Applies to: Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Online
Topic Last Modified: 2013-02-22
After you create a Unified Messaging (UM) auto attendant, you can view or configure a variety of settings. For example, you can add, remove, and edit extension numbers associated with the auto attendant. You can also enable or disable Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) for the auto attendant and change the greetings used for business and non-business hours.
For additional management tasks related to UM auto attendants, see UM Auto Attendant Procedures.
What do you need to know before you begin?
- Estimated time to complete: 5 minutes.
- You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this
procedure or procedures. To see what permissions you need, see the
"UM auto attendants" entry in the Unified Messaging
Permissions topic.
- Before you perform these procedures, confirm that a UM dial
plan has been created. For detailed steps, see Create a UM Dial
Plan.
- Before you perform these procedures, confirm that a UM auto
attendant has been created. For detailed steps, see Create a UM Auto
Attendant.
- For information about keyboard shortcuts that may apply to the
procedures in this topic, see Keyboard Shortcuts in
the Exchange Admin Center.
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What do you want to do?
Use the EAC to view or configure UM auto attendant settings
- In the EAC, navigate to Unified Messaging > UM
dial plans. In the list view, select the UM dial plan you want
to change, and then click Edit .
- On the UM Dial Plan page, under UM Auto
Attendants, select the UM auto attendant you want to view or
configure, and then on the toolbar, click Edit .
- On the UM
Auto Attendant page, click General to view display-only
information about the UM auto attendant and to perform management
tasks on the UM auto attendant, as follows:
- UM dial plan This box displays the UM
dial plan associated with the auto attendant. After you create an
auto attendant, the dial plan associated with the auto attendant
can't be changed. If you need to associate an auto attendant with a
different dial plan, you must delete the dial plan and then
associate the auto attendant with the correct dial plan after you
re-create it.
- Name This box shows the name that was
assigned to the auto attendant when it was created. This is the
name that will appear in the EAC.
- Status This box shows whether the UM
auto attendant is enabled or disabled. To enable or disable the
auto attendant, close the UM Auto Attendant page and use the
toolbar under UM Auto Attendants on the UM Dial Plan
page.
- Access numbers Use this box to enter an
extension number or access number that leads callers to the auto
attendant. By default, no extension or access numbers are
configured when you create an auto attendant.
The number of digits in the extension numbers or access numbers you provide must match the number of digits for an extension number configured on the UM dial plan associated with the UM auto attendant. You can also add a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) address to this box. A SIP address is used by some IP Private Branch eXchanges (PBXs), SIP-enabled PBXs, and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 or Microsoft Lync Server.
You can create a new auto attendant without listing an extension number or access number. To add an extension number, type the number in this box, and then click Add . You can associate more than one number with an auto attendant. You can also edit or remove an existing access number. To edit an existing number, select it and click Edit . To remove an existing extension number from the list, select it and click Remove .
- Set the auto attendant to respond to voice
commands Select this check box to enable
callers to respond verbally to auto attendant prompts to navigate
the menu system. By default, when an auto attendant is created, it
isn't speech-enabled.
If you decide to create the UM auto attendant but not to speech-enable it, you can use the EAC or the Shell to speech-enable it after it is created.
- Use this auto attendant when voice commands don’t work
correctly Click Browse to select the
auto attendant that you want to use in the case that voice commands
don’t work. This is also referred to as a DTMF fallback auto
attendant. A DTMF fallback auto attendant can be used only if the
Set the auto attendant to respond to voice commands voice
commands don’t work correctly option is selected. You must
first create a DTMF fallback auto attendant, and then click
Browse to locate the appropriate DTMF auto attendant.
A DTMF fallback auto attendant is used when the UM speech-enabled auto attendant can't understand or recognize the speech inputs from the caller. If the DTMF auto attendant is used, the caller is required to use DTMF inputs to navigate the menu system, spell a user's name, or use a custom menu prompt. A caller won't be able to use voice commands to navigate this auto attendant.
If you don't configure a DTMF fallback auto attendant, we recommend that you configure an operator extension number on the auto attendant. If you don't configure an operator extension number, when callers use a speech-enabled auto attendant and the system doesn't recognize their voice inputs, they won't be able to navigate the system or be transferred to an operator for help.
