# About Profile Sharing

You can share common console settings for multiple users on the same PC or multiple users on different PCs using the Profile Sharing feature. This eliminates the need to enter settings multiple times when additional consoles are installed, new console users log into an existing console or when subsequent configuration changes are made.

Two basic configurations are supported:

- Sharing of common settings between multiple users that log into the same PC.
- Sharing of common settings between multiple users that log into different PCs.

Note: Roaming profiles (the ability for a user to log into different PCs and retain their individual settings) is not supported.

When Profile Sharing is enabled, two XML files are used to hold common settings:

- Configuration Wizard XML file

  Configuration Wizard settings entered during the Configuration Wizard are stored automatically in an XML file found at:

      	    C:\ProgramData\Mitel\MiVoice Business Console\Config\ConfigWizardSettings.xml.

  The Configuration Wizard XML file is automatically imported when any user runs the console on the PC. All Configuration Wizard settings, with the exception of Administrative Access and Profile Sharing Write Access are stored in this file.
- Profile Sharing XML file

  Console application settings entered during configuration of the console application are stored in the Profile Sharing XML file defined when the Configuration Wizard was run.

  The settings written to the Profile Sharing XML file are selected within the Profile Sharing Options panel and written when the Generate Profile Sharing button is pressed. Only a user that has been given Profile Sharing Write Access within the Configuration Wizard can generate the Profile Sharing.

  The Profile Sharing XML file is automatically imported when any user runs the console on a PC that been configured to use the same Profile Sharing file.

  Note: To share the Profile Sharing file between users on different PCs, the file must be placed at a location that is accessible by all consoles that need it. The MiVoice Business or MiVoice Border Gateway cannot host the Profile Sharing file.

On importing of the common settings, the console updates the settings within the user’s registry on the PC. If the file is not accessible, the console starts with the last recorded settings. If a field within the file has an error the field is ignored and a software log is generated. In both cases, the profile sharing status is updated to reflect the error condition. See Profile Sharing for more information on Profile Sharing status conditions.

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