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Assigning BlackBerry devices to user accounts

The BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express supports BlackBerry devices that are associated with a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server and BlackBerry devices that are associated with the BlackBerry® Internet Service. To assign BlackBerry® devices to user accounts and activate the BlackBerry devices, you can use any of the following methods:

Method

Description
BlackBerry Administration Service

You can activate BlackBerry devices before you distribute them to users by connecting the BlackBerry devices to a computer and logging in to the BlackBerry Administration Service.

over the wireless network

New BlackBerry device users and users that are receiving replacement BlackBerry devices can activate the BlackBerry devices without requiring a physical connection to your organization's network. BlackBerry devices that are associated with the BlackBerry Internet Service cannot be activated over the wireless network.

over the LAN

New BlackBerry device users and users that are receiving replacement BlackBerry devices can activate the BlackBerry devices by connecting the BlackBerry devices to a computer that hosts the BlackBerry® Desktop Manager.

BlackBerry® Web Desktop Manager

New BlackBerry device users and users that are receiving replacement BlackBerry devices can activate the BlackBerry devices by connecting the BlackBerry devices to a computer that hosts the BlackBerry Web Desktop Manager.

over your organization's Wi-Fi® network

You can activate Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry devices over your organization's Wi-Fi network. BlackBerry devices that are associated with the BlackBerry Internet Service cannot be activated over the organization's Wi-Fi network.

If you add a user account that was previously located on another BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express in a different BlackBerry Domain, or the user previously used the BlackBerry® Desktop Redirector, you must assign a BlackBerry device to the user account using the BlackBerry Administration Service.

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