Prerequisites: Installing the

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

Verify that the computer is running

Windows PowerShell

2.0 or later. This is required for the setup application to install RRAS for

BlackBerry Secure Connect Plus

and the

BlackBerry Gatekeeping Service

.

Choose a directory account with read permissions that the

BlackBerry Cloud Connector

can use to access the company directory.

Use a

BlackBerry UEM Cloud

account with permissions to download the

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

installation and activation files (for example, Security Administrator).

Use a

Windows

account with permissions to install and configure software on the computer that will host the

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

.

Verify that the following outbound ports are open in your organization's firewall so that the

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

components (and any associated proxy servers) can communicate with the

BlackBerry Infrastructure

(

region

.bbsecure.com):

443 (HTTPS) to activate the
BlackBerry Connectivity Node
3101 (TCP) for all other outbound connections