Although not required, we recommend that you configure the DTMF fallback auto attendant to have the same configuration as the speech-enabled auto attendant. The DTMF fallback auto attendant shouldn't be speech-enabled.
- Language for automated voice
interface Use this list to select the language
that callers hear when they reach the auto attendant. The default
language is determined when you install Microsoft Exchange. For
on-premises and hybrid deployments, by default, U.S. English is
used because the auto attendant uses the language setting on the UM
dial plan. To have other language options available, you must
install the UM language packs for the languages you want to
include. For more information about how to install a UM language
pack, see Install a UM Language
Pack. For UM in Office 365, it’s not required that you install
any additional UM language packs.
Although you can select a language other than the language selected on the UM dial plan associated with the auto attendant, we recommend that the language settings on the dial plan and the auto attendant match. If language settings don't match, when callers call an extension number defined on the dial plan, they will be presented with prompts in one language, and when they dial an extension number associated with an auto attendant, they will be presented with prompts in a different language.
- Business name Use this box to enter the
name of the business. By default, no business name is entered. If
you enter a business name in this box, a prompt with the business
name will be played to callers instead of the default greeting.
- Business location Use this box to enter
the location of the business. By default, no business location is
entered. If you enter the location of the business in this box, the
business location will be played for callers.
- UM dial plan This box displays the UM
dial plan associated with the auto attendant. After you create an
auto attendant, the dial plan associated with the auto attendant
can't be changed. If you need to associate an auto attendant with a
different dial plan, you must delete the dial plan and then
associate the auto attendant with the correct dial plan after you
re-create it.
- Use
Greetings on the auto attendant to manage recorded
greetings. You can select default greetings or previously recorded
custom greetings for business hours and non-business hours. You can
configure the following:
- Business hours greeting This is the
initial greeting that is played when a caller calls the auto
attendant during your organization's business hours. By default,
business hours are from 12:00 A.M. to 12:00 A.M. and no
non-business hours are set. If you don’t specify a custom greeting,
a system prompt that says, "Welcome to the Exchange auto attendant"
is played for callers. The business and non-business hours are
configured on the auto attendant Business hours.
You may want to customize this greeting to represent your company, for example, "Thank you for calling Woodgrove Bank." You can configure a customized business hours greeting by clicking Change to select a previously recorded custom greeting file. The custom greeting must already have been recorded as a .wav or .wma file.
- Non-business hours greeting This is the
initial greeting played when a caller calls the auto attendant
during your organization's non-business hours. By default, no
non-business hours are configured. Therefore, there is no default
non-business hours greeting. You can configure the business and
non-business hours on the auto attendant Business hours.
You may want to customize this greeting to represent your company, for example, "Thank you for calling Woodgrove Bank but we are now closed." or “You have reached Contoso, Ltd. after business hours. Our business hours are from 8:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M., Monday through Friday." You can configure a customized non-business hours greeting by clicking Change to select a previously recorded custom greeting file. The custom greeting must already have been recorded as a .wav or .wma file.
- Informational announcement When
enabled, this optional recording plays immediately after the
business or non-business hours greeting. An informational
announcement may state the organization's hours of operation, for
example, "Our business hours are 8:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M., Monday
through Friday and 8:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. on Saturday." An
informational announcement can also provide information required
for compliance with company policy, for example, "Calls may be
monitored for training purposes." If it's important that callers
hear the whole informational announcement, it can be marked as
uninterruptible, requiring the caller to listen to the whole
announcement.
By default, there's no informational announcement configured on UM dial plans or auto attendants. If you enable an informational announcement and use a custom audio file specific to your organization, the Allow announcement to be interrupted option will be made available. The recordings must already have been recorded as .wav or .wma files. Click Change to locate a custom informational announcement file previously recorded.
Allow announcement to be interrupted Select this check box to enable the caller to interrupt the informational announcement. This should be enabled if you have long informational announcements. Callers may become frustrated if the informational announcement is long and they can't interrupt it to access the options provided by the auto attendant.
- Business hours greeting This is the
initial greeting that is played when a caller calls the auto
attendant during your organization's business hours. By default,
business hours are from 12:00 A.M. to 12:00 A.M. and no
non-business hours are set. If you don’t specify a custom greeting,
a system prompt that says, "Welcome to the Exchange auto attendant"
is played for callers. The business and non-business hours are
configured on the auto attendant Business hours.
