Activating server licenses

You must activate licenses before you can use them to activate devices. You do not need to activate SIM licenses obtained from your service provider. Before you activate licenses, see Prerequisites: Activating server licenses.

You can use any of the following activation methods:

Method

Purpose

Consoles you use

Steps

License activation ID

Assign all available licenses associated with an activation ID to a single domain.

  • BlackBerry Management Studio

See Activate server licenses using a license activation ID.

Host ID

Distribute the licenses associated with an activation ID across multiple domains.

  • BlackBerry Management Studio
  • BlackBerry Account Center

See Activate server licenses using the host ID.

File-based activation

Activate licenses manually because the licensing server cannot access the Internet.

  • BlackBerry Management Studio
  • BlackBerry Account Center

See Activate server licenses using file-based activation.