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Data flow: Activating a 
BlackBerry Dynamics
 app for the first time on a device

This data flow describes how data travels when a 
BlackBerry Dynamics
 app is activated on a device and no other 
BlackBerry Dynamics
 app nor the 
BlackBerry UEM Client
 is already activated.
Diagram showing the steps and components mentioned in the following data flow.
  1. An administrator performs the following actions:
    1. Assigns one or more 
      BlackBerry Dynamics
       apps to a user.
    2. Issues activation credentials (access key, activation password, or QR code) and sends them to the user or instructs the user to generate credentials from 
      BlackBerry UEM Self-Service
      .
  2. The user performs the following actions:
    1. Installs the app on the device.
    2. Obtains and enters the provided activation credentials .
  3. The 
    BlackBerry Dynamics
     app performs the following actions:
    1. Connects to the 
      BlackBerry Dynamics NOC
       and completes activation.
    2. Obtains the 
      BlackBerry UEM
       address using one of the following methods:
      • If the user manually entered the credentials, the app fetches the address from the 
        BlackBerry Infrastructure
        .
      • If the user scanned a QR Code, the app receives the address from the QR code.
    3. Connects to 
      BlackBerry UEM
       through the 
      BlackBerry Infrastructure
       and establishes an end-to-end encrypted session with 
      BlackBerry UEM
       using the EC-SPEKE protocol. 
      This session can only be decrypted by the 
      BlackBerry UEM
       instance that issued the activation credentials.
    4. Sends the activation request over the secured session.
  4. BlackBerry UEM
     verifies the activation request and sends encrypted activation response to the app. The activation response includes data required by the app to communicate with 
    BlackBerry UEM
    , including a client certificate, master session key, list of 
    BlackBerry Proxy
     instances, and trusted certificate authorities. 
  5. The app prompts the user to set a password for the app and register it as an easy activation delegate with the 
    BlackBerry Dynamics NOC
     to allow subsequent 
    BlackBerry Dynamics
     app to be activated on the device without the user manually obtaining new credentials.