- Use Business hours to determine the organization's open
business hours. During business hours, callers hear the default
business hours greeting or a customized greeting, and the business
hours main menu prompt if the appropriate business hours key
mappings are configured on Menu navigation. You can
configure the following:
- Time zone Use this list to select your
time zone. Consider whether the dial plan associated with the auto
attendant covers more than one time zone when you set your
schedule.
For on-premises and hybrid deployments, by default, the time zone is configured using the local server's system time when the Mailbox server that is running the Microsoft Exchange Unified Messaging service was installed.
- Business hours Click Configure
business hours, and then, on the Configure Business
Hours page, use the grid to configure your organization’s
business hours.
- Holiday schedule Use this to define
days, from 00:00 through 23:59 (12:00 A.M. through
11:59 P.M.), on which your organization will be closed for a
holiday. Callers who reach the auto attendant during the times that
you specify on the New holiday page hear a custom holiday
greeting audio file that you define. When you configure the holiday
schedule, you must define the holiday name, the audio file for the
recorded holiday greeting, and the Start date and End
date. The greetings must already have been recorded as .wav or
.wma files.
- Time zone Use this list to select your
time zone. Consider whether the dial plan associated with the auto
attendant covers more than one time zone when you set your
schedule.
- Use Menu navigation to specify the menu options that are
offered to callers during business and non-business hours. If you
want to enable menu navigation, you must do it separately for
business and non-business hours. For example, if you want to enable
business hours navigation, you must add a menu prompt custom audio
recording, select the Enable business hours menu navigation
check box, click Add , and then set the options on the New menu navigation
entry page.
- Business hours menu navigation This is
the list of options that callers hear during the business hours
that are defined on the Business hours page. For example,
"For technical support, press or say 1. For corporate offices and
administration, press or say 2. For sales, press or say 3."
To enable business hours menu navigation, you must perform the following steps:
- Menu prompt Use this to specify a
custom menu prompt audio file. To use a custom or previously
recorded business hours menu prompt, click Change, and then
click Browse to locate the menu prompt recording.
- Enable business hours menu
navigation Select this check box to enable
options for menu navigation that will be used during business
hours. When you enable business hours menu navigation, you can add
new menu navigation entries for business hours.
- Click Add
to create a new menu navigation entry. On the New menu
navigation entry page, use the following options to create a
new menu navigation entry:
- Prompt Use this box to type the name of
the new navigation menu. The navigation menu name is used for
display purposes only. This is a required field.
Because you may want to specify multiple new navigation menus, we recommend that you use meaningful names for your key mappings. The maximum length of the name for the key mapping is 64 characters, and it can include spaces. However, it can't include any of the following characters: " / \ [ ] : ; | = , + * ? < >.
- When this key is pressed Use this list
to enable key mapping. The key mapping is the number key that a
caller presses to have the auto attendant perform a specific
operation, for example, forwarding the caller to another auto
attendant or to an operator. By default, no entries are
defined.
Use the drop down list to select the numeric key (from 1 through 9) that the caller must press. Zero (0) is reserved for the auto attendant operator.
If you select Time Out from the drop down list, it enables callers to be transferred to an extension number or to another auto attendant if they don't press a key on the telephone keypad. For example, "Please stay on the line and your call will be answered by the next available representative." The default setting is 5 seconds. If you enable this option, a blank key mapping will be created.
- Play the following audio file Use this
option to select a previously recorded audio file for callers.
Click Change, and then click Browse to locate the
audio file. If you leave the audio file as the default
<None>, the Unified Messaging TTS (Text to Speech) engine
will synthesize a business hours main menu prompt. Alternatively,
you can create a customized audio file that can be used for the
business hours main menu prompt for a speech-enabled auto
attendant. For example, it might say, "To leave a voice message for
sales, say 1. To leave a voice message for technical support, say
2. To leave a voice message for administration, say 3."
- Perform this additional action Select
one of the following options to define the action that you want the
auto attendant to perform for the caller:
- None If you don’t want the auto
attendant to transfer the call to an extension or to another auto
attendant, or leave a message for a user, use this option.
- Transfer to this extension Select this
option to enable calls to be transferred to an extension number. If
you enable this option, use the box to type the extension where the
call will be transferred. This field allows only numeric
characters. It can't include any of the following characters: " / \
[ ] : ; | = , + * ? < >.
