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What's new in
BEMS

This topic details the new features that have been introduced in all supported releases of
BEMS
.

New in
BEMS
version 3.6 and
BEMS
Cloud

The table below details the new features in this release. For information about the fixed and known issues in this release, see the BEMS 3.6 Release Notes or the BEMS Cloud Release Notes.
Feature
On-prem version
Cloud release date
Description
BEMS
SSL Tech Tool
May 2023
N/A
The
BEMS
SSL Tech Tool is no longer available. You can now update the
BEMS
Certificate Password using the Jetty Util. For more information, see "Update the certificate passwords in BEMS" in the Configuring BEMS-Core content.
Bug fixes
3.6.9.10
N/A
Bug fixes that are described in the fixed issues section.
Turn off notifications for multiple users
3.6.1.1
N/A
You can now immediately stop notification for all devices associated with multiple users by importing a .csv file in the
BEMS
Dashboard. This allows administrators to stop notifications to multiple users’ devices at once in the event that a device might have been lost or the user account was deleted from the
BlackBerry UEM
server instance. Users can resubscribe to notifications if they are entitled to an app that can subscribe to notifications.
Email notification enhancements
3.6.1.1
July 2023
BEMS
and
BEMS
cloud now supports visual notifications for email messages that are received to users’ subfolders. This feature requires
BlackBerry Work
version 3.13 or later. For information on how to enable email subfolder notifications, see "BlackBerry Work app configuration settings" in the BlackBerry Work administration content.
Security enhancements
3.6.1.1
N/A
The HTTP Security Header to the
BEMS
Dashboard login page (https://bems_server:8443/) has been added to the BEMS Dashboard root directory.
LDAP configuration enhancements
3.6.1.1
N/A
You can now specify, in seconds, the timeout before the
BEMS
connection attempt to the LDAP server and search times out in the following scenarios:
  • BEMS
    -Docs attempts to connect with the LDAP server and look up users and their membership in user groups.
  • BEMS
    -Mail queries the LDAP server and look for users from your organization’s Global Address List, their password expiry details, and S/MIME digital certificates from the users’ Active Directory.
Windows Extended Protection
3.6.1.1
N/A
BEMS
now supports
Windows
Extended Protection for
Microsoft Exchange Web Services
(EWS) endpoints.
Software requirements
3.6.1.1
N/A
BEMS
no longer supports the following software:
  • Microsoft Lync Server
    2013
  • Microsoft Exchange Server
    2013 SP1
  • Microsoft SharePoint
    2013
Before you upgrade to a supported version of
Microsoft SharePoint
, make sure to change the "Storage Provider" from an unsupported
Microsoft SharePoint
version (for example, SharePoint2013) to
SharePoint
or the Docs service might not function as expected. For more information on how to change the store provider, see Add a storage service. For information about supported
Microsoft SharePoint
versions, see the Compatibility Matrix.

New in
BEMS
version 3.5 and
BEMS
Cloud

The table below details the new features in this release. For information about the fixed and known issues in this release, see the BEMS 3.5 Release Notes or the BEMS Cloud Release Notes.
Feature
On-prem version
Cloud release date
Description
Windows Server
2022
3.5.5.9
N/A
The
BEMS
is now supported on servers that are running
Windows Server
2022
Use
Microsoft Graph
to access
Microsoft Office 365
3.5.4.5
October 2022
The
BEMS
Mail and
BEMS
Cloud Mail service now supports using
Microsoft Graph
to access
Microsoft Office 365
mailboxes and send notifications to users' devices when new messages are received in the users' mailbox. If you have an existing
BEMS
instance installed and your
BEMS
Mail service is configured, no additional actions are required. Microsoft has started to deprecate
Microsoft Exchange Web Services
(EWS) for Exchange Online APIs and replace the EWS with
Microsoft Graph
APIs for Microsoft Office 365. When the EWS for Microsoft Exchange Online is retired, new tenants and any existing tenants that need to create new app registrations to grant EWS permissions to client applications will be required to use
Microsoft Graph
.
Some features may not be supported when you use
Microsoft Graph
to access
Microsoft Office 365
mailboxes (for example, retrieving S/MIME certificates from contacts, retrieving contact groups, and receiving delegate notifications). For more information, visit techcommunity.microsoft.com and read 'Upcoming API Deprecations in Exchange Web Services for Exchange Online'.

New in
BEMS
version 3.4 and
BEMS
Cloud

The table below details the new features in this release. For information about the fixed and known issues in this release, see the BEMS 3.4 Release Notes or the BEMS Cloud Release Notes.
Environment
On-prem version
Cloud release date
Tasks
MSAL Authentication
3.4.3.3
March 2022
BEMS
and
BEMS
Cloud now uses the
Microsoft
Authentication Library for authentication and authorization to the in
BlackBerry
Mail and
BlackBerry
Docs services to authenticate to
Microsoft Outlook
,
Microsoft SharePoint Online
,
Microsoft OneDrive for Business
, and
Microsoft Azure
Information Protection (
Azure
-IP). No additional actions are required if your environment is already configured for modern authentication.
Contact Service API for developers
3.4.3.3
March 2022
The Contact Service API now supports additional contact folders and subfolders. For more information, see the Contact Service API content.
Security enhancement
3.4.3.3
March 2022
log4j2 library has been updated to version 2.17.1.