What's New in This Release

Release 8.1

Also see: List of topics that have been changed/added for Release 8.1.

Product Type

Product Name

Version Supported

Notes

Call Control servers

MiVoice MX-ONE

6.0 SP2

 

MiVoice Business

6.0 SP3 (12.0.3.24), 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2

If your MiVoice Business has software that is older than R6.0 SP3 (12.0.3.24), you must upgrade it to a later software release prior to installing R8.1 on NuPoint UM.

Email servers for Advanced UM

MS Exchange Server

2010 SP3 and 2013 CU11

MS Exchange can be used with the following NuPoint features:

  • Advanced UM with IMAP

  • Advanced UM with MAPI

Google Mail (GMail)

N/A (web-based)

GMail and Office 365 can be used with the following NuPoint feature:

  • Advanced UM with IMAP

Office 365

N/A (web-based)

Email clients for Advanced UM

MS Outlook

2010 and 2013 SP1

 

Operating Systems

MS Windows

7.0, 8.0, 8.1 and 10

MS Windows supports the following NuPoint functions:

  • Web Console (in browser)

  • Web View (in browser)

  • Outlook Client Plugin (OCP)

  • Fax Printer

See note regarding W10, below.

Apple OS X

10.9.x

Apple OS X supports the following NuPoint functions:

  • Web View (in browser)

MAPI Gateway servers

MS Windows

8 Professional
(64-bit)

10 (64-bit)

Server 2008 R2
(64-bit)

Server 2012 R2
(64-bit)

 

Web Browers

Microsoft Edge

21

The web browsers can be used with the NuPoint interfaces:

  • Web Console

  • Web View

Internet Explorer

9, 10 and 11

Mozilla Firefox

41 and higher

Google Chrome

46 and higher

Apple Safari

9 and higher

Active Directory Snap-in application and server

MS Active Directory Services (data source)

2008 R2 and 2012 R2

The Active Directory Snap-In is used with the Speech Auto Attendant feature.

MS Exchange Server

2010, 2013 with CAS

Presence application and server

MS Active Directory Service (data source)

2008

Presence is used with the Speech Auto Attendant feature.

MS Live Communication Server (LCS)

2005 SP2

MS Office Communications Server (OCS)

2007

Virtualization platforms

VMware vSphere

For details concerning the currently supported software application versions, see the Virtual Appliance Deployment Solutions Guide available at Mitel Online.

Microsoft Hyper-V

Note: By default, Windows 10 uses white window title bars, which may be difficult to read in some NuPoint applications. To specify a new color for your title bars, access Settings > Personalization > Colors, select a color other than white, and click the Show color on Start, taskbar, action center, and title bar option. For more information, search the web for the following topic: "How to Get Colored Window Title Bars on Windows 10."