- Transfer to this UM auto
attendant Select this option to transfer the
call to an auto attendant. Click Browse to locate the auto
attendant that you want to use. Before you enable this option, you
must first create and configure the auto attendant. This option is
used when you create a parent/child structure of UM auto
attendants.
- Leave a voice message for this
user Select this option to enable a caller to
leave a voice mail message for a user that's on the same dial plan
as the UM auto attendant that you're configuring. When a caller
chooses this option from an auto attendant menu, they'll be
prompted to leave a voice message for the user that was selected.
Click Browse to locate the UM-enabled user.
- Announce business location Select this
option to enable a caller to choose an auto attendant menu option
and hear the location of the business that's configured on the UM
auto attendant. To enable this to work correctly, you must first
enter the business location in the Business location box on
the General page on the UM auto attendant.
- Announce business hours Select this
option to enable a caller to choose an auto attendant menu option
and hear the hours of operation for the business that's configured
on the UM auto attendant. To enable this to work correctly, you
must first configure the business hours on the Business
hours page on the UM auto attendant.
- None If you don’t want the auto
attendant to transfer the call to an extension or to another auto
attendant, or leave a message for a user, use this option.
- Prompt Use this box to type the name of
the new navigation menu. The navigation menu name is used for
display purposes only. This is a required field.
- Menu prompt Use this to specify a
custom menu prompt audio file. To use a custom or previously
recorded business hours menu prompt, click Change, and then
click Browse to locate the menu prompt recording.
- Non-Business hours menu navigation This
is the list of options callers hear during the non-business hours
that are defined on the Business hours page. For example,
"Your call is very important to us. However, you have reached
Woodgrove Bank after normal business hours. If you want to leave a
message, please press or say 1 and we will return your call as soon
as possible."
To enable non-business hours menu navigation, you must perform the following steps:
- Menu prompt Use this to specify a custom menu prompt
audio file. To use a custom or previously recorded non-business
hours menu prompt, click Browse.
- Enable non-business hours menu
navigation Select this check box to enable
options for menu navigation that will be used during non-business
hours. When you enable non-business hours menu navigation, you can
add new menu navigation entries for non-business hours.
- Click Add
to create a new menu navigation entry. On the New menu
navigation entry page, use the following options to create a
new menu navigation entry:
- Prompt Use this box to type the name of
the new navigation menu. The navigation menu name is used for
display purposes only. This is a required field.
Because you may want to specify multiple new navigation menus, we recommend that you use meaningful names for your key mappings. The maximum length of the name for the key mapping is 64 characters, and it can include spaces. However, it can't include any of the following characters: " / \ [ ] : ; | = , + * ? < >.
- When this key is pressed Use this list
to enable key mapping. The key mapping is the number key that a
caller presses to have the auto attendant perform a specific
operation, for example, forwarding the caller to another auto
attendant or to an operator. By default, no entries are
defined.
Use the drop down list to select the numeric key (from 1 through 9) that the caller must press. Zero (0) is reserved for the auto attendant operator.
If you select Time Out from the drop down list, it enables callers to be transferred to an extension number or to another auto attendant if they don't press a key on the telephone keypad. For example, "Please stay on the line and your call will be answered by the next available representative." The default setting is 5 seconds. If you enable this option, a blank key mapping will be created.
- Play the following audio file Use this
option to select a previously recorded audio file for callers.
Click Change, and then click Browse to locate the
audio file. If you leave the audio file as the default
<None>, the Unified Messaging TTS (Text to Speech) engine
will synthesize a non-business hours main menu prompt.
Alternatively, you can create a customized audio file that can be
used for the non-business hours main menu prompt for a
speech-enabled auto attendant that would say, for example, "You
have reached Contoso during non-business hours. To leave a voice
message for sales, say 1. To leave a voice message for technical
support, say 2. To leave a voice message for administration, say 3.
To reach an after hours operator, press zero."
- Perform this additional action Select
one of the following options to define the action that you want the
auto attendant to perform for the caller:
- None If you don’t want the auto
attendant to transfer the call to an extension or to another auto
attendant, or leave a message for a user, use this option.
- Transfer to this extension Select this
option to enable calls to be transferred to an extension number. If
you enable this option, use the box to type the extension number
where the call will be transferred. This field allows only numeric
characters. It can't include any of the following characters: " / \
[ ] : ; | = , + * ? < >.
