# What's New in this Release?

## Release 6.0

Also see: List of topics that have been changed/added for Release 6.0.

### New Features

- Speech Navigation: Speech Navigation is an optional, licensed feature of NuPoint UM that enables users to manage their mailboxes using voice commands. Instead of struggling to find and press a button on their telephone dial, they can simply “say the command" from their principal or alternate extension. This is particularly helpful for drivers who wish to use their cell phones in hands-free mode. Note: Speech Navigation commands are not supported with the Competitive TUI Emulation feature.

- FPSA on Web Console: Functionally Partitioned System Administration (FPSA) can now be configured in the Web Console as well as the Text Console. Among other things, this enables you to add up to 500 FPSA users with unique permission categories and to generate the audit trail report from the Web Console. Effective NuPoint Release 6.0, there is no longer a need to activate the FPSA feature.

- Hosted Email Integration to the Cloud:

- - Advanced UM now supports integration with Google Apps for Business over an IMAP connection using OAuth authentication. With this setup, users can synchronize their accounts without having to enter an email password on the NuPoint UM system.

  - Standard UM can now be configured to connect to an outgoing SMTP mail server using secure port 587 (TLS). This is helpful if you are connected directly to a hosted service such as Google Apps, which requires the use of a port 587.

  - To provide higher security and privacy, all media streaming is now required to use secure HTTP (HTTPS). Accordingly, the toggle to turn HTTPS on and off has been dropped from the Text Console and Web Console.

  - Support for UM-SMTP and Standard UM integration with Microsoft Office 365 and hosted Microsoft Exchange Online was introduced following NuPoint Release 5.0 SP1; refer to Product Bulletin PB20120091 for more information. Release 6.0 expands this functionality to support authenticated SMTP forwarding using Office 365 and hosted Exchange Online.

- G.729 Support: If the system is licensed for G.729, you can select between two audio codecs, G.711 (the default) and G.729, when you program a line group. Without the license, only G.711 is supported. Refer to the NuPoint UM Engineering Guidelines for port usage limits when using G.729. Note: When choosing between the two codecs, keep in mind that G.729 uses less bandwidth while G.711 provides slightly higher sound quality.

- Flexible CLID Delivery: By default, the system plays the caller's ID (CLID) prior to playing the voice message. With NuPoint Release 6.0, you can now suppress the CLID by applying feature bit 305, or you can cause the CLID to be played after the message rather than before it by applying feature bit 306. Regardless whether these feature bits are enabled, the CLID will continue to appear in text format for messages accessed from the Web View application and email clients.

- Technology Alignment: NuPoint UM 6.0 Web View and Web Console interfaces have been tested and verified with Internet Explorer 10, Firefox 14.0, and Google Chrome 21. The Web View and Web Console interfaces and the MAPI Gateway also support Windows 8 Professional, 64-bit.

- Product Consolidation: NuPoint Single Server and NuPoint Standard Edition have been consolidated into a single software-only product that is designed to be installed on a Mitel Standard Linux (MSL) qualified hardware server. It can be deployed as follows:

- - NuPoint 60 - replaces the Standard Edition and supports up to 60 voice mail ports on an entry-level MSL server.

  - NuPoint 120 - replaces the Single Server (formerly 640E) and supports up to 120 voice mail ports on a mid-level MSL server.

The option you implement is determined by your system's hardware capacity and licensing. For installation and configuration instructions, see the NuPoint UM Technician's Handbook. For an up-to-date list of qualified entry- and mid-level server platforms, see the MSL Qualified Hardware List.

- IL3 Compliance: NPUM release 6.0 will be Business Impact Level 3 (IL3) compliant. Refer to CESG website for more information on this standard: http://www.cesg.gov.uk

- Product Discontinuation: NuPoint multi-server 640 has been discontinued. If you have a NuPoint 640 with 120 or fewer ports, you can migrate to a physical or Virtual NuPoint UM system at no charge. The process involves backing up your database, installing Release 6.0 software on the new platform, and then restoring the database. For detailed migration instructions, see the NuPoint UM Technician's Handbook. For an up-to-date list of qualified server platforms, see the MSL Qualified Hardware List. If you have a NuPoint 640 with more than 120 ports, contact Mitel Professional Services for assistance in migrating to networked NuPoint 120 environment. Note that existing NuPoint 640 systems are supported up to NuPoint software Release 5.0 SP1.

Virtualization Features

- Deployment Configurations: Two configuration options are now supported for vNuPoint deployments. As part of the install or upgrade process, you can select the option which best defines your anticipated user limits and hardware resource requirements:

- - Small Business: 60 ports / 4 GB RAM / 2 vCPU / 130 GB hard disk storage

  - Enterprise: 120 ports / 6 GB RAM / 4 vCPU / 260 GB hard disk storage

- Integrations Support: vNuPoint now supports both digital and analog integrations through a session initiation protocol (SIP) interface to the DMG 1000 or DMG 2000 Dialogic Media Gateway. Digital integration with the MiVoice Business (Standard, Virtual, and Multi-instance) continues to be supported. For more information, see the NuPoint UM Technician's Handbook.

- Virtualization Diagnostics: For vNuPoint deployments, you can run diagnostics on the VMware virtual environment from the MSL server manager. The Virtualization page in the server manager interface displays information, such as CPU and memory reservations, and identifies potential resource shortages. You can download the associated log files from the server manager View Logs File page. These logs can be used by Mitel Product Support to isolate and troubleshoot performance and voice quality issues that are caused by resource shortages in the virtual environment.

- VMware Support: vNuPoint UM Release 6.0 supports the latest VMware software, including vSphere 5.1, Virtual Storage Application (VSA) 5.1, and Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.0. For more information concerning support for VMware features, see the Mitel Virtual Application Appliance Deployment Guide.

### Mitel Applications Suite (MAS) Version Enhancements

MAS 5.0 deployments of NuPoint UM now provide:

- Advanced UM Configuration: Advanced UM is now enabled using the MAS Users and Services Provisioning application.

- Hot Desk PIN Synchronization (Optional): To enforce a controlled level of security for Hot Desk users, administrators can configure passcode synchronization. Hot Desk PINs can then be synchronized with NuPoint TUI passcodes and managed through the NuPoint voice system.

### System Improvements (with Mitel Standard Linux R10.0)

- Mitel Standard Linux (MSL) Support: NuPoint Release 6.0 is supported with MSL Release 10.0 (32-bit version only).

- MSL Security Enhancements: Administrators may now choose between Simple Network Management Protocol version 2 (SNMPv2c) and SMNPv3. SNMPv3 is the latest version of the SNMP protocol and introduces authentication and encryption for network management communications.

- Alarm Enhancements: The Event viewer panel has been enhanced to make it easier to determine the reason for alarms. New settings enable you to clear a single event (as opposed to all events) and display only active events (as opposed to both active and cleared events). Also, the "Start" and "End" date fields have been made to easier to use.

- MSL Backup Enhancement: You can now perform a network backup to any Linux file server that supports secure FTP (SFTP), including another MSL server. Previously, you were restricted to using the SMB/CIF protocol to perform network backups only to Windows servers.

Note: For detailed information concerning system improvements, refer to the Mitel Standard Linux documentation.