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Configure 
BlackBerry Notes
 and 
BlackBerry Tasks
 app settings

BlackBerry Tasks
 and 
BlackBerry Notes
 use 
Microsoft Exchange Web Services
 and do not use 
Exchange ActiveSync
 like 
BlackBerry Work
. This means that 
BlackBerry Tasks
 and 
BlackBerry Notes
 may have different authentication configurations than 
BlackBerry Work
Depending on your environment, if your users are configured with UPNs that are different from their email address, you might need to enable "Use explicit UPN" property. This requires 
BlackBerry UEM
 12.11 or later. For more information, see the BlackBerry UEM Configuration content
  1. On the menu bar, click 
    Apps
    .
  2. Click the 
    BlackBerry Notes
     or 
    BlackBerry Tasks
     app.
  3. On the 
    BlackBerry Dynamics 
    tab, in the 
    App configuration
     table, click The Add icon.
  4. Type a name for the app configuration.
  5. For the 
    BlackBerry Tasks
     app only, on the 
    Notifications
     tab, in the 
    Select level or detail in Tasks reminders
     drop-down list, select whether to turn off task notifications on the user's device, to display a generic notification, or to display the title of the task in the notification.
  6. On the 
    Configurations Settings
     tab, in the 
    Security Settings
     section, configure the following settings:
    1. Select the 
      Use of Kerberos Constrained Delegation in place of login/password
       option to use 
      Kerberos
       Constrained Delegation as the login type for users. When 
      Kerberos
       Contrained Delegation is used, users do not have to enter a password for 
      Exchange ActiveSync
      .
    2. Select the 
      Use client certificate in place of login/password
       option to require the use of certificates for login instead of a username and password. This is a requirement if certificate-based authentication is required for 
      Microsoft Exchange Web Services
      .
  7. In the 
    Embedded Hyperlink Support
     drop-down list, select the allowed behavior when a user opens a hyperlink.
  8. In the 
    Enterprise Mobility Server
     section, configure the following:
    1. In the 
      Server List Reshuffle Period (minutes)
       field, specify the frequency that the 
      BEMS
       server list is reshuffled (if present), for load balancing purposes. The default setting is 10 minutes.
    2. In the 
      Server List Quarantine Period (minutes)
       field, if a 
      BEMS
       server is not working, 
      BlackBerry Tasks
       will wait this period before it retries. The default setting is 10 minutes.
  9. On the 
    Exchange Settings
     tab, configure the following:
    1. In the 
      Exchange Web Services Authentication Methods (iOS only)
       section, choose the authentication methods to be used: Negotiate, NTLM, or Basic. If only certain authentication methods are supported from 
      Microsoft Exchange
      , set those values to minimize the user setup time. (for example, if the EWS IIS Auth Setting is set to allow only NTLM, then select only NTLM above for an optimal setup experience.) If none are selected above, the default 
      Microsoft Exchange
       setting will be used.
    2. In the 
      Microsoft Exchange Settings
       section, in the 
      Exchange Domain
       field, specify the default 
      Windows NT
       domain that 
      BlackBerry Tasks
       will try to connect to automatically when users log in to 
      BlackBerry Notes
       or 
      BlackBerry Tasks
      . If your server uses newer UPN (email@host.com) style login instead of the older (domain\user) style login, leave this field blank. In the 
      Exchange Server
       field, specify the FQDN of the server, CAS Array, or Load Balancer that is responsible for providing 
      Microsoft Exchange Web Services
      . If you leave this field blank, 
      BlackBerry Notes
       or 
      BlackBerry Tasks
       uses assisted autodiscover through 
      BEMS
       if 
      BEMS
       is configured, and if 
      BEMS
       is listed in the application server list for 
      BlackBerry Notes
       or 
      BlackBerry Tasks
      . Enter only the FQDN of the 
      Microsoft Exchange
       server. Do not include a protocol prefix such as https:// or a URI suffix.
