Create

BBM Enterprise

profiles

Allow a user to search for their coworkers who use

BBM

, and allow a user to start a protected chat with a coworker who isn't a

BBM

contact. This setting is enabled by default.

Select any of the following user details to export to the cloud directory.

If you select Display name, the display name in

Active Directory

 is used as the user identifier instead of first and last name.

These options are available only if Enable Cloud Directory Search is selected.

Exclude a user from searches by other users in the organization.

Exclude a user from searches by users from other

BBM Enterprise

organizations. This setting is enabled by default.

Prompt a user to manually share a passphrase with a contact to start a protected chat.

Prevent a user from retracting messages or chats they didn't mean to send, or to edit messages they already sent.

Prevent users from sending messages that can be viewed for a specified amount of time.

Prevent a user from copying messages in a chat, copying chats, emailing chats, saving images, and sharing images. This setting does not apply to forwarding messages in a chat or file attachments that can be opened in another app.

Prevent a user from starting a voice chat.

Prevent a user from starting a video chat.

Prevent a user from sharing their desktop and any desktop applications.

Prevent a user on a desktop or mobile device from sharing content within chats, including pictures, videos, contact cards, files, and voice notes.

Prevent a user on a desktop device from sharing content within chats, including pictures, videos, contact cards, files, and voice notes.

Prevent a user from sharing voice notes.

Prevent a user from sharing pictures and videos.

Prevent a user from sharing their static or real-time location.

Prevent a user from using

BBM Enterprise

to communicate with contacts that are not in the same organization.

Prevent a user from sharing HD-quality pictures in chats. Picture quality will be reduced.

Prevent software upgrade prompts from being displayed.

Specify whether

BBM Enterprise

Connected is enabled. This setting applies only to

Android

devices. By default, this option is disabled.

Specify whether to allow any user to join a group chat using an invitation URL with no restrictions. By default, this option is disabled.

Specify whether to allow any user in your organization to join a group chat using an invitation URL. By default, this option is enabled.

Specify whether a user can create broadcast chats.

Specify whether to disable a URL link preview in a chat.

Prevent a user from updating their avatar. If the user has a customized avatar, it will revert to the default letter avatar.

Prevent a user from inviting contacts from their PIN or email. Contact PINs will no longer be shown on the user's profile.

Prevent a user from generating a screenshot when submitting an app problem report.

Specify, in minutes, the length of time that messages appear on a user's device. After the time elapses, all sent and received messages are deleted from the user's device, including messages with contacts that aren't in your organization.

Specify, in days, the length of time that messages can be synchronized when adding a new device or switching to a new device. The default is 7 days. The minimum value is 3 days and the maximum value is 90 days.

Require devices to be managed by a

BlackBerry UEM

server that you specify before they can activate

BBM Enterprise

. Enter the

BlackBerry UEM

tenant correlation ID.

Enter a text disclaimer of up to 500 characters at the start of each new chat.

Indicates that a user is required to set an application lock for

BBM Enterprise

on

iOS

and

Android

devices.

Indicates that an application lock based on biometric authentication, such as fingerprint or face recognition, is allowed. Note that the target device must support biometric authentication before you can use this feature.

Specify the maximum period of time before application lock will take effect. The user will be able to specify a shorter period of time, if desired. An immediate lock requires the user to unlock the app every time it is opened.

Enable complex password settings to control app lock behavior. Specify the following:

Specify whether

BBM Enterprise

Voice and Video is enabled. By default, this setting is disabled.

Specify whether

BBM Enterprise

conferencing is enabled. By default, this setting is disabled.

Specify whether a conference URL can be shared outside of the

BBM Enterprise

app. This allows any recipient to join a

BBM Enterprise

conference using one of the supported browsers. By default, this setting is disabled.

Specify, in minutes, the length of time between uploads. The range is 240 to 1440 minutes (4 to 24 hours).

Set the maximum file size for uploads, in KB. The range is 10 KB to 1000 KB.

Set an encryption key and a user-friendly key name. The encryption key is used to encrypt the content of the archived payload. The friendly name helps administrators to manage the key and to identify the log files.