Setup blackberry for owa

Main Areas of Contribution:. Track Progress. Earn Credits. To associate a Microsoft Outlook Web Access email account, complete the following steps:. Complete the Email address, Password, and Confirm password fields, and click Next. Select I will provide the settings to add this email account and click Next. Step 9: 8B. You can also do this on your phone via the email settings. Blind Pew Mar 27, at am. Geoffrey Mar 31, at pm.

I'm a Windows Mobile fans so I don't really have any of those problems Mike Slo Apr 2, at pm. Geoffrey Apr 2, at pm. That's a great idea.. Why don't you explain to us how you set that up on a Blackberry Are you thinking of maybe the Blackberry Desktop Redirector? According to Blackberry there devices support Activesync I'm not sure which ones. I have had some dialogue with their technical sales about BES and its different flavors; and public folders synchronization.

I am looking to see if anyone has had success working with Activesync and a Blackberry. Horses for courses - why would you want to use ActiveSync with a BB? There seems to be a configuration difference between an Enterprise Server Blackberry and a non-Enterprise Server or Internet email device that can only be done by the supplier.

As long as you have the internet email confuguration you just go through the normal email setup and specify your exchange OWA address, Blackberry does the rest. In effect a central Blackberry server polls your exchange OWA for new mail and then passes it on to your handheld. Because OWA and Activesync are closely related this may be what you are hearing about as Exchange activesync.

I should note that my Blackberry contact misspoke and Blackberry does not support Activesync. The service provider Verzion, Sprint, etc. Your service provider would have to set this up. Just give them a call and tell them this is what you need and they should be able to do it within 5 minutes or less. As for connecting to the Exchange Server.

I had this same problem. Then, select the menu icon beneath the Email Address box to access advanced setup options. Enter the settings for your account as follows. If you had just tried the previous procedure, some of these settings may already be entered for you. If you are using Microsoft , leave the Domain field blank. If you are not using Microsoft and your admin gave you a domain setting, enter that in the Domain box.

In Server address , if you are using Microsoft , type outlook. If you are not using Microsoft , type the server address provided by your admin. Select Next. The Checking for supported services and policy information message displays. On the next page, specify the information you want to sync, and then select Done. The Saving and verifying your settings message displays. If your account was set up, you will see your account listed on the Accounts list.

If you see the message that your account cannot be authenticated with your service provider, click OK , click Previous , and then verify that your settings are correct. Your BlackBerry will try to set up your email account automatically. If setup completes successfully, skip to the next step. If your email account can't be configured automatically, do the following:.

Scroll down and type the name of your email server. Note: If your plan is Office operated by 21Vianet, scroll down and type the name of your email server. Enter the name of the outgoing server. Note: If your plan is Office operated by 21Vianet, enter the name of the outgoing server. These are your settings if you're using the latest version of Microsoft If your email account is the type that requires registration, you must register it the first time you sign in to Outlook on the Web. Connecting to your email account through a mobile phone will fail if you haven't registered your account through Outlook on the Web.

After you sign in to your account, sign out.