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  4. BlackBerry UEM for dark sites
  5. Managing users and devices in a dark site environment
  6. Device activation
  7. Preparing users to activate devices
  8. Create an activation profile

Create an activation profile

The activation profile displays device and activation type options that aren't supported in a dark site environment. When you create or update an activation profile, don't select unsupported options.
  1. On the menu bar, click
    Policies and Profiles
    .
  2. Click
    Policy > Activation
    .
  3. Click The Add icon.
  4. Type a name and description for the profile.
  5. In the
    Number of devices that a user can activate
     field, specify the maximum number of devices the user can activate.
  6. In the
    Device ownership
     drop-down list, perform one of the following actions:
    • Select
      Not specified
       if some users activate personal devices and some users activate work devices.
    • Select
      Work
       if most users activate work devices.
    • Select
      Personal
       if most users activate their personal devices.
  7. Optionally, select an organization notice in the
    Assign organization notice
     drop-down list. If you assign an organization notice, users that activate
    iOS
     devices must accept the notice to complete the activation process.
  8. In the
    Device types that users can activate
     section, select the device types as required. Device types that you don't select aren't included in the activation profile and users can't activate those devices.
  9. Perform the following actions for each device type included in the activation profile:
    1. Click the tab for the device type.
    2. In the
      Device model restrictions
       drop-down list, select one of the following options:
      • No restrictions
        : Users can activate any device model.
      • Allow selected device models
        : Users can activate only the device models that you specify. Use this option to limit the allowed devices to only some models.
      • Do not allow selected device models
        : Users can't activate the device models that you specify. Use this option to block activation of some device models or devices from specific manufacturers.
      If you restrict the device models users can activate, click
      Edit
       to select the devices you want to allow or restrict and click
      Save
      .
    3. In the
      Minimum allowed version
       drop-down list, select the minimum allowed OS version.
      Many older OS versions are no longer supported by
      BlackBerry UEM
      . You only need to select a minimum version if you don't want to support the earliest version currently supported by
      BlackBerry UEM
      . For more information on supported versions, see the Compatability Matrix.
    4. Select the supported activation types.
      For
      Samsung Knox
       devices, you can select multiple activation types and rank them. For all other device types, you can select only one activation type.
  10. For
    iOS
     devices, if you only want to activate supervised devices, select
    Do not allow unsupervised devices to activate
  11. For
    Samsung
     devices, perform the following actions:
    1. If you selected more than one activation type type, click the up and down arrows to rank them.
    2. If you selected an
      Android Enterprise
       activation type, select
      When activating Android Enterprise devices, enable premium UEM functionality such as BlackBerry Secure Connect Plus
       to enable
      Knox
       Platform for Enterprise features.
    3. Deselect
      Add Google Play account to work space
      .
      This feature isn't supported in a dark site environment.
    4. In the
      Hardware attestation options
       section, select
      Enforce attestation compliance rules during activation
       if you want
      BlackBerry UEM
       to send challenges to devices when they are activated to ensure the required security patch level is installed.
  12. Click
    Add
    .