BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) is the name of the middleware software package that is part of the BlackBerry wireless platform from Research In Motion. BES software and services connects to Unwired Platform on the corporate LAN and redirects data sent by Unwired Server.
BES uses Windows services to carry out the basic operations of the system. While many services exist, these are the ones that can be used with Unwired Platform:
- BlackBerry Messaging Agent – Can be used with Unwired Server to perform wireless calendar synchronization, generate initial encryption keys, or provide email and lookup services.
- BlackBerry MDS Connection Service – Can be used with Unwired Server to push requests from Intranet applications. The
BlackBerry MDS Services (for Apache Tomcat) sends and receives Web browsing to the device through a BlackBerry Dispatcher service. You can use these services for Unwired Platform data flow with third-party Java applications on-device.
- BlackBerry Policy Service –
Pushes wireless IT policies to devices and sets commands for device locks and remote wipe. This service also be used to perform new encryption key generation.
- BlackBerry Router
– Routes all Unwired Platform data to wireless devices by establishing a link between BES (which can be installed on the same host as the router) and SRP host
.
- BlackBerry Synchronization Service –
Performs OTA backup and synchronization of all PIM data (contacts, tasks and notes) — except calendar.
See BlackBerry Messaging Agent at the start of this list.
For information about any of these or other services, see the BES documentation at http://docs.blackberry.com/en/admin/categories/?userType=2&category=BlackBerry+Enterprise+Server.