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Administration Guide Adding a user account to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Adding a user account to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server If you add a user account to the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, you are not required to locate the Microsoft® Exchange mailbox for the BlackBerry device that the user account is associated with or the routing group that the BlackBerry Enterprise Server is located in. Related topics Assigning BlackBerry devices to users, 79 Add a user account You can add a user account to the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, assign a BlackBerry device to a user account and activate the BlackBerry device. The user account must exist on your organization's messaging server. Before you begin: If required, create a group of user accounts so that you can manage user accounts that are similar. 1. In the BlackBerry Administration Service, on the BlackBerry solution management menu, expand User. 2. Click Create a user. 3. Search for a user account. 4. Select the check box beside the display name for the user account. 5. Click Continue. 6. If your organization's environment includes multiple BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances, select the BlackBerry Enterprise Server that you want to add the user account to. 7. If groups exist in the Available groups list, click at least one group that you want to add the user account to. 8. Click Add. 9. To select an activation option, perform one of the following actions: Option Specify an activation password for the user account. Generate an activation password for the user account automatically. Step a. Click Create a user with activation password. b. In the Set activation password, section, type and confirm an activation password. The password must not contain special characters. Some BlackBerry devices do not support special characters and do not unlock when a user types a password that contains special characters. c. In the Password expiration (hours) field, type the amount of time, in hours, that you want to elapse before the activation password expires. d. Click Create user. Click Create a user with generated activation password. 74

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Adding a user account to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server
If you add a user account to the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, you are not required to locate the Microsoft® Exchange
mailbox for the BlackBerry device that the user account is associated with or the routing group that the BlackBerry
Enterprise Server is located in.
Related topics
Assigning BlackBerry devices to users, 79
Add a user account
You can add a user account to the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, assign a BlackBerry device to a user account and
activate the BlackBerry device. The user account must exist on your organization's messaging server.
Before you begin:
If required, create a group of user accounts so that you can manage user accounts that are similar.
1.
In the BlackBerry Administration Service, on the
BlackBerry solution management
menu, expand
User
.
2.
Click
Create a user
.
3.
Search for a user account.
4.
Select the check box beside the display name for the user account.
5.
Click
Continue
.
6.
If your organization's environment includes multiple BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances, select the
BlackBerry Enterprise Server that you want to add the user account to.
7.
If groups exist in the
Available groups
list, click at least one group that you want to add the user account to.
8.
Click
Add
.
9.
To select an activation option, perform one of the following actions:
Option
Step
Specify an activation password
for the user account.
a.
Click
Create a user with activation password
.
b.
In the
Set activation password
, section, type and confirm an activation
password. The password must not contain special characters. Some
BlackBerry devices do not support special characters and do not
unlock when a user types a password that contains special characters.
c.
In the
Password expiration (hours)
field, type the amount of time, in
hours, that you want to elapse before the activation password expires.
d.
Click
Create user
.
Generate an activation
password for the user account
automatically.
Click
Create a user with generated activation password
.
Administration Guide
Adding a user account to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server
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