Feature and Technical OverviewBlackBerry Enterprise Server components and features
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wireless delivery | When you configure an IT policy, all rules take effect when the BlackBerry |
| Policy Service delivers the IT policy to a BlackBerry device over the wireless |
| network. The BlackBerry device stores new IT policy rule values in the user |
| configurations on the BlackBerry device automatically. |
| To keep the IT policy rules current, a BlackBerry Enterprise Server sends the |
| IT policy to the BlackBerry device over the wireless network periodically. |
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IT policy coverage | When you add a user account to a BlackBerry Enterprise Server, the |
| BlackBerry Policy Service applies the Default IT policy to the user account |
| automatically. The user account is not active on the BlackBerry Enterprise |
| Server until a BlackBerry device accepts the IT policy. |
| You can apply a different IT policy to a user account. If you delete an IT policy |
| that you applied to a user account, the BlackBerry Policy Service applies the |
| user account to the Default IT policy automatically. |
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IT policy assignment | You can apply an IT policy to a group or an individual user account. |
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resend options | If a BlackBerry Enterprise Server cannot send an updated IT policy to a |
| BlackBerry device immediately (for example, if a user is outside of a wireless |
| coverage area), you can resend the IT policy manually or configure when the |
| BlackBerry Policy Service resends the IT policy. The BlackBerry Enterprise |
| Server continues to resend the IT policy until it delivers the IT policy. |
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security enforcement | You can configure IT polices that define security settings for BlackBerry |
| devices, the BlackBerry Desktop Software and the BlackBerry Web Desktop |
| Manager, and that override security settings that users define on their |
| BlackBerry devices. For example, you can configure whether a password is |
| required for a BlackBerry device, the length of time that the password can |
| exist before it becomes invalid, and the length and composition of the |
| password. You can also use IT policies to specify encryption key details. |
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BlackBerry Router
The BlackBerry Router connects to the wireless network and sends data to and receives data from the BlackBerry Infrastructure on behalf of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. The BlackBerry Router also sends data to and receives data from BlackBerry devices that are connected to the BlackBerry Device Manager or a
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