Feature and Technical OverviewBlackBerry Enterprise Server architecture

Component

Description

 

 

BlackBerry Administration Service

The BlackBerry Administration Service connects to the BlackBerry

 

Configuration Database. You can use the BlackBerry Administration Service to

 

manage the BlackBerry Domain, which includes BlackBerry Enterprise Server

 

components, user accounts, and features for BlackBerry device administration.

 

 

BlackBerry Mail Store Service

The BlackBerry Mail Store Service connects to the messaging servers in your

 

organization's environment and retrieves the contact information that the

 

BlackBerry Administration Service requires to search for user accounts on the

 

messaging servers.

 

You install a BlackBerry Mail Store Service when you install a BlackBerry

 

Enterprise Server. The BlackBerry Mail Store Service connects to the messaging

 

server using the same connection information that the BlackBerry Enterprise

 

Server uses. The BlackBerry Administration Service is designed to communicate

 

with the BlackBerry Mail Store Service using RPC.

 

 

BlackBerry Attachment Service

The BlackBerry Attachment Service converts supported message attachments

 

to a format that users can view on their devices.

 

 

BlackBerry Collaboration Service

The BlackBerry Collaboration Service provides a connection between your

 

organization's instant messaging server and the collaboration client on devices.

 

 

BlackBerry Configuration Database

The BlackBerry Configuration Database is a relational database that contains

 

configuration information that BlackBerry Enterprise Server components use.

 

For example, the BlackBerry Configuration Database includes the following

 

information:

 

• details about the connection from a BlackBerry Enterprise Server to the

 

wireless network

 

• user list

 

• address mappings between PINs and email addresses for BlackBerry MDS

 

Connection Service push features

 

 

BlackBerry Controller

The BlackBerry Controller monitors the BlackBerry Enterprise Server

 

components and restarts them if they stop responding.

 

 

BlackBerry Dispatcher

The BlackBerry Dispatcher compresses and encrypts all data that devices send

 

and receive. The BlackBerry Dispatcher sends the data through the BlackBerry

 

Router, to and from the wireless network.

 

 

BlackBerry MDS Connection Service

The BlackBerry MDS Connection Service permits users to access web content,

 

the Internet, or your organization's intranet, and also permits applications on

 

devices to connect to your organization's application servers or content servers

 

for application data and updates.

 

 

BlackBerry Messaging Agent

The BlackBerry Messaging Agent connects to the IMAP server so that users can

 

activate their devices over the wireless network. The BlackBerry Messaging

 

 

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