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Text message to MS Voice number in Teams
In our company we use MS Voice system and love the integration with Teams. But, a vendor tried to Text me a message and of course he grabs my business card and texts the number on the card, which is ...
Hey MarcBailey I think Microsoft is finally around the corner with this. I've been told they are aiming for EOY 2023 although their https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=SMS still says nothing about it.
In the meantime, there are a couple of options
- Use a Direct Routing provider that can provide SMS (ex. Screenshot from yakchat:)
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/operator-connect-mobile-plan- allowing employees to use the same cell # in teams and for their mobile/sms
We have been using Yakchat for 6 months and it works, however we luckily had 2 extra dormant numbers that we were able to use.
We are definitely looking forward to the day we can use the SMS and calling on the same number.
We are definitely looking forward to the day we can use the SMS and calling on the same number.