[alan2938]

I recently installed the BES on Exchange 2003. I am trying to activate all BB users in my organization. Everything has been working fine for everyone except one user. When I try to activate his phone, it just says "Activating ..." for about 10 minutes. Then I receive a message stating that activation failed.

Any ideas what would cause this? There are no errors in the computer's application or system event logs.

[penguin3107]

Does this device have a BES data plan on it?
If so, is the etp.dat activation email reaching the user's mailbox? (Sometimes the get caught by anti-spam/anti-virus filters.)

[alan2938]

I dot not know if it has a specific BES data plan on it, but the user has two outside email accounts he has been checking with the phone. Our spam filter logs show the activation email(s) passed through successfully.

[penguin3107]

Originally Posted by alan2938

I dot not know if it has a specific BES data plan on it, but the user has two outside email accounts he has been checking with the phone. Our spam filter logs show the activation email(s) passed through successfully.

The user definitely needs a BES data plan. You should call the carrier to verify that it's on there. If the user only has a BIS data plan, it will never activate on a BES. (I'm willing to bet that the user only has a BIS data plan.)

You say the activation email passed through to use users mailbox? If so, is it still in the user's mailbox, or has BES picked it up and tried to start activating?

[alan2938]

For all the users I have tried to activate, the activation email was never seen in their inbox. The activation email for this user has not reached his inbox either, so I assume the BES picked it up.

[penguin3107]

Originally Posted by alan2938

For all the users I have tried to activate, the activation email was never seen in their inbox. The activation email for this user has not reached his inbox either, so I assume the BES picked it up.

Call the carrier and verify that the proper BES data plan is provisioned on the line.

[Pinjo]

Originally Posted by alan2938

For all the users I have tried to activate, the activation email was never seen in their inbox. The activation email for this user has not reached his inbox either, so I assume the BES picked it up.

If the data plan is correct, a good test to make sure the activation email reaches their Inbox is to remove them from the BES and do the activation. Because the account is not on the BES, it should be delivered to and sit in their Inbox.

Also, you could try Enterprise Activating with yours or someone else's account. This could help determine if the device or plan is the issue. I've spoken with several wireless provider technicians in the past who will swear up and down that the user has the correct data plan, when they have not. Also, though rare in my experience, there could be a mailbox issue.

[alan2938]

It was his data plan. He did in face have BIS and not BES. Upgrading with AT&T fixed the problem!