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Prerequisites:
BlackBerry Push Notifications
service

Microsoft Graph
push notifications are sent (or pushed) from
Microsoft 365
to the reverse proxy server to the
BEMS
instance.
BEMS
then accesses the user's mailbox and sends email notifications to the user's device.
If you deploy
BEMS
in a mixed environment, where
BEMS
and
Microsoft Exchange
are not co-located, there are additional requirements and prerequisites which may apply. Consider the following scenarios:
Scenario
Tasks
Cloud-based
BEMS
with on-premises
Microsoft Exchange
  1. Do one of the following:
    • Expose
      Microsoft Exchange Web Services
      and Autodiscover from your on-premises
      Microsoft Exchange
      to the Internet on port 443.
    • Install the
      BlackBerry Connectivity Node
      and enable "Use BlackBerry Connectivity Node route". For more information, see Configure email notifications for BlackBerry Work.
  2. Basic Authentication, modern authentication, and certificate-based authentication are supported for
    Microsoft Exchange Web Services
    and Autodiscover.
On-Premises
BEMS
with
Microsoft Exchange Online
  1. You must expose
    Microsoft Exchange Web Services
    and autodiscover from
    Microsoft Exchange Online
    to on-premises
    BEMS
    on port 443.
  2. BEMS
    supports Modern Authentication and
    Microsoft Graph
    .
Hybrid environment (On-premises
BEMS
with on-premises
Microsoft Exchange
and
Microsoft Exchange Online
)
  1. You must expose
    Microsoft Exchange Web Services
    and autodiscover from
    Microsoft Exchange Online
    to on-premises
    BEMS
    on port 443.
  2. BEMS
    supports the following:
    • On-premises
      Microsoft Exchange
      : Both Basic Authentication and
      Windows
      authentication are supported for Microsoft Exchange Web Services and Autodiscover.
    • Cloud-based
      Microsoft Exchange
      : Modern Authentication and
      Microsoft Graph
      .
  3. The BEMSAdmin account must have impersonation rights on the on-premises
    Microsoft Exchange
    . For more information, see Grant application impersonation permission to the service account.