Updating the BlackBerry Device Software at a central computer
If you update the BlackBerry® Device Software for users or if you want users to update the BlackBerry Device Software, you or the users can update the BlackBerry Device Software at a central computer that can access the BlackBerry Administration Service.
Advantages
of this update process include:
- You can monitor the software update process at the central computer.
- You can use software configurations and application control policies to control when the software updates occur and to which users.
- You can update multiple BlackBerry devices simultaneously.
- You can update BlackBerry devices for users that do not have BlackBerry® Desktop Manager installed on their computers.
- You can share a single software location among multiple central computers.
A disadvantage of this update process is that you cannot require that users update the BlackBerry Device Software.
- Install the BlackBerry Device Software
- Create a shared network folder to access the BlackBerry Device Software
- Configure the BlackBerry Administration Service to display BlackBerry Device Software pages
- Add a shared network folder to the BlackBerry Administration Service
- Configure the BlackBerry Administration Service to find the BlackBerry Device Software
- Create a BlackBerry Device Software configuration
- Create a software configuration for the BlackBerry Device Software
- Assign a software configuration to a group
- Assign a software configuration to a user account
- Update the BlackBerry Device Software at a central computer