• A UM dial plan has been created. For detailed steps, see Create a UM Dial Plan.
  
  
• A UM mailbox policy has been created. For detailed steps, see Create a UM Mailbox Policy.
  
  
• The user's mailbox has been UM-enabled. For detailed steps, see Enable a User for Unified Messaging.
  
  

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "UM mailboxes" entry in the Unified Messaging Permissions topic.

1. In the console tree, click Recipient Configuration.
   
   
2. In the result pane, select the user's mailbox that you want to view.
   
   
3. In the action pane, click Properties.
   
   
4. On the Mailbox Features tab, click Unified Messaging, and then click Properties.
   
   
5. On the Unified Messaging Properties page, select or clear the check box next to Allow users to configure call answering rules.
   
   
6. Click OK to accept your changes.
   
   

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "UM mailboxes" entry in the Unified Messaging Permissions topic.

This example disables Call Answering Rules for the user tony@contoso.com.

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Set-UMMailbox -Identity tony@contoso.com -CallAnsweringRulesEnabled $false

For more information about syntax and parameters, see Set-UMMailbox.

After you enable or disable call answering rules for a UM-enabled user, you may also want to:

• Allow or Prevent Call Answering Rules on a UM Dial Plan
  
  
• Enable or Disable Call Answering Rules on a UM Mailbox Policy