What is the benefit of using device pools?

• A. They enable device telemetry for analytics.
• B. They enforce security policies per device.
• C. They apply a common set of settings to many devices consistently.
• D. They limit the number of devices that can be managed.

Answer: (C)

Device pools centralize configuration so many devices can share the same settings. By placing IP phones or other devices into a pool, you apply a common set of defaults—such as time zone, region, language, and feature access—without configuring each device individually. This makes provisioning scalable and ensures consistent behavior across all members of the pool. When you need to update settings, you modify the pool and all devices in it adopt the change. The other options don’t fit because telemetry is a per-device data function, security policies are applied via specific profiles per device, and a pool doesn’t limit how many devices you can manage.