Microsoft Engineer Reviews Phone Number Options for Teams Phone

Published: 25 August 2021
on channel: Collaboration Simplified
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Operator Connect, Microsoft Calling Plan, and Direct Routing. These are the three different ways of adding phone numbers to Microsoft Teams. Chances are right now your Microsoft Teams is only setup for internal calling. But if you add a phone number, you can make or receive calls with anyone inside or outside your organization. In this video I compare the three different ways you can add a phone number and highlight the strengths of each method. Here are the topics of discussion:

0:00 Why Add a Phone Number?
1:27 Microsoft Calling Plans
1:48 Direct Routing
2:51 Teams Survivability (SBA)
4:29 Analog/PBX Integration
4:53 Operator Connect
6:58 Mix and Match PSTN
7:31 Detailed Comparison

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