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Default device activation settings

Setting
Description
Activation period expiration
This setting specifies the default length of time that an activation password or
QR Code
remains valid before it expires. The time can be from 1 minute to 30 days.
Activation period expires after the first device is activated
This setting specifies whether the activation password or
QR Code
expires after it is used to activate a device.
Allow
QR Code
s for device activation
This setting specifies whether a
QR Code
can be included in the activation email message and displayed in
BlackBerry UEM Self-Service
. Users can scan the
QR Code
to initiate device activation. If this option is not selected, the option to send a
QR Code
is not available for the activation email template.
Allow
QR Code
to contain activation password
This setting specifies whether the
QR Code
contains the activation password. If this option is selected, users don't need to separately type a password after scanning a QR code to activate a device.
Allow
QR Code
to contain location of
UEM Client
app source file
This setting specifies whether the
QR Code
code contains a location for the device to download the
UEM Client
app source (.apk) file. This setting is relevant only for activating
Android Enterprise
devices with the
Work space only
and
Work and personal - full control
activation types. Scanning the
QR Code
with the device initiates downloading and installing the
BlackBerry UEM Client
.
Use default location
If you allow the
QR Code
to contain the location of the
UEM Client
source file, select this option to specify that the device should get the .apk file from the
BlackBerry
download site.
Location of
UEM Client
app source file
If you allow the
QR Code
to contain the location of the
UEM Client
source file, this setting specifies the location that the device downloads the file from. You can specify any location that the device has access to when it is set to factory default settings.
Allow use of
Microsoft Active Directory
username and password
For devices that are activated using
Samsung Knox Mobile Enrollment
, this setting specifies whether to allow users to use their
Microsoft Active Directory
credentials to activate devices.
Send device activated notification
This setting specifies whether the user receives an email message when a device is activated.
Autogenerated activation password length
This setting specifies the number of characters in an automatically generated password. The value can be from 4 to 16.
Autogenerated password complexity
This setting specifies the types of characters in an automatically generated password. Passwords can include the following types of characters:
  • Lowercase letters
  • Uppercase letters
  • Numbers
  • Special characters or symbols
Enable MDM controls activation type for Android devices
This setting specifies whether
MDM controls
is included in the list of
Android
activation types in the activation profile.
Google
has deprecated this activation type for devices with
Android
10 and later. For more information, visit https://support.blackberry.com/community to read article 48386.
This option is enabled by default if
BlackBerry UEM
has been upgraded from a previous version. If this option is enabled, you can't disable it.
Use QR codes to unlock BlackBerry Dynamics apps
This setting specifies whether users can activate
BlackBerry Dynamics
apps with a
QR Code
. For more information, see Generate access keys, activation passwords, or
QR Code
s for
BlackBerry Dynamics
apps
.
Turn on registration with the BlackBerry Infrastructure
This setting specifies Select or clear the
Turn on registration with the BlackBerry Infrastructure
check box to modify how users activate
iOS
,
iPadOS
,
macOS
, and
Android
devices. If you deselect this option, users will be asked to provide the server address for
BlackBerry UEM
when they activate devices. For more information, see Turn on user registration with the BlackBerry Infrastructure.