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Description

BlackBerry® Administration Service

The BlackBerry Administration Service is a web application that connects to the BlackBerry Configuration Database. You can use the BlackBerry Administration Service to manage the BlackBerry Domain, which includes user accounts and features that you can use to control BlackBerry devices. The BlackBerry Domain consists of a single BlackBerry Configuration Database and all of the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server instances that use it.

The BlackBerry Administration Service replaces the BlackBerry Manager as the administration console for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Enterprise Server components.

BlackBerry® MDS Application Console

The BlackBerry MDS Application Console is a web-based administration console that you can use to manage BlackBerry® MDS Runtime Applications and BlackBerry Browser Applications that are located in the BlackBerry MDS Application Repository. You can use the BlackBerry MDS Application Console to send requests to a BlackBerry MDS Integration Service to install or update BlackBerry MDS Runtime Applications and BlackBerry Browser Applications on BlackBerry devices, or to remove the applications from BlackBerry devices. You install the BlackBerry MDS Application Console when you install the BlackBerry MDS Integration Service.

The BlackBerry MDS Application Console supports BlackBerry MDS Integration Service 5.0 or later.

BlackBerry Monitoring Service
The BlackBerry Monitoring Service is a web-based application that is designed to help you monitor your organization's BlackBerry Domain. You can use the BlackBerry Monitoring Service to troubleshoot issues and monitor the health of your organization's BlackBerry Domain proactively. The BlackBerry Monitoring Service performs the following actions:
  • monitors up to 57 weeks of data
  • monitors a data attribute of BlackBerry Enterprise Server components or BlackBerry device users by rate
  • monitors the connection status of BlackBerry Enterprise Server components
  • generates appropriate thresholds that you can use to monitor BlackBerry Enterprise Server components and BlackBerry device users automatically
  • monitors remote BlackBerry Enterprise Server components
  • uses maintenance windows for thresholds or BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances
  • displays diagnostic information for BlackBerry devices in the BlackBerry Monitoring Service console
  • displays data attributes for the BlackBerry Configuration Database such as index fragmentation, the file size of transaction logs, and the file size of data logs in the Database component page.

BlackBerry® Web Desktop Manager

The BlackBerry Web Desktop Manager is a web application that permits users to manage their BlackBerry devices. For example, users can activate BlackBerry devices, back up and restore data, select messaging options, and synchronize data. The BlackBerry Web Desktop Manager includes the BlackBerry® Device Manager.

Attachment support for the .wma file format

The BlackBerry Attachment Service now supports the .wma audio file format.

BlackBerry® device dashboard

You can use the BlackBerry device dashboard to access the BlackBerry Monitoring Service from BlackBerry devices. You can view alarms, messages, and the status of BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances and BlackBerry Enterprise Server components.

BlackBerry Enterprise Server high availability

BlackBerry Enterprise Server high availability consists of a minimum of two BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances and the BlackBerry Configuration Database replicated across two database servers. High availability is designed so that no single point of failure exists in the BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution that could stop the messaging and application data flow to and from BlackBerry devices.

Changes to the BlackBerry Configuration Database schema
BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 SP1 contains changes to the BlackBerry Configuration Database schema. The changes occur in the following files:
  • 4.5\UpgradeV20070831.sql
  • 4.5\UpgradeV20071010.sql
  • 4.5\UpgradeV20071030.sql
  • 4.5\UpgradeV20080715.sql
  • 5.0\UpgradeV20090122.sql
  • 5.0\UpgradeV99990101.sql
  • 5.0.1\UpgradeServerConfigForBASConfigTool.sql
  • 5.0.1\UpgradeV20090122.sql
  • 5.0.1\UpgradeV99990101.sql

Changes to the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service
The BlackBerry MDS Connection Service can now perform the following actions:
  • send Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) that are not transcoded to BlackBerry devices that run BlackBerry® Device Software that support native Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
  • use the cache-control no-transform header of HTTP/1.1, which permits the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service to process content without transcoding it
  • authenticate with content servers using NTLMv2

DSML support

You can configure the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service to use DSML to search for and retrieve certificates from DSML certificate servers.

Enrolling certificates over the wireless network

You can configure the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to permit BlackBerry devices to enroll certificates over the wireless network. Permitting BlackBerry devices to enroll certificates is an alternative to instructing users to send the certificates to themselves in an email message or using the certificate synchronization tool in the BlackBerry® Desktop Software.

Follow-up flag on email messages

Users with BlackBerry devices that are running BlackBerry Device Software 5.0 or later can flag email messages on their BlackBerry devices.

Forward calendar entries

Users with BlackBerry devices that are running BlackBerry Device Software 5.0 or later can forward meeting invitations and calendar entries from their BlackBerry devices.

Full support for Novell® GroupWise® Web Services

All BlackBerry Enterprise Server components that must connect to the Novell GroupWise messaging server can connect using the Novell GroupWise Web Services.

High availability for a distributed environment

If you install multiple BlackBerry Enterprise Server components on different computers to create a distributed environment, you can configure the components for high availability. High availability for a distributed component requires that you install two or more instances of the component in your organization's environment. When an instance stops responding, the other instances can take over.