- Transfer to this UM auto
attendant Select this option to transfer the
call to an existing auto attendant. Click Browse to locate
the auto attendant that you want to use. Before you enable this
option, you must first create and configure the auto attendant.
This option is used when you create a parent/child structure of UM
auto attendants.
- Leave a voice message for this
user Select this option to enable a caller to
leave a voice mail message for a user that's on the same dial plan
as the UM auto attendant that you're configuring. When a caller
chooses this option from an auto attendant menu, they'll be
prompted to leave a voice message for the user that was selected.
Click Browse to locate the UM-enabled user.
- Announce business location Select this
option to enable a caller to choose an auto attendant menu option
and hear the location of the business that's configured on the UM
auto attendant. To enable this to work correctly, you must first
enter the business location in the Business location box on
the General page on the UM auto attendant.
- Announce business hours Select this
option to enable a caller to choose an auto attendant menu option
and hear the hours of operation for the business that's configured
on the UM auto attendant. To enable this to work correctly, you
must first configure the business hours on the Business
hours page on the UM auto attendant.
- None If you don’t want the auto
attendant to transfer the call to an extension or to another auto
attendant, or leave a message for a user, use this option.
- Prompt Use this box to type the name of
the new navigation menu. The navigation menu name is used for
display purposes only. This is a required field.
- Menu prompt Use this to specify a custom menu prompt
audio file. To use a custom or previously recorded non-business
hours menu prompt, click Browse.
- Business hours menu navigation This is
the list of options that callers hear during the business hours
that are defined on the Business hours page. For example,
"For technical support, press or say 1. For corporate offices and
administration, press or say 2. For sales, press or say 3."
- Use Address book and operator access to define the
features available to callers who dial in to the UM auto attendant.
You can configure auto attendant features such as the language used
when callers call in to the auto attendant and the ability for
callers to transfer to an operator's extension number. You can
configure the following:
- Options for contacting users Use these
options to determine how callers can contact users with voice mail
when they call into a UM auto attendant
- Allow callers to dial users Select this
check box to enable callers to transfer calls to users. By default,
this option is enabled, and lets users who are associated with the
dial plan transfer calls to users in the same UM dial plan. After
you select this check box, you can set the group of users to whom
callers can transfer by selecting the appropriate option under the
Options for searching the address book section on this
page.
If you disable this option and disable the Allow callers to leave voice messages for users option, the options under Options for searching the address book are also disabled.
- Allow callers to leave voice messages for
users Select this check box to enable callers
to send voice messages to users. By default, this option is
enabled, and lets users who are associated with the dial plan send
voice messages to users in the same UM dial plan. After you select
this check box, you can set the group of users to whom callers can
send voice messages by selecting the appropriate option under the
Options for searching the address book section on this
page.
If you disable this option and disable the Allow callers to dial users option, the options under Options for searching the address book are also disabled.
If you disable this option, the auto attendant won't invite callers to send a voice message during a system prompt.
- Allow callers to dial users Select this
check box to enable callers to transfer calls to users. By default,
this option is enabled, and lets users who are associated with the
dial plan transfer calls to users in the same UM dial plan. After
you select this check box, you can set the group of users to whom
callers can transfer by selecting the appropriate option under the
Options for searching the address book section on this
page.
- Options for searching the address
book Use these options to determine a grouping
of users. By default, Allow callers to search for user by name
or alias is selected, along with the In this dial plan
only option. However, you can change the grouping of users to
allow callers to transfer calls or send voice messages to users who
are located in the global address list (GAL) for an organization.
You can choose from the following:
- Allow callers to search for users by name or
alias By default, this option is selected. It
allows callers that call into this auto attendant to do a directory
search for users by name or by their alias. An alias is assigned to
a user when a mailbox is created for them. The alias is the first
part of an SMTP address, for example, tonysmith@contoso.com. The
SMTP address is tonysmith@contoso.com, while the alias is
tonysmith. Choosing this option only affects callers that use this
auto attendant and not those who use Outlook Voice Access.
- In this dial plan only Select this
option to allow callers who connect to the UM auto attendant to
locate and contact users who are in the same dial plan that is
associated with this UM auto attendant. By default, this option is
enabled on the dial plan and on the auto attendant. This means that
both Outlook Voice Access users and callers into the auto attendant
are able to search for users within the same dial plan.
