#BLACKBERRY WORKSPACES INSTALL#
#BLACKBERRY WORKSPACES ANDROID#

The secure media app has a heck of a time recognizing audio files (despite playing video and images just fine).

You’ll occasionally have your tasks interrupted with error messages that you can’t connect to the server. This makes two-way texting exclusively through Secure Work Spaces pretty much impossible. For one, the prominently-featured Messaging app indeed lets you send out text messages, but any incoming messages go to the personal side. In terms of the end-user, there are a few hiccups. Multiple devices show up as separate tabs for each user, along with visible alerts for any policy breaches. They can reset passwords, lock devices, register new ones, roll out apps, and tweak policies. IT administrators can access all of the usual stuff from the web console. Administrators can lock out plug-ins from being installed in the Work Space browser, which may be a necessity for the security-conscious. You can get to work content even faster with a dedicated home screen and related widgets.

#BLACKBERRY WORKSPACES ANDROID#

Work Space notifications can show up in Android even when the space is closed, which is pretty important for time-sensitive messages. You'll also be able to get shorcuts to secure mail, messages, and calls on the personal side.

One of the core apps you pick up on the personal side will show which apps are required as a part of your company's device policy, as well as other details about you can and can't do on your phone. You’ll find all the important apps you need, and if your administrator has pushed any more out, you’ll get a notification to snag those as well. From there, they can switch back to the personal side either through a stickied toggle in the notification tray, or through one of two home screen widgets. Once everything’s installed and set up, Android users map their home button to Secure Work Spaces, which takes them to a new launcher.

#BLACKBERRY WORKSPACES INSTALL#

On both versions, you install apps directly from Google Play or App Store respectively, punch in server address, username, and password information sent from your administrator, and you're just about good to go. Android and iOS versions of the Secure Work Space are a little different, namely in that the Android version offers quite a few more functions.

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