After March 2021, APNS (Apple Push notifications) will no longer work in Sametime V9 or V10 environments

As this end of support for legacy APNS protocols is approaching, reminder this will effect Sametime v9 and v10 environments. The following article has additional information for review.

After March 2021, APNS (Apple Push notifications) will no longer work in Sametime V9 or V10 environments

Applies to

Sametime 9.0, 10.0

Issue

After March 31 2021, Apple will drop support for the legacy APNS protocol that is used in Sametime V9 and V10.
Apple Push Notification Service Update
https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=11042019a Updated APNs provider API deadline
https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=c88acm2b "To give you additional time to prepare, the deadline to upgrade to the APNs provider API has been extended to March 31, 2021. APNs will no longer support the legacy binary protocol after this date."

Resolution

If you require mobile APNS (Apple Push Notification), Sametime will need to be upgraded to HCL Sametime v11.