service may be provided on a ‘reasonable efforts’ basis. |
| Supported / Limited Support | The configuration has been assessed and is supported, but may not be in synch with a BlackBerry Enterprise Server release or service pack. | BlackBerry Technical Support Services continues to support BlackBerry software; however, there may be environments in which support is provided on a ‘reasonable efforts’ basis. |
| Not Recommended | Compatibility issues have been found and RIM does not recommend the installation of the configuration. | RIM reserves the right to not support BlackBerry Enterprise Server issues related to the components that are not recommended. |
| Sunset | A once recommended or supported configuration is no longer supported. | RIM may provide recommendations on migration to new versions of BlackBerry Enterprise Server software. The legacy configuration will not be supported by RIM. |
Compatibility Matrix
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express for Microsoft® Exchange Compatibility Matrix (PDF)
Updated January 6, 2012 - BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express for IBM® Lotus® Domino® Compatibility Matrix (PDF)
Updated December 16, 2011 - BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for Microsoft® Exchange Compatibility Matrix (PDF)
Updated January 6, 2012 - BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for IBM® Lotus® Domino® Compatibility Matrix (PDF)
Updated December 16, 2011 - BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for Novell® GroupWise® Compatibility Matrix (PDF)
Updated October 7, 2011 - BlackBerry Enterprise Instant Messaging and Collaboration Compatibility Matrix (PDF)
Updated March 5, 2010
News
February 17, 2010 — Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server compatibility ends after BlackBerry® Enterprise Server v5.0.1
BlackBerry Enterprise Server v5.0.1 will be the final release from Research In Motion (RIM) to support Microsoft Windows 2000 Server. BlackBerry Enterprise Server continues to be compatible with various newer versions of Microsoft Windows Server software, as defined in the compatibility matrix. View the compatibility matrix.
December 9, 2009 — Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 supported on BlackBerry Enterprise Server v5.0 with the release of Service Pack 1 Maintenance Release 1. Find out more about BlackBerry Enterprise Server support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.