On 6/7/11 11:22 AM, "Sobey, Richard A" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Personally, I'd use the BB desktop manager software to sync the contacts
>with a temporary Outlook profile. From there, you can export those
>contacts into a PST, then import the PST into the contacts folder into
>Exchange.


Thanks for the good advice.  It was actually easier than that (if you have
the user's domain/email password).  Here are the steps in case anyone else
needs to do this:

 1. On a computer with the BlackBerry Desktop Manager, exit Outlook.
 2. Create a new profile using the Control Panel Mail applet.
 3. Attach that profile to the user's account.  You will need the user's
password.
 4. Plug the BB into the computer's USB port.
 5. Start the BlackBerry Desktop Manager (BDM).
 6. The BDM should detect the BB plugged in and ask you how you want to
treat it.
 7. Do not connect it to an enterprise account.
 8. Check to sync organizer data. If prompted, enter the user's login
credentials.
 9. From the main BDM screen, Click Device, Sync by Type. Organizer.
10. Another wizard will pop up where you can choose which components to
sync. You only need to sync the contacts and calendar because Exchange
Active Sync only syncs those components and email.  You should probably
choose a one-way sync from phone to Outlook because you are going to
delete the Outlook profile and wipe the old phone when you are done.  Do
not check the boxes to replace the data because this could erase the data
already in exchange.  Syncing from this point forward is the default for
the calendar, but I chose to sync all items so that the user will have a
historic view as well as future view.
11. Allow it to perform the sync.  It will do a test sync first and ask
you to accept the changes.
12. There is no need to export to PST and import to exchange because you
had the profile connected to the Exchange account and the export/sync went
directly to Exchange and not a local file.
13. The EAS device (iPhone, Android or Win Phone or Palm) will pick up the
data from Exchange.

Hope this helps.

-- 


Art Alexion
Systems Engineer -- Infrastructure Engineering Group
Resources for Human Development




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