Activating 

BlackBerry 10

 devices using the 

BlackBerry Wired Activation Tool

The 

BlackBerry Wired Activation Tool

 allows you to activate multiple 

BlackBerry 10

 devices at the same time in on-premises environments using USB connections instead of wireless connections. Your organization may want to use this method for different reasons:

To make it quick and easy to activate multiple devices at once
To keep the activation process in the hands of administrators
To activate devices and configure their security features, such as content encryption requirements and VPN profiles, before giving them to users or connecting them to your organization's network

You can't assign profiles and policies using the 

BlackBerry Wired Activation Tool

. You must assign any profiles and policies to your users in the 

BlackBerry UEM

 management console before assigning and activating devices using the 

BlackBerry Wired Activation Tool

. However, you don't need to set any activation passwords to assign and activate devices using the 

BlackBerry Wired Activation Tool

.

To activate devices using the 

BlackBerry Wired Activation Tool

, the devices must be running 

BlackBerry 10 OS

 version 10.3 or later.

The 

BlackBerry Wired Activation Tool

 is not supported by 

BlackBerry UEM Cloud

.

To obtain the 

BlackBerry Wired Activation Tool

 contact your Customer Support representative.