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ITSourcePro
Iron Contributor
Aug 07, 2020

Caller ID Names (CNAM) support for Auto Attendant and Call Queues

Caller ID Names currently work with dialing direct to the users' phone numbers but does not work when calls come into their mainline to an Auto Attendant or Call Queue. Is there any chance that the following roadmap would also address this major issue??

 

Reverse Number Lookup Enhancements (Q3 CY2020)

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/roadmap?featureid=64405

 

It's also listed on the UserVoice Forum marked as 'Try this instead'. Telling us on Feb 2020 to upgrade the phone firmware to the latest version, but that also doesn't address the issue.

 

Display incoming caller Id when callers dial a call queue:

https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/37800577-display-incoming-caller-id-when-callers-dial-a-cal

 

I also have a case open with MS Support (21101861) which I just got the following response:

 

The call transferred from Auto Attendant to the below will not show the caller name of the caller only the telephone number. This is by design behavior
• Operator
• Teams user
• Call queue

 

This has been the #1 complaint about deploying the Teams Phone system and seems like it would be a basic feature of any phone system currently. I know I just missed the AMA last month for Teams but is there anyone on this forum that can help get this on the roadmap or know Alex (Teams Engineering, Microsoft Teams) on UserVoice to perhaps change the 'Try this instead' to something else, somehow I feel like making it that status takes it off the radar of the Teams Development team.

 

Thanks!!

Jason

61 Replies

  • kcallaway's avatar
    kcallaway
    Copper Contributor
    Adding my Plus 1 here. Would love to have this addressed as we just migrated to business voice and after setting up the call queue this is driving me a bit bonkers since I don't have phone numbers memorized.
  • Mary Dixon's avatar
    Mary Dixon
    Copper Contributor
    We would like to see the cnam not just the number passed through as well. This is one of the largest user complaints. No one knows anyone's number anymore. Everywhere else we are using names not numbers.... Why not here? Why?
  • BTsch's avatar
    BTsch
    Copper Contributor

    ITSourcePro  I've almost completely deployed Teams to a client and if callerID reverse lookup functionality doesn't improve, it may be a deal breaker for them. The ability to know who is calling through call queues is critical to their business. Any updates are appreciated.

  • Hello ITSourcePro   I passed your comments along to the Calling program manager and his response was "It's a great feature request, I'll bug it."  Thank you for taking the time to express your thoughts.

    • ITSourcePro's avatar
      ITSourcePro
      Iron Contributor

      This request has been added to the Feedback Portal now that the UserVoice is gone, please up vote this:

      Caller ID name not displaying for incoming calls in call queue - 
      https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/c1b2f234-8e75-ec11-a81b-002248502c99


      -- Thanks, Flavio Carballo and Mark Jorgenson (Auto Attendant), for getting this started!

      • Nicholas Plant's avatar
        Nicholas Plant
        Iron Contributor
        CNAM seems to be working in my call queues now. I am in the UK others in other regions might like to check and report back here whether they are seeing the same results.

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