Steps to manage BlackBerry BRIDGE in a BlackBerry UEM Cloud environment

When you configure your environment for BlackBerry BRIDGE, you perform the following actions.
Note: Some of these tasks might have been completed when you installed and configured BlackBerry UEM.

Step

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Review system requirements.


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Make sure that a BlackBerry UEM Cloud tenant is available in your environment.


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If you use an on premise Active Directory, install the most recent version of the BlackBerry Connectivity Node (BlackBerry Cloud Connector component). For instructions, see Configuring BlackBerry UEM.

The BlackBerry Connectivity Node is not required if you use Microsoft Entra ID Active Directory for your directory.


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Connect BlackBerry UEM Cloud to Microsoft Entra ID.


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Configure BlackBerry UEM Cloud to synchronize with Microsoft Intune.


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Configure BlackBerry Work and make it available to users. For instructions, see the BlackBerry Work administration content for details.


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Make the BlackBerry BRIDGE app available to users.

Optionally, users can download and install the app from the App Store or Google Play.


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Make the Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft OneNote, and Microsoft Viva Engage apps available to users.

Users can download and install the apps from the App Store or Google Play.


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Create one or more directory-linked groups and assign the apps to the directory-linked group.


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Assign a Microsoft Intune app protection profile to a directory-linked group.


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Instruct users to install and activate the BlackBerry BRIDGE app on their devices.