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  3. Configuring Office 365 Modern Authentication for BlackBerry Dynamics Apps
  4. Enable modern authentication for the Connect and Presence services in BEMS
  5. Allow users to use the UPN to authenticate to Skype for Business Online

Allow users to use the UPN to authenticate to 
Skype for Business Online

You can configure 
BEMS
 to allow users to authenticate to 
Skype for Business Online
 using their UPN address when it is different from the email address that was used to install and activate the 
BlackBerry Connect
 app.
Complete this task only if your environment uses modern authentication. You can configure 
BEMS
 to disable validating the email address when users authenticate to 
Skype for Business Online
 or the environment uses 
Azure
-IP.
  1. If your users are configured with UPNs that are different from their email address, enable the "Use explicit UPN" property to allow 
    BlackBerry Connect
     to authenticate to 
    Microsoft Office 365
    . For more information, see the 
    BlackBerry UEM
     on-premises configuration     content.
    1. In 
      BlackBerry UEM
      , on the menu bar, click 
      Settings > BlackBerry Dynamics > Global Properties
      . 
    2. Under the 
      Kerberos Constrained Delegation
       heading, select the 
      Use explicit UPN
       checkbox. 
    3. Click 
      Save
      .
  2. Sign in to the computer that is running the 
    BEMS-Connect
     service.
  3. In a browser, open the 
    Apache
     Karaf Web Console Configuration web site. Type 
    https://localhost:8443/system/console/configMgr
     and login as administrator with the appropriate 
    Microsoft Active Directory
     credentials.
  4. On the menu, click 
    OSGi > Configuration
    .
  5. Click 
    Blackberry Connect UCWA common settings
    .
  6. In the 
    ucwa.appresource.uservalidation.skip
     field, type 
    true
    . 
  7. Click 
    Save
    .
  8. Close the browser.