User profiles are created by an administrator and are automatically delivered to a client machine during connection setup. Profiles provide basic information about connection setup, and users cannot manage or modify them.
An AnyConnect client user profile is an XML file that lets you identify the secure gateway (security appliance) hosts that you want to make accessible. In addition, the profile conveys additional connection attributes and constraints on a user.
Usually, a user has a single profile file. This profile contains all the hosts needed by a user, and additional settings as needed. In some cases, you might want to provide more than one profile for a given user. For example, someone who works from multiple locations might need more than one profile. In such cases, the user selects the appropriate profile from a drop-down list. Be aware, however, that some of the profile settings, such as Start Before Login, control the connection experience at a global level. Other settings, such as those unique to a particular host, depend on the host selected.
