How to communicate with BES?

Question

I am trying to get a list of devices and their software from BES. My first thought was to connect directly to the database and request it directly, but from what I can say in the Blackberry Hosting environment, I would not have access to the database. Another option I see is the Blackberry admin API.

Does anyone have any other suggestions for getting a list of installed software (from C #).

Answer 1

The Blackberry Administrator API, as described on the overview page , is sure that it allows access to the BES configuration database, but it can be installed along with other Blackberry Enterprise Server components (and not the Express version, by the way).

So, if you use the hosted BES service, most likely they will not give you access to the API, but it would not matter to ask if it is available.

If you confirm with your host that they can give you access, you probably want to start with the Basics guide and then Get started with the .NET BES API Guide . Later, you can move on to a more detailed .NET development guide and full API . Good luck