  10. On the 
    Exchange settings
     tab, configure the following settings:  
    1. In the 
      Exchange Web Services User Name Formats (iOS only)
       section, choose which of the following user name formats to use to authenticate with 
      Microsoft Exchange Web Services
      : UPN, Domain\UserId, or SMTP. If only certain user name formats are supported from 
      Microsoft Exchange
      , set those values to minimize the user setup time. (for example, if the EWS Auth Settings are set to allow only SMTP but not UPN, then deselect UPN in the app setting.) If none are selected above, authentication with all user name formats will be attempted.
    2. In the 
      TLS Certificate Settings
       section, specify the user credential profile that contains the TLS certificate to be used to connect to 
      Microsoft Exchange
      . The name of the profile that you specify here must match the name of the user credential profile that was created in the 
      BlackBerry UEM
       management console. For more information on user credential profiles, see Using user credential profiles to send certificates to devices.
  11. In the 
    Microsoft Office 365 Modern Auth Settings (Beta)
     section, configure options for 
    Microsoft Office 365
    . If selected, specify the following:
    1. Select the 
      Use Office 365 Modern Authentication
       option to use modern authentication instead of basic authentication. Modern authentication enables 
      BlackBerry Notes
       and 
      BlackBerry Tasks
       to use sign-in features such as Multi-Factor Authentication, SAML-based third-party Identity Providers, and smart card and certificate-based authentication.
    2. In the
       Office 365 Sign On URL
       field, specify the web address that 
      BlackBerry Notes
       or 
      BlackBerry Tasks
       should use when signing in to 
      Office 365
      . If you do not specify a value,
      BlackBerry Notes
       or 
      BlackBerry Tasks
       will use https://login.microsoftonline.com during setup.
    3. In the 
      Office 365 Tenant ID
       field, specify the tenant ID of the 
      Microsoft Office 365
       server that you want 
      BlackBerry Notes
       or 
      BlackBerry Tasks
       to connect to during setup. If you do not specify a value, a value of "common" is used.
    4. In the 
      Azure App ID
       field, specify the 
      Microsoft Azure
       app ID for 
      BlackBerry Notes
       or 
      BlackBerry Tasks
      . For information on how obtain an 
      Azure
       app ID, see Obtain an Azure app ID for BlackBerry Work.
    5. In the 
      Office 365 Resource
       field, specify the URL of the 
      Microsoft Exchange Online
       server.
    6. In the 
      Redirect URI
       field, specify the URI that you entered in the 
      Microsoft Azure
       portal.
    7. Select the 
      Proxy  Modern Authentication requests ( only)
       setting to force all 
      Office 365
       Modern Authentication requests to go through the 
      BlackBerry Proxy
       instead of connecting directly to the Internet.
  12. In the 
    Exchange User Name
     section, select UPN to use a UPN user name format instead of SMTP when authenticating with 
    Microsoft Exchange
    .
  13. On the 
    App Settings
     tab, configure the following:
    1. Select the 
      Allow users to perform app diagnostics
       option, to allow users to generate a diagnostics report and then email the results to their administrator.
  14. For 
    BlackBerry Notes
     only, select the Store the Title of the Notes in the Note body option to save the note title with the note body. This option requires 
    Microsoft Exchange
     2016 or later.
  15. On the 
    Interoperability
     tab, configure the following:
    1. For 
      BlackBerry Tasks for iOS
       and 
      BlackBerry Notes for iOS
       only, select the 
      Tap a phone number to dial using native phone
       option to allow users to tap a phone number to dial using the device's native phone.
    2.  For 
      BlackBerry Tasks for Android
       and 
      BlackBerry Notes for Android
      , select the 
      Grant permission to use the Tasks list widget (Android only)
       option to specify whether list widget can be used on 
      Android
       devices.
  16. On the 
    Attachments
     tab, configure the following:
    1. Specify whether to allow incoming and outgoing attachments.
    2. Specify the maximum size.
    3. Specify the file extensions that are allowed or disallowed.
  17. On the 
    Deprecated
     tab, select the 
    Disable SSL Certificate Checking
     option to disable SSL certificate verification for 
    Microsoft Exchange Web Services
     servers in test environments. 
  18. Click 
    Save
    .