Preparing to assign devices

Before you assign devices to user accounts, you might want to consider performing the following tasks to ensure the user accounts are prepared to activate devices and that they meet your organization's security requirements.

Action

Description

Create a user account

Create a user account in the BlackBerry Administration Service and configure the user account properties.

Add an IT policy to a user account

You can use an IT policy to extend your organization's security policies to a BlackBerry device.

Add a Wi-Fi profile to a user account

A device can use a Wi-Fi profile to connect to your organization's Wi-Fi network.

Add a VPN profile to a user account

A device can use a VPN profile to connect to your organization's VPN gateway.

Add an email profile to a user account

A device can use an email profile to connect to your organization's messaging system.

Provide BES10 Self-Service login information to a user.

A user can set an activation password in BES10 Self-Service.

Configure the SMTP notication settings

You must configure the SMTP server settings and account information to receive email notifcations.