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Hi everyone, I justreleased a new video tutorial how to deploy Business Voice for Microsoft Teams,updating the video I made last year. It explains all steps involved to deploytelephony on top of Microsoft Teams, call routing, international phone numbersand so on. I hope it is useful for you all

yes you do need a license, £6 per phone. I could not find it on the pricelist for non-for-profit, so my guess is that there is no discount.

Each user needs a calling plan or you need to use direct route where you still need to source an SBC and connect the SIP trunk there. It just makes sense if you go over 30ish users. Plans only pool with same plans, so it doesn;t help to buy a few 1200 minutes plans and lots of 120 min, they will not pool different plans

I never used 3CX, but I was always told to stay away from many people that dealt with established brands all the way to asterix and freepbx. Not sure if their reputation affected this decision. I've asked Zoho to integrate their CRM to pick up calls from Teams, but they said Microsoft would need to contact them to get it sorted. Well I guess that will never happen...

I saw that guide last year but also didn't manage to make it work in the end, I was hoping by now some people would have teamed up to work on something.

I've been trying to find a way to develop an open source SBC as so far with all paid options it only makes sense in some specific cases. I've been trying to get some info from Microsoft about releasing cheaper calling plans for non-for-profit but so far it seems it will never happen

Hey folks, just sharing my tutorial about how to deploy Microsoft Phone system in teams, step by step as Microsoft Business voice is now available in the US and can be a very cost-effective way to spin up a phone system quickly for yourself or your customers

Yep I'm aware, and still there are schools here that pay for cisco and avaya kit and also pay for licensing as well. We have a Teams facebook group just for education where we discuss teams deployments and there are schools and universities that are using both teams and desk phones as they have the budget for it. Not everyone needs a desk phone on these deployments, but they need something better than just the cheapest option.

definitely not the market for teams desk phones, not for cisco, avaya or anything else that cost money then.

I never seen free O3655 and gsuite, please share how you can get it for free please.

I guess you have not used a cisco UC system? their prices are way further north than £170 and still there is a specific reason for it to cost that much and a market to pay for that. The same applies for a £40 desk phone and a cheaper service, it is a different market. If you are looking for a cheap alternative, Teams with a desk phone is not the answer. Same for Office 365, if you are looking for cheap email you can host your own linux with postfix and thunderbird. Still there is market for both solutions.

I tend to think more about people that may have a computer already as well, but they prefer to have a physical device separated from their computer. You cannot run any other software on it, even though is based on Android. I don't think there will be integrations for CRM systems anytime soon as I've already tried with Dynamics 365 and Zoho. Most likely the integration for calls will be part of Teams admin centre directly to Dynamics 365 instead of relaying on a desk phone. Microsoft writes Teams app, the vendors have input and their people working with MS to fix things and add features accordingly to their hardware, but most development is on Microsoft side.

I can't comment on Poly as I haven't dealt with them. When were they released? What are the basic functions supported? I'm just wondering if they changed their mind due to hardware limitations on it. Is the trade in favourable? I guess perhaps was a cock up between Microsoft and Poly. The old PBX phones did one thing only, make and receive calls. You can't compare a phone that can show remote desktop from another user or video calls to have the same level of lifespam, otherwise you would also be still with your 10 year old nokia mobile phone that the battery lasted for 2 weeks, right? The device replaces a old fashioned desk phone, but adds a lot of features on top, and that is where the market is going. If you are planning to use Teams desk phones as a like to like replacement for old fashioned phones I think you are looking at the wrong product. You would indeed be better off with an Asterisk based phone system and some cheaper £50 yealink phones that can do SIP only. Teams will add complexity due to newer features and touch screen, but again we are in 2020...

you can also get the T55A 1/3 cheaper but also screen is smaller like 4.3 inches. It depends on the needs of the customer. The 7 inches gives a nice overview of the calendar which I think is beneficial Bear in mind, this should be a very long term investment, I don't see Teams changing over the next 5+ years so this phone will be fully supported for a long time with these nice features

Hi everyone, I've done a quick review on a desk phone for Microsoft Teams as I noticed there was no review showing how it works, the setup process and the features compared to the Windows client and mobile device clients. I hope this video helps you to take a decision if a desk phone makes sense for your business or your customers as there is still a lot of people that want to stick with a physical phone, but have to move to a more modern platform like Microsoft Teams. Please drop me any feedback you may have here or on the Youtube video, I would really appreciate your thoughts so I can improve my tutorials and videos going forward