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Using User Group Provisioning
Profiles
You can use User Group Provisioning Profiles when your Polycom endpoints
are dynamically managed.
When an endpoint is configured to use the Polycom
®
RealPresence
®
Resource
Manager as its provisioning server it is considered to be dynamically
managed. It automatically polls for new provisioning information from the
RealPresence Resource Manager system when an endpoint starts up and at
designated intervals thereafter. The provisioning information is sent in XML
format over a secure HTTPS connection.
Endpoints do not poll for provisioning information if they are in a call. They
restart polling after the call ends.
This chapter describes RealPresence Resource Manager system user group
provisioning operations. It includes these topics:
• “User Group Provisioning Profiles” on page 243
• “Using User Group Provisioning Profiles” on page 245
• “Endpoint Fields for User Group Provisioning Profiles” on page 248
User Group Provisioning Profiles
The RealPresence Resource Manager system manages video and audio
endpoints. However, the system also manages users, because endpoints are
only useful when they provide access to users.
User Group provisioning profiles, allow you to base a provisioning profile
according to the user group to which the endpoint user belongs. That’s
because some users and groups may require significantly more video
resources than others.
