User guide

Component Description
BlackBerry Administration Service The BlackBerry Administration Service is a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server
component that connects to the BlackBerry Configuration Database. You can use
the BlackBerry Administration Service to manage BlackBerry Enterprise Server
components, user accounts, and features for a BlackBerry device.
BlackBerry Attachment Service The BlackBerry Attachment Service is a BlackBerry Enterprise Server component
that converts supported message attachments into a format that the user can view
on a BlackBerry device.
BlackBerry Collaboration Service The BlackBerry Collaboration Service is a BlackBerry Enterprise Server component
that provides a connection between your organization's instant messaging server
and the collaboration client on a BlackBerry device.
BlackBerry Configuration Database The BlackBerry Configuration Database is a relational database that contains
configuration information that BlackBerry Enterprise Server components use. The
BlackBerry Configuration Database stores the following information:
details about the connection from a BlackBerry Enterprise Server to the
wireless network
contact list
address mappings between PINs and email addresses for BlackBerry MDS
Connection Service push features
read-only copies of device transport keys, which encrypt the message keys
that encrypt data that the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry device
send between each other
BlackBerry Controller The BlackBerry Controller is a BlackBerry Enterprise Server component that
monitors other BlackBerry Enterprise Server components and restarts them if they
stop responding.
BlackBerry® Desktop Software The BlackBerry Desktop Software is an integrated suite of applications that a user
installs on the user's computer. It manages the association between a BlackBerry
device and the email account, synchronizes organizer data, calendar entries, and
inboxes, and permits the user to download applications and BlackBerry® Device
Software updates to a BlackBerry device.
BlackBerry device A BlackBerry device provides the user with access to BlackBerry services such as
messaging and browsing.
Security Technical Overview
Architecture: BlackBerry Enterprise Solution
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