Let me quote release notes for GA:
[quote]New in This Release
There are no restrictions for this release. This section describes new features that were introduced in this release of Genesys Administrator.
Manual override of Configuration Server and Database encoding settings: You can now force Genesys Administrator to use UTF-8 encoding when interpreting data in Configuration Server, and in any DBMS to which it connects directly, such as an Outbound Contact database.
By default, Genesys Administrator uses Configuration Server’s multi-language mode to determine whether to switch to UTF-8. By using the following new options in the Web.config file, you can configure Genesys Administrator to work in non-standard environments where, for legacy reasons, UTF-8 might have been used outside of multi-language deployments introduced with Management Layer 8.1.3.
PSDKEncoding
Default Value: No default value
Valid Values: utf-8
Changes Take Effect: After IIS restart
Specifies the encoding used by Configuration Server. If this option is not set, the encoding used is based on the language mode (single- or multi-language) used by Configuration Server. When this option is set, Genesys Administrator uses the encoding specified in the Web.config file when handling configuration data, ignoring the Configuration Server language mode.
PSDKEncodingDB
Default Value: No default value
Valid Values: utf-8
Changes Take Effect: After IIS restart
Specifies the encoding used for interpreting database data. If this option is not set and PSDKEncoding is also not configured, the encoding used to handle database data is based on the mode (single- or multi-language) used by Configuration Server. If PSDKEncoding is set, and PSDKEncodingDB is not set, database data is interpreted based on PSDKEncoding data. If PSDKEncodingDB is set explicitly in Web.config, this value will be used when handling all database-bound data, regardless of any other settings or Configuration Server mode.
Notes:
Make sure that the encoding is the same for the database, the database client, and Genesy Administrator.
A typical deployment will not require you to set either of these options. Use them only if instructed to do so by Genesys Customer Care.[/quote]