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h5. new in BES Version: 5.0 (FULL LIST: [http://docs.blackberry.com/en/admin/deliverables/12056/New_in_this_release_501_787536_11.jsp|http://docs.blackberry.com/en/admin/deliverables/12056/New_in_this_release_501_787536_11.jsp]

|| Feature || Description || Implications? ||
| BlackBerry® device dashboard | You can use the BlackBerry device dashboard to access the BlackBerry Monitoring Service from BlackBerry devices. You can view alarms, messages, and the status of BlackBerry® Enterprise Server instances and BlackBerry Enterprise Server components. | We need to see how well this can be utilized as a diagnosis tool for end users, and how it renders on different devices (storm vs curve, etc.) |
| Changes to the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service | The BlackBerry MDS Connection Service  can now perform the following actions:
* send SVG that are not transcoded to BlackBerry devices that run BlackBerry® Device Software that support native SVG
* use the cache-control no-transform header of HTTP/1.1, which permits the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service to process content without transcoding the content
* authenticate with content servers using NTLMv2 | We need to see if the NTLMv2 authentication in MDS somehow affects our NTLMv4 requirements on the Domain |
| Enhancements to the BlackBerry Administration Service | The BlackBerry Administration Service includes the following enhancements:
* To manage user accounts, you can right-click on the user accounts to access a menu of tasks that you can perform for the user accounts.
* You can navigate search results for user accounts more easily than in BlackBerry Enterprise Server version 5.0.0. If you associate less than 100 user accounts with a BlackBerry Enterprise Server, you are not required to perform a search for user accounts before you can manage the user accounts. The BlackBerry Administration Service displays the user accounts on a single page.
* You can view user account information when you add and manage applications. When you manage applications, you can view the user accounts that you assigned the application to and the individual properties for each user account. The BlackBerry Administration Service displays the list of user accounts as hyperlinks so that you can view the properties for each user account. | We need to determine how federated down the rights to this console are, if there can be a "VIEW ONLY" portion of this console to at least know what options support groups have. |
| Enhancements to the BlackBerry Monitoring Service  home page | The BlackBerry Monitoring Service  home page is enhanced so that you can view performance data and user statistics, graphs, messaging server mappings, and overview information for BlackBerry Enterprise Server components that are associated with all BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances that the BlackBerry Monitoring Service  monitors. | These again is a very valuable diagnosis tool for troubleshooting individual problems and can be valuable to keep trouble tickets at the support desk level as opposed to escalating them to the Sys-admin level until absolutely necessary. |
| Enhancements to the user creation process in the BlackBerry Administration Service | The BlackBerry Administration Service includes the following enhancements to the user creation process:
* When you create user accounts, you can assign the user account to groups, software configurations, and a specific BlackBerry Enterprise Server.
* You can assign multiple user accounts to a BlackBerry Enterprise Server and to groups by importing the user account information from a .csv file. If the user account information in the file is corrupt or invalid, the BlackBerry Administration Service displays an error message.
* You can create user accounts on the page that displays information for a specific BlackBerry Enterprise Server. The BlackBerry Administration Service does not prompt you to select a BlackBerry Enterprise Server during the user creation process. | This is critical to the release and rollout phase, specifically multiple account provisioning during the migration process. |
| Enhancements to the calendar synchronization process | You can run a calendar synchronization process on a BlackBerry Enterprise Server instance to find and correct differences between the calendar entries on a BlackBerry device and the calendar entries on a computer. You can configure the calendar synchronization process using the BlackBerry Enterprise Trait Tool. | This needs to be tested fairly extensively to know HOW the calendar is synchronized, but this will be valuable to help fix calendar synchronization issues without performing a complete remove-resync to the device. |
| Improved log file information so that you can troubleshoot issues with the BlackBerry Attachment Service | The logs files for the BlackBerry Attachment Service  contain more information in BlackBerry Enterprise Server version 5.0 SP1 than they did in previous versions. You can now test audio attachments in the BlackBerry Configuration Panel using the same method that you use to test documents and images so that you can troubleshoot issues. | This will be important again for the support desk to better research trouble tickets are they come in. |
| New administrative permissions | You can turn off the permissions in the Security role and Enterprise role to assign a BlackBerry device to a user account, specify an activation password, or send an activation email to the user account. These permissions control which administrators have the authorization to activate BlackBerry devices and send activation messages to user accounts. | More Federation of delegations of roles in the administrative environment it appears you can have administrators who do not have the ability to change the environment.  Another rights issue that will need to be tested. |
| Support for importing Wi-Fi® profiles and VPN profiles from a .csv file | You can add, delete, or update the Wi-Fi profiles and VPN profiles that you assign to user accounts by importing a .csv file. | Will need to assess how VPN-restricted resources can be worked on by phones. |
| Support for Microsoft® Exchange Web Services | You can configure the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to use Microsoft Exchange Web Services instead of MAPI and CDO libraries to manage calendars on BlackBerry devices. You configure support for Microsoft Exchange Web Services  using the BlackBerry Enterprise Trait Tool. To configure the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to use Microsoft Exchange Web Services, your organization's environment must use Microsoft Exchange  2007 SP1 or later. | I've got nothing, but this sounds important to understand to me. |
| Support for Windows® Internet Explorer® version 8 | You can use Windows Internet Explorer version 8 to access the BlackBerry Administration Service, BlackBerry Monitoring Service console, and BlackBerry MDS Application Console. | IE8 Only? |
| Support for notification messages over HTTPS for BlackBerry® MDS Runtime Applications | If you install BlackBerry MDS Runtime Applications that support notification messages over HTTPS, you can configure the BlackBerry MDS Integration Service and the notification client to support notification messages over HTTPS. For more information, visit www.blackberry.com/go/serverdocs  to see the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Administration Guide. | Need to do more research to learn what implications MDS Runtime Applications |

h5. BES Feature List:


h5. BES Administrative distribution?

*Administrative Console Tutorial, very helpful for all feature considerations*
[http://docs.blackberry.com/en/admin/deliverables/12167/index.html?name=Tutorial+-+BlackBerry+Administration+Service5.0.1&language=English&userType=2&category=BlackBerry+Enterprise+Server+for+Microsoft+Exchange&subCategory=|http://docs.blackberry.com/en/admin/deliverables/12167/index.html?name=Tutorial+-+BlackBerry+Administration+Service5.0.1&language=English&userType=2&category=BlackBerry+Enterprise+Server+for+Microsoft+Exchange&subCategory=]
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