What's new in BlackBerry UEM 12.15

Android

Limit app install
: On

Android Enterprise

devices with the “

Work and personal - full control

” activation type, you can limit the apps users can install using the “Allowed personal apps from

Google Play

” IT policy rule.

Android
zero-touch
: You can now connect to

Android

zero-touch enrollment configuration from the

BlackBerry UEM

management console.

Android
12
:

BlackBerry UEM

supports

Android

12.

iOS

iOS
15
:

BlackBerry UEM

supports

iOS

15.

Gatekeeping

BlackBerry Gatekeeping Service
: The

BlackBerry Gatekeeping Service

can now connect to

Active Directory

using

Microsoft

Modern Authentication.

Azure

Azure AD
Conditional Access
:

BlackBerry UEM

supports

Azure AD

Conditional Access.

BlackBerry UEM Client

with

BlackBerry Dynamics

-enabled or

BlackBerry Work

can access

Office 365

when conditional access is enabled.

BlackBerry Infrastructure

Regionalization
:

BlackBerry UEM

version 12.15 continues to build on the regionalization features that allow

BlackBerry Dynamics

traffic to use the

BlackBerry Infrastructure

instead of the

BlackBerry Dynamics

NOC by implementing the use of the

BlackBerry Infrastructure

for the push notification service. Regionalization of the push notification service requires

BlackBerry Dynamics SDK

version 10.0 or later. The regionalization features require

BlackBerry Dynamics

apps released in February 2020 or later. For custom

BlackBerry Dynamics

apps,

BlackBerry Dynamics SDK

7.0 or later is required.

The regionalization features are available only on new installations of

BlackBerry UEM

as of version 12.12. If you are upgrading

BlackBerry UEM

, contact

BlackBerry

Technical Support to enable these features.

New IT policy rules

For a list of all IT policy rules, refer to the Policy reference spreadsheet.

Device Type	Rule Name	Description	Activation Types
Android -Global	Allow changing Wi-Fi networks	Specify whether the user can set up connections to Wi-Fi networks other than the one specified by the Wi-Fi profile. This option is selected by default.	Work space only , Work space only (Premium), Work and personal - full control , Work and personal - full control (Premium)
Android - Personal profile	Allowed personal apps from Google Play	Specify the apps that users can install from Google Play in the personal space. You can allow all apps from Google Play , block users from installing specified apps, or allow only specified apps to be installed. This rule does not block users from installing apps in the personal space using a method other than Google Play . The default setting is "Allow all apps".	Work and personal - full control , Work and personal - full control (Premium)
Android - Personal profile	Personal apps	Specify the package IDs for the apps that you want to block or allow in the personal space. If you chose to block specified apps, users can't install the specified apps from Google Play . If you chose to allow only specified apps, users can install only the specified apps.	Work and personal - full control , Work and personal - full control (Premium)
Android - Work profile	Limit length of time work profile can be turned off	Specify whether users must turn on the work profile after a specified time limit to continue using the device. If the work profile is turned off longer than the specified time period, personal apps are disabled and the device displays a notification. This option is not selected by default.	Work and personal - user privacy , Work and personal - user privacy (Premium), Work and personal - full control , Work and personal - full control (Premium)
Android - Work profile	Maximum off-time	Specify the maximum number of hours that the user can keep the work profile turned off. The default is 259200 seconds (3 days).	Work and personal - user privacy , Work and personal - user privacy (Premium), Work and personal - full control , Work and personal - full control (Premium)
iOS	Allow Apple Watch to unlock device	Specify whether users can unlock the device from a paired Apple Watch. This option is selected by default.	MDM controls
iOS	Allow dictation to be sent to Siri servers	Specify whether the device can send dictation audio to Siri servers for the purpose of improving dictation results. If this rule is not selected, the device does not send dictation audio to Apple. This option is selected by default.	MDM controls
iOS	Allow NFC (supervised only)	Specify whether a device can use NFC. This option is selected by default.	MDM controls
iOS	Allow restart to recovery mode from untrusted host (supervised only)	Specify whether users can restart the device into recovery mode from any host computer. If this rule is not selected, the device can only be restarted into recovery mode from computers that the device has previously trusted. This option is not selected by default.	MDM controls
iOS	Allow translation to be sent to Siri servers	Specify whether the device can send translation audio to Siri servers for the purpose of improving translation results. If this rule is not selected, the device does not send translation audio to Apple. This option is selected by default.	MDM controls
iOS	Allow Wi-Fi connections only to specified networks (supervised only)	Specify whether devices can connect only to Wi-Fi networks specified by a Wi-Fi profile. If this rule is not selected, devices can connect to networks specified by the user. This option is not selected by default.	MDM controls
iOS	Allow copy and paste between documents from managed and unmanaged sources	Specify whether copy and paste of content between documents from managed and unmanaged sources respects the settings for the "Allow documents from managed sources in unmanaged destinations" and "Allow documents from unmanaged sources in managed destinations" rules. For example, if this rule is selected, you can copy from an unmanaged source to a managed destination document, only if documents from unmanaged sources are allowed in managed destinations. This option is selected by default.	MDM controls