Installation guide

BlackBerry Enterprise Solution 55

Field Description

Initialized indicates whether the BlackBerry device is authenticated with and bound to the smart

card

• a value of Yes indicates that the BlackBerry device is bound to the smart card

• a value of No indicates that the BlackBerry device is not bound to the smart card

Controlling BlackBerry devices

With the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution, the BlackBerry Enterprise Server administrator can monitor and control

all BlackBerry devices over the wireless network from the BlackBerry Manager.

Controlling BlackBerry device behavior using IT policy rules

Use one or more IT policies to control the behavior of BlackBerry devices and the BlackBerry Desktop Software in

your organization.

The Default IT policy includes all standard IT policy rules on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. When new users in

a BlackBerry Domain complete activation of their BlackBerry devices on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, the

BlackBerry Enterprise Server automatically pushes the Default IT policy to their BlackBerry devices. The

BlackBerry Enterprise Server administrator can use either of the following methods to change the default

behavior of BlackBerry devices and BlackBerry Desktop Software in your organization:

• set the values of IT policy rules in the Default IT policy

• create a new IT policy, set its IT policy rule values, and assign one or more users or user groups to the new IT

policy

Changing the default behavior

An IT policy rule enables the BlackBerry Enterprise Server administrator to customize and control BlackBerry

device and BlackBerry Desktop Software functionality using the following methods:

• setting an IT policy rule to a True or False value

• typing a string, which simultaneously turns on an IT policy rule and provides the parameters for its use

• selecting a predefined permitted value to assign to an IT policy rule

The BlackBerry Enterprise Server administrator cannot use all IT policy rules to set the behavior of all BlackBerry

device types. For more information, see the Policy Reference Guide.

The BlackBerry Manager groups the IT policy rules by common properties or by application. Most IT policy rules

are intended to be assigned to more than one BlackBerry device. Some IT policy rules set a unique value and are

intended to be assigned to one BlackBerry device and one user only. For more information on those IT policy

rules, see the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Implementation Guide for Wireless LAN.

Reverting to the default behavior

To revert to the default behavior that an IT policy rule customizes or controls, the BlackBerry Enterprise Server

administrator can set that IT policy rule to Default, if that setting is available, or delete the previously set value.

If the BlackBerry Enterprise Server administrator assigns users to a new IT policy, the BlackBerry Enterprise

Server administrator can delete that IT policy to revert those users to the default behavior for all functionality on

the BlackBerry device and the BlackBerry Desktop Software. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server automatically

reassigns the users to the Default IT policy and resends the Default IT policy to the BlackBerry device, enforcing

the default settings. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server administrator cannot delete the Default IT policy.