{"id":3840,"date":"2021-04-09T06:17:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T06:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-web.plug2teams.com\/?page_id=3840"},"modified":"2021-06-08T11:38:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T11:38:24","slug":"how-it-works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging-web.plug2teams.com\/en\/how-it-works\/","title":{"rendered":"How it works"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Modern cloud-based phone by Microsoft<\/h3>\n

Enable a phone in Microsoft Teams<\/h2>\n

The phone capability in Microsoft Teams is not something Microsoft offers right out-of-the-box, so you most likely will need a telecom provider, like Plug2Teams, to enable and configure this feature for you. Once we enable the phone on Teams, your staff will be able to make and receive regular phone calls to\/from any phone number in the world, just like their day-to-day phone, and with some serious benefits. <\/p> \n

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\r\n Eliminate my existing PBX<\/a>\r\n <\/h3>\r\n \r\n

Save costs, eliminate your PBX and transform Microsoft Teams in a modern cloud-based PBX.<\/p>\r\n \r\n \r\n <\/i>\r\n <\/a>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/svg>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Connect Microsoft Teams to your existing PBX so your Teams users and your PBX extensions can call and transfer calls to each other seamlessly, as if they were on the same platform. <\/p>\r\n \r\n \r\n <\/i>\r\n <\/a>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/svg>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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\nSelect Microsoft users \n<\/h2><\/div> \n

First of all, once you login to our platform and follow the step-by-step wizard to connect it with your Microsoft Account, you will select which of your Microsoft users you want to enable the phone on Teams.<\/p> \n\n

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\r\n Each Teams user you select will have a phone number. It could be their current business number or you can choose a new one from more than 70 countries during the wizard. \n\n

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\nReceive incoming calls \n<\/h2><\/div> \n\n

When someone call one of your business numbers, we will route the call to the user's Teams and he\/she can pick it up on any device where Teams is installed (desktop, mobile, tablet, etc). Once answered, the call can be transferred to any other Teams user. <\/p> \n\n

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Outgoing calls are charged per minute based on the destination number only, regardless where the user making the call is located. In other words, the concept of \"roaming\u201d does not exist and when a user located in Australia and a user located in United States make a call to a phone number in New York, the same call rate will apply. <\/p> <\/p>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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\nTransfer calls and make conferences \n<\/h2><\/div> \n\nAll incoming and outgoing calls from\/to regular phone numbers work exactly as if they were a call between 2 Teams users within your organization. You can transfer the call or add people to it to start a conference. It works with other Teams users within your organization and with a regular phone number from a client or supplier. \n\n

That gives your staff a very powerful and unified phone system where you can make, receive, transfer, and make conference calls with anyone in the world regardless if they are in your organization or not. <\/p> <\/p>\n <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Signup for an account<\/a> with us and go through your configuration wizard to enable the service. You can find the necessary requirements here<\/a> and pricing here. <\/a><\/p> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Enable the phone capabilities on Microsoft Teams today, reduce costs and optimize staff's productivity.<\/p>\r\n \r\n START NOW<\/a>\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\t\t\t

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