Profiles for configuring media devices in various locations

An automated process, comprising:

• assigning a dwelling unit to a user, the dwelling unit including an assigned playback device;
• transmitting a unique identifier associated with the user to a device configuration manager (DCM) to retrieve configuration data of the user;
• configuring the assigned playback device based on the configuration data;
• and
• resetting the assigned playback device to a default configuration in response to a departure of the user from the dwelling unit.

A computer-based system, comprising:

• a first playback device located in a first dwelling unit at a first property;
• a second playback device located in a second dwelling unit at a second property;
• and
• a device configuration manager (DCM) configured to manage the first playback device and the second playback device, wherein the DCM associates configuration data from the first playback device with a unique identifier of a user in response to the user being assigned the first dwelling unit, wherein the DCM configures the second playback device using the configuration data from the first playback device in response to the user being assigned the second dwelling unit.