iDrive Office who is right?

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Do you need to subscribe to connected drive?

I do not know if I need to or not?  so many conflicting reports of how to accomplish this.  from what i have read all over the place, I should be able to code the modules and my phone to recieve emails and text in the idrive.  but really do not know where to start.  I know e series in and out.  my first f30.  i assume given the specs of the car listed above that this should be possible.  I believe i have all the correct hardware.  but a lot of i did this and i did that out there.  

Thanks for the reply
Joseph