A user is a person, a group or a location (for example, a conference room), for whom/which an account has been set up on the SwyxServer. Each account on the SwyxServer is assigned a user name, a PIN (Personal Identification Number), and usually a Windows user account (even several, if necessary). The PIN is required for remote inquiry and user authentication when using the SwyxPhone, the desk telephone of the SwyxWare product family.

When SwyxIt! is started, your current Windows user account will automatically be used to check your access authorization and to identify your user account on SwyxServer. If SwyxServer does not find a SwyxServer account for your Windows user account, then SwyxIt! will be exited and an error message will appear. If several SwyxServer accounts exist for your Windows user account, you will be prompted by SwyxIt! to choose one of these accounts.

Each user’s individual settings will be stored centrally on SwyxServer (for example, entries in the Personal Phonebook, forwarding definitions, or the assignment of extension numbers to lines).

If you share a SwyxPhone with someone, the system administrator must set up one user account for both of you together. In such a case, you must discuss the password and the settings with your partner so that you are both able to change the configuration.