- In the entire organization Select this
option to allow callers who call into this UM auto attendant to
search for and contact anyone listed in the GAL for the
organization. This includes not only UM-enabled users but all users
who are mailbox-enabled. This option allows callers to contact
users in multiple dial plans. It isn’t enabled by default. This
setting is also available on a dial plan for Outlook Voice Access
users.
- In this dial plan only Select this
option to allow callers who connect to the UM auto attendant to
locate and contact users who are in the same dial plan that is
associated with this UM auto attendant. By default, this option is
enabled on the dial plan and on the auto attendant. This means that
both Outlook Voice Access users and callers into the auto attendant
are able to search for users within the same dial plan.
- Information to include for similar
names Use this drop-down list to select the
option used for the UM auto attendant when users have the same or
similar names. This setting is used when two or more users who have
the same name exist in the directory. This is also called a matched
name or disambiguation field. You can configure this setting, or
you can leave the default setting on the auto attendant. By
default, the auto attendant will inherit this setting from the
setting on the dial plan that is linked to the auto attendant. The
following is an example of a speech-enabled auto attendant:
- System: “Welcome to Contoso. If you know the name of the person
you are calling, please tell me their name at any time.”
- Caller says “Tony Smith.”
- There are multiple people with this name. Please select from
one of the options: For Tony Smith, research, press 1. For Tony
Smith, administration, press 2. For Tony Smith, technical support,
press 3.”
- Caller presses the appropriate key on the key pad and the call
is transferred to the user.
Note: On a non-speech-enabled auto attendant, the system will tell the caller to use the key pad to input the user’s name (last name first) and then search for the user. If there are multiple people in the directory with the same name, the caller is instructed to press the appropriate key to be transferred to the user. You could optionally create a DTMF fallback auto attendant that uses only the key pad to enter a name or alias.
- Inherit From dial plan Select this
option to have the auto attendant use the default setting from the
dial plan associated with the auto attendant.
- Title Select this option to have the
auto attendant include each user's title when listing matches.
- Department Select this option to have
the auto attendant include each user's department when listing
matches.
- Location Select this option to have the
auto attendant include each user's location when listing
matches.
- None Select this option to have no
additional information given when listing matches.
- Prompt for alias Select this option to
have the auto attendant prompt the caller for the user's alias.
- System: “Welcome to Contoso. If you know the name of the person
you are calling, please tell me their name at any time.”
- Allow callers to search for users by name or
alias By default, this option is selected. It
allows callers that call into this auto attendant to do a directory
search for users by name or by their alias. An alias is assigned to
a user when a mailbox is created for them. The alias is the first
part of an SMTP address, for example, tonysmith@contoso.com. The
SMTP address is tonysmith@contoso.com, while the alias is
tonysmith. Choosing this option only affects callers that use this
auto attendant and not those who use Outlook Voice Access.
- Options for contacting users Use these
options to determine how callers can contact users with voice mail
when they call into a UM auto attendant
- Under Operator access, you can specify auto attendant
operator settings including the following:
- Operator extension Use this box to type
the extension number used to call an operator. This extension
number can connect the caller to a human operator or a UM-enabled
mailbox, or can be configured to call an external telephone number.
By default, an operator extension isn't included in this box.
- Allow transfer to operator during business
hours Select this check box to enable callers
to be transferred to a human operator during business hours by
using the extension number that you configure in the Operator
extension box. By default, this option is disabled.
It's useful to enable this option so that when a caller is unsuccessful at using the menu prompts or directory search to locate the required person during business hours, the caller can leave a voice message or connect to a human operator. After you enable this option, you can configure the operator extension number on a UM-enabled mailbox that's monitored. The caller can leave a voice message, or a human operator who has the extension number can help the caller.
- Allow transfer to operator during non-business
hours Select this check box to enable callers
to be transferred to a human operator after business hours by using
the extension number that you configure in the Operator
extension box. By default, this option is disabled.
It's useful to enable this option so that when a caller is unsuccessful at using the menu prompts or directory search to locate the required person after business hours, the caller can leave a voice message or connect to a human operator. After you enable this option, you can configure the operator extension number configured on a UM-enabled mailbox that's monitored. The caller can leave a voice message, or a human operator who has the extension number can help the caller.
