VVX400) do also receive a lot of information in-band from the Lync Server, UCS devices contain a variety of configurable parameters available outside of what the Lync Server can provide itself. CX600) receive all of their provisioning information and software update packages directly from a Lync server. Traditionally Lync Optimized devices (e.g. Also note that some of this guidance differs from instructions found in the official Polycom provisioning guides, most importantly the guidance to use a large number of parameters which no longer need to be defined for Lync interoperability as of the introduction of the Lync Base Profile. Instead this process alone can be used to deploy a basic provisioning server in a lab or testing environment when evaluating Polycom SIP phones, and much of the guidance contained reflects a non-production scenario. This article is not intended to replace or accompany any official Polycom documentation. The process documented in this article can be used in any Lync 2010 or 2013 environment to setup a centralized provisioning server for managing Polycom SIP phones running Polycom Unified Communications Software (UCS).