Improved log file information so that you can troubleshoot issues for the BlackBerry Attachment Service

The logs files for the BlackBerry Attachment Service contain more information in BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 SP1 than they did in previous versions. You can now test audio attachments in the BlackBerry Configuration Panel using the same method that you use to test documents and images so that you can troubleshoot issues.

Language support

The BlackBerry Enterprise Server is available in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. You can select a language before you log in to the BlackBerry Administration Service or BlackBerry Monitoring Service.

Manage personal folders

Users with BlackBerry devices that are running BlackBerry Device Software 5.0 or later can add, delete, move, and rename personal folders from their BlackBerry devices.

New IT policy rules

For information about new IT policy groups and IT policy rules, visit www.blackberry.com/go/serverdocs to see the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Policy Reference Guide.

New method for installing and managing the BlackBerry Device Software and BlackBerry Java Applications

You can use the BlackBerry Administration Service to install and manage the BlackBerry Device Software and BlackBerry Java Applications on BlackBerry devices.

In the BlackBerry Administration Service, you create software configurations to specify the versions of the BlackBerry Device Software and BlackBerry Java Applications that you want to install or update on BlackBerry devices or remove from BlackBerry devices. You also use software configurations to specify which applications are required, optional, or not permitted on BlackBerry devices. When you create a software configuration, you must also specify whether users can install applications that are not listed in the software configuration on their BlackBerry devices.

When you add a BlackBerry Java Application to a software configuration, you must assign an application control policy to the application to specify what resources the application can access on BlackBerry devices. If you permit users to install unlisted applications, you must create an application control policy for unlisted applications that specifies what resources the applications can access on BlackBerry devices.

If you assign more than one software configuration to a user account, all of the settings in the multiple software configurations are applied to the BlackBerry device. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server resolves conflicting settings using predefined reconciliation rules and prioritized rankings that you can specify using the BlackBerry Administration Service.

For more information about installing and managing the BlackBerry Device Software on BlackBerry devices, visit www.blackberry.com/go/serverdocs to see the BlackBerry Device Software Update Guide.

Support for database mirroring

If your organization uses Microsoft® SQL Server® 2005 SP2 or later, you can configure database mirroring. Database mirroring requires a principal database, mirror database, and, optionally, a witness. Although the BlackBerry Enterprise Server can contact the mirror database, it opens active connections to the principal database only. If the principal database stops responding, the BlackBerry Enterprise Server opens an active connection to the mirror database automatically. Database mirroring provides fault tolerance for the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution.

Support for importing Wi-Fi® profiles and VPN profiles from a file

You can add, delete, or update the Wi-Fi profiles and VPN profiles that you assign to user accounts by importing a .csv file.

Support for .odp files .ods files, .odt files, and .ott files on BlackBerry devices

The BlackBerry Attachment Service supports .odp files, .ods files, .odt files, and .ott files with limitations. After you upgrade the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, you must add these attachment formats to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server manually so that the BlackBerry Attachment Service can process these files. For more information, visit www.blackberry.com/go/serverdocs to see the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Upgrade Guide.

Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 SP1 supports Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition. The setup application can install Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition if your organization's environment does not already include a database server.

Support for Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008

The BlackBerry Enterprise Server supports Microsoft SQL Server 2008. You can configure database mirroring or transactional replication to provide high availability for the BlackBerry Configuration Database and BlackBerry MDS Integration Service database.

Support for new BlackBerry® Browser Applications
BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 SP1 supports the following types of BlackBerry Browser Applications:
  • browser channel push applications: An icon displays on the Home screens of BlackBerry devices to indicate whether users viewed the latest version of the web content that the Browser Push Engine pushed to the BlackBerry devices.
  • browser cache push applications: The Browser Push Engine pushes web content to the cache of the BlackBerry Browser on BlackBerry devices. To view the web content, users browse to the appropriate web address using the BlackBerry Browser.
  • browser message push applications: A message appears in the message list on BlackBerry devices to provide a link to new or updated web content.

For more information about developing and customizing BlackBerry Applications, visit www.blackberry.com/developers.

Support for notification messages over HTTPS for BlackBerry® MDS Runtime Applications

If you install BlackBerry MDS Runtime Applications that support notification messages over HTTPS, you can configure the BlackBerry MDS Integration Service and the notification client to support notification messages over HTTPS. For more information, visit www.blackberry.com/go/serverdocs to see the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Administration Guide.

Support for Windows® Internet Explorer® 8

You can use Windows Internet Explorer 8 to access the BlackBerry Administration Service, BlackBerry Monitoring Service console, and the BlackBerry MDS Application Console.

Support for Windows Server® 2008

BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 SP1 supports Windows Server 2008.

View and manage personal address books

Users with BlackBerry devices that are running BlackBerry Device Software 5.0 or later can view personal address books on their BlackBerry devices and change contact information.

Users can specify which address books that they want to synchronize to their BlackBerry devices using the BlackBerry® Desktop Manager or BlackBerry Web Desktop Manager. You can limit the number of address books that users can synchronize to their BlackBerry devices.
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