There’s a little upgrade to BES service pack 1 that was released earlier this month – this maintenance release is fully certified to work with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. Here’s the short version of the full release notes:
- BlackBerry® device dashboard
- Changes to the BlackBerry Configuration Database schema
- Changes to the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service
- Database component page in the BlackBerry Monitoring Service
- DSML support
- Enhancements to the BlackBerry Administration Service
- Enhancements to the BlackBerry Monitoring Service home page
- Enhancements to the user creation process in the BlackBerry Administration Service
- Enhancements to the calendar synchronization process
- Improved log file information so that you can troubleshoot issues with the BlackBerry Attachment Service
- Language support
- Microsoft® Active Directory® authentication with a Microsoft® Exchange resource forest
- New administrative permissions
- New IT policy rules
- Support for importing Wi-Fi® profiles and VPN profiles from a .csv file
- Support for Microsoft® Exchange Web Services
- Support for .odp files and .ods files on BlackBerry devices
- Support for Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008
- Support for notification messages over HTTPS for BlackBerry® MDS Runtime
- Support for Windows® Internet Explorer® version 8
BES admins can get more info on the release and start downloading over here, and if you’re not on Exchange 2010, you can find out what’s new over here.