BlackBerry Policy Service
The BlackBerry® Policy Service performs administration services over the wireless network. It sends IT policies and IT administration commands and provisions service books.
The BlackBerry® Enterprise Server uses the BlackBerry Policy Service to send IT policies to BlackBerry devices. An IT policy is made up of rules that define BlackBerry device security, settings for synchronizing data over the wireless network, and other behaviors for the individual user accounts or groups of user accounts that you define. You can use the BlackBerry Manager to configure IT policies.
Feature |
Description |
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wireless delivery |
When you configure IT policies, all settings take effect when the BlackBerry Policy Service delivers them to BlackBerry devices over the wireless network. New IT policy rule settings write to the user configurations on BlackBerry devices automatically. To keep the IT policy rule settings current, the BlackBerry Enterprise Server periodically sends the IT policies to BlackBerry devices over the wireless network. |
IT policy coverage |
When you install the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and add user accounts to it, the BlackBerry Policy Service adds the user accounts to the default IT policy automatically. Until BlackBerry devices accept the IT policy, the user accounts are not active on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. You can assign a different IT policy to user accounts. User accounts must always be assigned to one IT policy. If you delete all IT policies, the BlackBerry Policy Service assigns user accounts to the default IT policy automatically. |
IT policy assignment |
You can assign an IT policy to individual user accounts or groups of user accounts. |
resend options |
If the BlackBerry Enterprise Server cannot send an updated IT policy to a BlackBerry device immediately—for example, if a user is outside of a wireless coverage area—you can resend the IT policy manually or configure the period of time after which the BlackBerry Policy Service resends the IT policy automatically. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server continues to resend the IT policy automatically until it sends the IT policy to a BlackBerry device successfully. |
security enforcement |
You can configure IT policies to override user-defined security settings on BlackBerry devices. You can configure IT polices that define security settings for BlackBerry devices and the BlackBerry® Desktop Software. For example, you can configure whether a BlackBerry device password is required, the length of time that a password can exist before it is not valid, and the length and composition of a password. You can also use IT policies to specify encryption key details. |