BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365 is Now Available in Beta – Sign up Now

Kris AlvarezUncategorized

With Office 365 scheduled to be available around the corner at the beginning of next year, RIM has announced that it is now accepting applications for participants in the Open Beta Program which has started this month. BlackBerry Business Cloud Services provides mobile access to email, calendar and organizer data with Exchange Online, something that has been long pushed for. The current application is for beta testing only so service may not be complete or as fluid as the final release come January (hopefully). Check below for instructions on how to enable your Microsoft Office 365 tenant for BlackBerry service courtesy of the Office 365 blog.

To enable your Microsoft Office 365 tenant for BlackBerry service, you must log in to your office 365 account as an administrator an follow these steps:
On the Admin page, under Resources click on Setting up email on mobile phones

Under Set up BlackBerry Business Cloud Services click on Enable BlackBerry Business Cloud Services
Next step to activate the service is to authorize RIM to access your Office 365 account meaning that RIM will have Full Access to your Exchange Online information. If you are ok with that in the Beta program, confirm the the page.
Once you are done, you will be directed back to the Office 365 Admin page and you can see BlackBerry service is there under Authorized Services
If youclick on Manage, you will be redirected to BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365 Provisioning page on BlackBerry’s website which you can nominate your business for participation in Beta Program by visiting http://www.blackberry.com/beta/businesscloud
and clicking on Nominate an Organization on the right.