What is Auto Provisioning in VoIP Phone System?
Auto provisioning is emerging as a game-changer for VoIP Softphones, as this automated solution frees users from the time-consuming process of manually provisioning their VoIP softphone systems.
Tragofone deploys this plug-and-play, one-click login to enable enterprises to set up their phone systems remotely, across multiple locations.
Why move to automated user provisioning?
In the past, all VoIP PBX and handset provisioning was done manually. This resulted in:
IT engineers spending long hours provisioning each phone.
Business phone management became a tedious job, as certain phone models were provisioned differently.
With each addition, move, or change of IP phone system, the provisioning process became longer, complex, and less manageable.
Difficult to quickly diagnose and isolate bugs.
Provision Your Softphone App in Mass
With Auto Provisioning, IP phone system can be provisioned in bulk. The auto-configuring software uses the power of cloud-based technology to help VoIP businesses automatically provision their IP devices. Businesses can deploy an entire enterprise-grade VoIP phone system without any IT support. The setup and management of their account happen inside the web browser, just like any other subscription-based service.
Make Agility and Efficiency Your Way of Doing Business
The benefits of automated user provisioning for IP telephony service providers are twofold:
First, it enables them to maximize agility and operational efficiency in a time where they need these qualities more than ever before.
Second is that by minimizing costs with an automated system like this one there isn’t as much room left over on your budget which could be used towards improving customer experience through other most critical things.
Secure your IP Phone Systems with Auto Provisioning
The average cost of a data breach in the US is $3.86 million per breach. Major data breaches can result in companies under performing in the market for years. Organizations that fail to provision and de-provision their IP phones properly and quickly can lead to huge and crippling security breaches for them. Auto provisioning fills the security gaps in your Tragofone’s VoIP phone system by minimizing the impact of human error and providing better user experiences.
How Auto Provisioning Works in Tragofone
Automated provisioning works by connecting a plugged-in phone to a provisioning server. This server is housed at Tragofone’s data center.
Using the MAC address of the IP phone system the server allows it to download the required provisioning files. These files contain the complete configuration details of the phone, including the username, password, proxy server, and time zone.
Let’s look at how the process works, step by step:
The DHCP server accepts the request, assigns an IP address and sends it back in a DHCP reply. Besides the IP address, the message also contains the TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) server address, that’s Tragofone, in our case.
Tragofone checks if the phone is new:
- If it’s new, the server generates a new phone extension for the phone.
- If it’s not new, it finds the extension which the phone has used.
The phone is configured using the values in the configuration file. It is ready to use.
The phone boots in the network and sends a DHCP request for an IP address.
The DHCP server accepts the request, assigns an IP address and sends it back in a DHCP reply. Besides the IP address, the message also contains the TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) server address, that’s Tragofone, in our case.
Tragofone generates a configuration file that is suitable for the phone and sends it via the TFTP protocol.
The phone boots in the network and sends a DHCP request for an IP address.
The DHCP server accepts the request, assigns an IP address and sends it back in a DHCP reply. Besides the IP address, the message also contains the TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) server address, that’s Tragofone, in our case.
The DHCP server accepts the request, assigns an IP address and sends it back in a DHCP reply. Besides the IP address, the message also contains the TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) server address, that’s Tragofone, in our case.
Tragofone checks if the phone is new:
- If it’s new, the server generates a new phone extension for the phone.
- If it’s not new, it finds the extension which the phone has used.
Tragofone generates a configuration file that is suitable for the phone and sends it via the TFTP protocol.
The phone is configured using the values in the configuration file. It is ready to use.
How to Enable Auto Provisioning in Tragofone?
General settings like preferences and codecs.
General settings power the most utilized needs for extension users, such as the phone language, date, and time. These settings can be auto provisioned by a template and can be applied to multiple devices globally.
Extension registration
Auto provisioning registers an extension on the device. If you change the extension registration settings (like the registration password, registration name, SIP UDP/TCP port), you need to reprovision your devices.
8 Benefits of Auto Provisioning in VoIP Softphones
Work on a single window, cloud-powered platform.
Reduce the risk of manual errors and revenue leakage.
Eliminate deployment and management roadblocks, boost productivity.
Instantly configure large numbers of IP phones.
Maximize service agility, operational efficiency.
Save time, effort, and costs.
Improve user onboarding experiences.
Scale Easily.