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What are the
BlackBerry Web Services
?

BlackBerry UEM
 offers a collection of SOAP APIs and REST APIs that you can use to create apps to customize how your organization monitors and manages a
BlackBerry UEM
 domain. You can use the SOAP APIs or REST APIs to automate many tasks that administrators typically perform using the
UEM
 management console. For example, you can create an app that automates the process of creating user accounts, adds users to multiple groups, and manages users' devices. Both API collections are installed with
BlackBerry UEM
.
APIs
Description
BlackBerry Web Services
 SOAP APIs
A collection of SOAP web services supported by
BlackBerry UEM
 version 12.4 and later. The SOAP APIs provide your custom apps with access to a variety of
UEM
 management features, including the ability to add and activate user accounts, assign profiles and IT policies, send commands to devices, and so on.
The SOAP APIs also provide compatibility with key
BlackBerry Dynamics
 SOAP APIs (GC SOAP and CAP SOAP) for
UEM
 environments that have been integrated with a standalone
Good Control
 server (for more information, see the Compatibility with
BlackBerry Dynamics
 SOAP APIs Reference Guide).
BlackBerry UEM
 REST APIs
A collection of REST APIs supported by
BlackBerry UEM
 version 12.6 and later. The REST APIs offer custom apps access to a growing list of
UEM
 management features using a RESTful endpoint structure that is accessed using HTTP.
You can use REST APIs to manage user accounts, apps, activation passwords, email templates, profiles, and more. The list of available REST APIs will continue to grow with each
UEM
 release. For more information about the REST APIs, see "Getting Started with REST" on the Inside BlackBerry Developer Blog.
The REST APIs offer improved performance compared to SOAP and provide full support for JSON objects (requests and returns are formatted in JSON).
Many of the EMM functions offered by
Good Control
 are now available as REST calls.
The rest of this guide takes you through the set up and use of the
BlackBerry Web Services
 SOAP APIs. The information you need to get started with the REST APIs can be found in the BlackBerry UEM REST API Reference. You can also see the "Getting Started Guide for making web services calls" on the Inside BlackBerry Developer Blog.
To use the SOAP APIs or REST APIs, you should be proficient in one of the supported programming languages and related concepts. For the SOAP APIs, you should be familiar with the use of SOAP, XML, and WSDL, and for the REST APIs you should be familiar with REST calls and JSON. You should also be familiar with the configuration and administration of
UEM
, including the management of user accounts, groups, IT policies, profiles, and security settings.