According to the Policy Reference Guide:

This rule specifies whether the Check for updates link in the BlackBerry® Desktop Manager is available.

You might look to in addition setting Override Check For Updates URL IT policy rule

This rule specifies the destination web address for the Check for updates link in the BlackBerry® Desktop Manager.

... and set it to a bogus / internal address.

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