BlackBerry Cloud Service for Office 365 available
Research In Motion today announced general availability of free cloud services for using and managing BlackBerry devices with the Microsoft Office 365 suite. The service is available at no additional charge to current subscribers of the Office 365 and works with BlackBerry smartphones on business or consumer data plans.
BlackBerry Business Cloud Services includes the following features:
- Wireless synchronization with Microsoft Exchange Online email, calendar and organizer data from a BlackBerry smartphone
- Support for BlackBerry Balance technology, which presents a unified view of work and personal content on a BlackBerry
- A web-based console for IT administrators to provision, manage and secure BlackBerry smartphones from anywhere
- Online access to employee self-service smartphone security functions, allowing users to reset a device password or remotely lock or wipe a device in the event of loss or theft
- Integration with the Office 365 administrative portal
The service is available in over 50 countries.