Transmitting MobileFirst data on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server MDS channel

If you install IBM MobileFirst™ Platform Foundation in an environment that includes a BlackBerry Enterprise Server, you can use the BlackBerry MDS channel to transmit MobileFirst data.

About this task

Figure 1 shows an environment in which apps that are installed on BlackBerry devices transmit data by using the BlackBerry MDS channel. When you install IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation in environments such as these, you can configure MobileFirst data to use the same channel.

Figure 1. IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation with BlackBerry Enterprise Server

Procedure

On the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, configure an MDS connection service to the MobileFirst Server or to its intermediary proxy server. For information about how to configure an MDS connection service, see the BlackBerry Enterprise Server documentation.