Assigning Blackberry Devices To Users; Assigning Blackberry Devices To User Accounts; Option 1: Activate A Blackberry Device Using The Blackberry Manager; Option 2: Activating Blackberry Devices Over The Wireless Network - Blackberry PRD-10459-035 - Enterprise Server For MDS Administration Manual

Administration Guide

Assigning BlackBerry devices to users

Assigning BlackBerry devices to user accounts

When you assign a BlackBerry® device to a user account, you associate the BlackBerry device with a defined IMAP service that
is used to activate all BlackBerry device user accounts. To assign BlackBerry devices to user accounts and activate the BlackBerry
devices, you can use any of the following methods:
Method
using the BlackBerry Manager
over the wireless network

Option 1: Activate a BlackBerry device using the BlackBerry Manager

1. Connect the BlackBerry® device to the computer that hosts the BlackBerry Manager.
2. In the BlackBerry Manager, in the left pane, click a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server.
3. On the Users tab, click the user account that you want to assign to the BlackBerry device.
4. Click Device Management.
5. Click Assign Handheld.
6. Click the BlackBerry device that you want to assign to the user account.
7. Click OK.

Option 2: Activating BlackBerry devices over the wireless network

To activate BlackBerry® devices over the wireless network, you assign activation passwords to user accounts. After you
communicate the activation passwords to users, the users type the activaiton passwords on their BlackBerry devices to activate
the BlackBerry devices with the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server.
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Description
You can activate BlackBerry devices before distributing them to users by
connecting the BlackBerry devices to the computer that hosts the BlackBerry
Manager.
New BlackBerry device users and users receiving replacement BlackBerry devices
can activate their BlackBerry devices without requiring a physical connection to
your organization's network.
Assigning BlackBerry devices to users
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