BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 SP 1 Arrives

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has just released the Service Pack 1 for its BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 for Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Domino. The new release comes around with a series of fixes and improvements for the BES 5.0 solution, which has been launched into the wild back at WES 2009.

The release notes for BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 Service Pack 1 includes the following (both for Microsoft Exchange and for IBM Lotus Domino):
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 (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Japanese)
Microsoft Active Directory authentication with a Microsoft Exchange resource forest
New administrative permissions
New IT policy rules
Support for importing Wi-Fi 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 Applications
Support for Windows Internet Explorer version 8

According to BlackBerryCool, a series of enterprise users chose not to make the upgrade to BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 when RIM made it available, saying that they would rather wait for the Service Pack 1 to arrive so as to make sure that any possible problems have been already discovered and dealt with. Those who would like to get the latest release of BES 5.0 should head over to RIM's website here to download it. Moreover, in case one is interested in learning more on SP1, one can download the PDF release notes for BES 5.0 for Microsoft Exchange from here, and for BES 5.0 for IBM Lotus Domino from here.