Overview
Make and receive external calls directly from your Microsoft Teams app or device. You get a personal phone number and all the settings of a regular phone. Features include call merging, holding, forwarding, delegating and personal voicemail.
Configure Operator Connect
Read the Configure Operator Connect article to help you with configuring your Operator Connect service.
This includes:
Set up phone system
Read the Set up Teams Phone in your organisation article to help you with setting up your Operator Connect service.
This includes:
Manage the usage of a phone number
Read the Manage the usage of a phone number article to help you with managing your numbers.
Assign, change, or remove a phone number
Read the Manage phone numbers for users to help you with assigning, changing and removing a phone number.
This includes:
Manage emergency locations
Read the Manage emergency locations for your organisation article to help you with adding, changing, removing, and assigning emergency locations.
This includes:
Manage emergency calling
Read the Manage emergency calling article to help you with emergency address, emergency calling, emergency call routing, and addresses for remote locations.
This includes:
Create a call queue
Read the Create a call queue article to help you with set up of a call queue.
This includes:
Set up auto attendant
Read the Set up auto attendant article to help you with the set-up of auto attendant.
This includes:
Plan your call routing flow
Read the Routing calls with auto attendants and call queue article to help you with the call routing plan for your organisation.
Features
Cloud auto attendants
Lets you create a menu system that enables external and internal callers to locate and place or transfer calls to company users or departments in your organization.
Note that users do not need to be voice enabled to receive calls from the auto attendant dial by name, dial by number directory search. Users do need to be voice enabled to receive calls from the auto attendant menu options.
Cloud call queues
Lets you configure how call queues are managed for your organization: for example, set up greetings and music on hold, search for the next available call agent to handle the call, and so on.
Note that users do need to be voice enabled to receive calls from a call queue.
Music on hold
Plays default music defined by the service or custom music uploaded by the tenant administrator when an external call from the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) is placed on hold. This feature works for one-to-one PSTN-to-Teams calls in addition to calls made to a call queue. This feature provides on-hold notification parity with other platforms.
Initiate and answer calls
Lets users answer inbound calls with a touch, and place outbound calls either by dialing the full phone number or by clicking a name in the client.
Call forwarding options and simultaneous ring
Lets users set up forwarding rules so calls can go with them anywhere, or calls can be forwarded to colleagues or to voicemail.
Call sharing and group call pickup
Lets users share incoming calls with colleagues so that the colleagues can answer calls that occur while the user is unavailable. Less disruptive to recipients than other forms of call sharing (such as call forwarding or simultaneous ringing) because users can configure how they want to be notified of an incoming shared call.
Transfer a call and consultative transfer
Lets users transfers calls to another person. Or, if they need to leave their office but want to continue the conversation, they can transfer the calls from their PC or IP phone to their cell phone.
Note that users do not need to be voice enabled to receive transferred calls from another user.
Transfer to voicemail mid call
Lets users transfer to voicemail during a call.
Call park and retrieve
Lets users place a call on hold in the Teams service in the cloud. When a call is parked, the service generates a unique code for call retrieval. The user who parked the call or someone else can then use that code and a supported app or device to retrieve the call.
Call phone number from search
Lets users place a call from the search box by using the /call command and specifying a name or a number.
Caller ID
Calls from inside the company display a detailed caller ID that pulls information from the corporate directory, showing picture ID and job title instead of just a phone number. For calls from external phone numbers, the caller ID as provided by the phone service provider is displayed. If the external phone numbers are secondary numbers in the corporate directory, then the information from the corporate directory will be displayed.
Device switching
Lets users play a call or meeting on another HID device that is connected to Teams; for example, switching from their PC speakers to a headset.
Presence-based call routing
Controls inbound communications with presence, enabling the user to block all incoming communication except from those specifically indicated.
Integrated dial pad
Lets users dial by name or by number anywhere in the search bar and in the dial pad, speeding up the process of making outbound calls.
Federated calling
Lets users securely connect, communicate, and collaborate with users in federated tenants.
Make and receive a video call
If the user's account is enabled for video calls, the user can make face-to-face video calls with their contacts. All they need is a camera, their computer’s speakers and microphone. Users can also use a headset if their computer doesn’t have a built-in audio device.
Cloud voicemail
When a user receives a voicemail, it is delivered to their Exchange mailbox as an email with the voicemail message as an attachment. Users can listen to their messages on their certified desktop phone, and on all Teams or Skype for Business applications. Support for voicemail transcription has been added as of March 2017 and is enabled by default for all organisations and users.
Note that users do not need a Teams Phone license, nor do they need to be voice enabled to use Cloud Voicemail features.
Cloud voicemail user settings
Lets users configure their client settings for voicemail greetings, call answering rules, and greeting language, including out-of-office greetings.
Note that users do not need a Teams Phone license, nor do they need to be voice enabled to use Cloud Voicemail features.
Secondary ringer
Users with multiple speaker devices connected to their PC can choose to set a secondary device to ring in addition to their default speaker. For example, a user with a headset connected to the PC and desk speakers can choose to have both headset and desk speakers ring when a call comes in so that they don’t miss a call.
Distinctive ring alerts
Teams only
Lets users choose separate ringtones for normal calls, forwarded calls, and delegated calls so they can distinguish the type of call.
Lets users share their phone line so that another user can make and receive calls on their behalf.
Busy on Busy
Teams only
A calling policy that lets you configure how incoming calls are handled when a user is:
- in a call
- in a conference
- has a call placed on hold.
The caller will receive one of the following responses:
- hear a busy signal when the callee is on the phone
- will be routed accordingly to the user's unanswered settings. One option lets the caller leave a voicemail for the user who is already on a call.
The callee gets a missed call notification but isn't able to answer incoming calls. This feature is disabled by default, but can be turned on by the tenant admin.
Call blocking
Common area phones
Media bypass support
For better performance, media is kept between the Session Border Controller (SBC) and the client instead of sending it through Teams Phone.
Unassigned number routing
Allows routing of unassigned numbers to users, auto attendants, call queues or a custom announcement.
How to Add Emergency Addresses
How to Change Number Usage
Overview of Operator Connect for Microsoft Teams
If you require training sessions dedicated to your organisation, we have the following sessions that can be purchased. Enquire now and one of our User Adoption Specialists will be in touch with full details
| Course title | Overview of Operator Connect for Microsoft Teams |
|---|---|
| Duration | 90 minutes (Including 15 minutes Q&A) |
| Number of attendees | Up to 20 people per session |
| Course type | End User - Scheduled Interactive training |
| Course code | UA-MS-001 |
| Remote training requirements | • Sessions will be hosted using Microsoft Teams. • Attendees must have access to a PC/ Laptop that can access Microsoft Teams. |
| Training synopsis |
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Overview of Operator Connect for Microsoft Teams Administration
If you require training sessions dedicated to your organisation, we have the following sessions that can be purchased. Enquire now and one of our User Adoption Specialists will be in touch with full details
| Course title | Operator Connect for Microsoft Teams Administration |
|---|---|
| Duration | 1/2 Day (Including Q&A session) |
| Number of attendees | Up to 5 people maximum per session |
| Course type | Administration - scheduled interactive training. |
| Course code | UA-MS-002 |
| Remote training requirements | • Sessions will be hosted using MS Teams or Cisco Webex Meetings. • Attendees must have access to Microsoft Teams Administration Centre |
| Training synopsis |
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