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