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MS Teams - Assign Numbers For CallTower

Summary:

This article is intended for CallTower Teams Direct Routing customers who do not have a service/admin account for 365 in CallTower Connect. The user must be created in CallTower Connect and assigned a phone number prior to performing these steps in the Teams Admin Center.

Login into the Teams Admin Center as a 365 Global Administrator or Teams Administrator: https://admin.teams.microsoft.com

On the left-hand side click on Users>Manage users

Search for the user that needs to have a direct routing number added and click on the Display name

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Under the Account tab click Edit next to General information

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Add the phone number to the assigned phone number field in the format shown below with the 1 in front and then click Apply

To Remove the number just blank out the Assigned phone number field then click Apply

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This message will pop up , click Wait

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Click on Policies and then click Edit next to Assigned policies

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Scroll down to Voice routing policy and drop down to select CallTower Route then click Apply.

To remove the voice routing policy drop-down, select Global then click Apply.

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PowerShell Cmdlets to remove numbers and assign numbers

(These instructions apply to Teams Direct Routing Commercial without Service Account)

You must connect to the Microsoft Teams PowerShell Module using a 365 Global Administrator or Teams Administrator account.

To remove the number from the user

To add the number to the user

  • Set-CsPhoneNumberAssignment -Identity username@domain.com  -PhoneNumber +18015551212 -PhoneNumberType DirectRouting
  • Grant-CsOnlineVoiceRoutingPolicy -Identity username@domain.com -PolicyName "CallTower Route"

 

GCC High Powershell Cmdlets:

Important Note: This section only applies to GCC High O365 Tenants all commercial tenants should use the section above.

To add the number to the user:

  • Set-CsUser -Identity username@domain.com -URI tel:+18015551212 -EnterpriseVoiceEnabled $true -HostedVoiceMail $true
  • Grant-CsOnlineVoiceRoutingPolicy -Identity username@domain.com -PolicyName "CallTower Route"

To remove the number from a user:

To add the number to a resource account

  • To add a phone number to a resource account you need to reference the proper application ID depending on if the resource account is for an auto attendant or a call queue. Insert one of the application IDs below into the command at the bottom.

"Auto Attendant" = "ce933385-9390-45d1-9512-c8d228074e07"
"Call Queue" = "11cd3e2e-fccb-42ad-ad00-878b93575e07"

  • Set-CsOnlineApplicationInstance -Identity user@domain.com -OnpremPhoneNumber tel:+18015551212 -ApplicationId [Insert Application ID Here]

 

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