I have installed Blackberry Enterprise Server 5.0.1 with Domino 8.5.1 and this seems to be working fine. The transporter tool works very well allowing the users to be smoothly moved across without any indication to them. I will miss the old Blackberry Manager admin program but the news web interface will allow easy delegation of role based controlled access to Service Desk personnel.

Well done RIM. They have made the upgrade nearly as easy as upgrading a Domino server.

Benefit of upgrading BES from 4.x to 5.x:

1. Device Side Folder Management
2. Flag for Followup
3. Calendar Attachment Support
4. Synchronization of Public and Private contacts
5. Synchronization of Multiple Contact Folders
6. Calendar Meeting Delegation
7. Support for Audio WMA files
8. Support for Open Document Format (ODF)
9. Remote File Explorer
10. Web-Based Blackberry Administration Service Console
11. Custom Roles with different levels of access according to employee’s roles and permissions
12. Built in Monitoring with Threshold Analysis Tool  and  Maintenance Window Support
13. Job Management for Applications
14. Throttling
15. Schedules Upgrades
16. Blackberry Enterprise Transporter
17. High Availability
18. Enhanced Enterprise Activation Diagnostics/Troubleshooting