BlackBerry Tasks and Notes app configuration settings

Notifications

Description

Select level of detail in Tasks reminders (Tasks only)

Select the level of detail that users see in tasks reminders.

Available settings:
  • No notifications
  • Show generic notification
  • Show task title

Configuration Settings

Description

Security settings

Select the "Use Kerberos Constrained Delegation in place of login/password" option to specify whether Kerberos Constrained Delegation will be used for logging in to Microsoft Exchange. If this option is not selected, NTLM/Basic authentication will be used.

Select the "Use client certificate in place of login/password" option to specify whether clients must have individual login certificates (SSL) uploaded to the BlackBerry UEM management console. These certificates are used for login instead of basic credentials (username/password).

Embedded Hyperlink Support

Administrators can select any of the following settings:
  • Do not allow user to open hyperlinks
  • Only allow secure browser
  • Prefer secure browser but allow device browser

Enterprise Mobility Server

In the Server List Reshuffle Period (minutes) field, specify the frequency that the server list, if present, is reshuffled for load balancing purposes.

In the Server List Quarantine Period (minutes) field, specify how long BlackBerry Tasks or BlackBerry Notes waits before retrying if BlackBerry UEM is not working.

Exchange settings

Description

Exchange web services authentication methods (iOS only)

Specify the authentication methods to use. If only certain authentication methods are supported in Microsoft Exchange, set those values to minimize the user setup time. (For example, if EWS IIS Auth Setting is set to allow only NTLM, then select only NTLM above for an optimal setup experience.) If none are selected above, the default Microsoft Exchange setting is used. If using client-based authentication, check none of the options.

Microsoft Exchange settings

Specify the Exchange domain or the Exchange server you want to use.

Exchange web services user name formats (iOS only)

Select the username formats that can be used to authenticate with Microsoft Exchange Web Services. Available settings:
  • UPN
  • Domain\UserId
  • SMTP
To simplify user setup, select only the username formats that are supported by Microsoft Exchange Web Services.

If you do not select an option, all options are allowed.

TLS certificate settings

Specify the user credential profile that contains the TLS certificate to be used to connect to Microsoft Exchange. The name of the profile that you specify must match the name of the user credential profile that was created in the BlackBerry UEM management console.

For more information on user credential profiles, see Sending client certificates to devices and apps using user credential profiles.

Office 365 modern auth settings

  • Select the "Use Office 365 Modern Authentication" option to use modern authentication instead of basic authentication. Modern authentication enables BlackBerry Tasks or BlackBerry Notes to use sign-in features such as Multi-Factor Authentication, SAML-based third-party Identity Providers, and smart card and certificate-based authentication.
  • In the "Office 365 Sign On URL" field, specify the web address that BlackBerry Tasks or BlackBerry Notes should use when signing in to Office 365. If you do not specify a value, BlackBerry Tasks and BlackBerry Notes will use https://login.microsoftonline.com during setup.
  • In the "Office 365 Tenant ID" field, specify the tenant ID of Office 365 server that you want BlackBerry Tasks or BlackBerry Notes to connect to during setup.
  • In the "Entra App ID" field, specify the Microsoft Entra ID app ID for BlackBerry Tasks or BlackBerry Notes. For information on how obtain an Entra ID, see Obtain an Azure app ID for BlackBerry Tasks and BlackBerry Notes.
  • In the "Office 365 Resource" field, specify the URL of the Microsoft Exchange Online server.
  • In the "Redirect URI" field, specify the URI that you entered in the Microsoft Entra ID portal.
  • Select the "Use Office 365 Brokered Authentication" setting to use brokered authentication when using Modern Authentication. This setting is required for Entra Conditional Access.
  • Select the "Proxy Office 365 Modern Authentication requests (Android only)" setting to force all Office 365 Modern Authentication requests to go through the BlackBerry Proxy instead of connecting directly to the Internet.

Exchange User Name Format

In the "Exchange User Name Format" section, select UPN to use a UPN user name format instead of SMTP when authenticating with Microsoft Exchange Online. Depending on your environment, if your users are configured with UPNs that are different from their email address, you might need to enable "Use explicit UPN" property. For more information, see BlackBerry Dynamics global properties.

App settings

Description

Data leakage prevention watermark

If you select the "Enable DLP Watermark" option, a watermark is added to all BlackBerry Dynamics app screens (for example, BlackBerry Work, BlackBerry Work Docs, Calendar, and Contacts). The watermark shows the user's username and current date and time.

Note: If users print a file, the watermarks are not displayed in the output.

Diagnostics

If you select the "Allow users to perform app diagnostics" option, users can perform app diagnostics from the BlackBerry Dynamics Launcher on their devices.

Notes setup (Notes only)

  • Select "Store the title of the note in the note body" to include the title of the note in the body content.
  • Select the "Disable note editing for OWA" option to disable editing notes in OWA. Notes created in BlackBerry Notes will not be presented as drafts and users will not be able to add attachments, inline images, or make any edits using OWA.

Send Feedback Email Address

In the "Send Feedback Email Address" field, specify the email address where the user feedback email messages are sent. Add multiple comma delimited recipients as needed.

Interoperability

Description

Camera and Device Photo Gallery Permissions

Specify whether to allow access to the device camera, the photo gallery, or both. Available settings:
  • Allow access to camera and device photo gallery
  • Allow access to camera only
  • No access to camera or device photo gallery

The default value is "Allow access to camera and device photo gallery."

Voice

Select the "Tap a phone number to dial using native phone" option to allow users to use the native phone app.

Widget (Tasks only)

Select the "Grant permission to use the Tasks list widget (Android only)" option to allow users to use the Tasks list widget.

Attachments

Description

Receiving/opening attachments

Specify whether to allow incoming attachments and specify a maximum size and the file extensions that are allowed or disallowed.

Block receiving attachments with total size larger than

Select a size from the drop-down list to block attachments larger than that size.

Block/Only allow receiving attachments by file extension

Select if you want to block or only allow receiving attachments by file extensions and specify the file extensions.

Deprecated

Description

Microsoft Authentication Library

Disabling this policy will result in using legacy Microsoft Azure Active Directory Authentication Library when logging into Notes mailbox account. (iOS Only)

Legacy proxy Office 365 Modern Authentication

On Android, select the "Use legacy Proxy Office 365 Modern Authentication requests" option to use legacy proxy requests through the BlackBerry Dynamics Proxy server. (Android only)

Security settings

Select the "Disable SSL Certificate Checking" option to disable SSL Certificate verification for Exchange ActiveSync/Microsoft Exchange Web Services in test environments.