- Operator extension Use this box to type
the extension number used to call an operator. This extension
number can connect the caller to a human operator or a UM-enabled
mailbox, or can be configured to call an external telephone number.
By default, an operator extension isn't included in this box.
- Use Dialing
authorization to configure dialing rules for callers who call
in to a UM auto attendant. You can use these settings to control
the extension numbers that can be reached from an auto attendant or
control the telephone numbers that can be dialed by callers that
have dialed into the auto attendant. You can configure the
following:
- Calls in the same UM dial plan Select
this check box to allow users who call in to an auto attendant to
place or transfer calls to an extension number associated with a
UM-enabled user who is associated with the same dial plan as the
auto attendant. By default, this setting is enabled.
When you disable this setting, users who call in to an auto attendant can place or transfer calls to users who aren't UM-enabled or to other extension numbers not associated with a UM-enabled user. Users can't transfer calls to UM-enabled users who are associated with the same dial plan as the auto attendant. This is because the Allow calls to any extension setting is enabled by default.
- Allow calls to any extension When this
setting is disabled, users who call in to an auto attendant can't
place calls to users who aren't UM-enabled or to other extension
numbers not associated with a UM-enabled user. However, they can
place calls or transfer calls to extension numbers associated with
UM-enabled users. This is because the Calls in the same UM dial
plan setting is enabled by default. The Allow calls to any
extension setting is enabled by default.
When this setting is enabled, users who call in to an auto attendant can place calls to users who aren't UM-enabled, to other extension numbers not associated with a UM-enabled user, and to UM-enabled users. This is because the Calls within the same UM dial plan setting is enabled by default.
You can enable this setting in an environment where not all users have been UM-enabled. This setting is also useful when you want to allow users who call in to a telephone number configured on an auto attendant to call extension numbers not associated with a UM-enabled user.
- Authorized in-country/region dialing rule
groups Use this section to add or remove
allowed in-country/region dialing rule groups. By default, there
are no in-country/region dialing rule groups configured on UM auto
attendants.
In-country/region dialing rule groups are used to allow or restrict the telephone numbers within a country or region that any user who has dialed in to the UM auto attendant can dial. This helps prevent unnecessary or unauthorized telephone calls and charges.
To add in-country/region dialing rule groups, you must first create the appropriate in-country/region dialing rule groups on the dial plan associated with the UM auto attendant, and then add the appropriate dialing rule group.
In-country/region dialing rule groups can be used by Unified Messaging to allow or restrict access to telephone numbers within a country or region. This is applied to any user who has called in to an auto attendant. For more information about outdialing, see Allow Users to Make Calls.
- Authorized international dialing rule groups
Use this section to add or remove allowed
international dialing rule groups. By default, there are no
international dialing rule groups configured on UM auto
attendants.
International dialing rule groups are used to allow or restrict the telephone numbers outside a country or region that any user who has dialed in to the UM auto attendant can dial. This helps prevent unnecessary or unauthorized telephone calls and charges.
To add international dialing rule groups, you must first create the appropriate international dialing rule groups on the dial plan associated with the UM auto attendant. After you create the required dialing rule groups on the dial plan, you must then add the dialing rule groups to the list of authorized dialing rule groups on the UM auto attendant.
International dialing rule groups can be used by Unified Messaging to allow or restrict access to telephone numbers outside a country or region. This is applied to any user who has called in to an auto attendant. For more information about outdialing, see Allow Users to Make Calls.
- Calls in the same UM dial plan Select
this check box to allow users who call in to an auto attendant to
place or transfer calls to an extension number associated with a
UM-enabled user who is associated with the same dial plan as the
auto attendant. By default, this setting is enabled.
- Click OK to create the new menu navigation.
- On the UM Auto Attendant page, click Save to save
your changes.
Use the Shell to configure UM auto attendant properties
This example configures a UM auto attendant named
MySpeechEnabledAA
to fall back to the
MyDTMFAA
auto attendant, sets the operator’s extension
to 50100, and enables transfers to this extension number after
business hours.
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Set-UMAutoAttendant -Identity MySpeechEnabledAA -DTMFFallbackAutoAttendant MyDTMFAA -OperatorExtension 50100 -AfterHoursTransferToOperatorEnabled $true |
This example configures a UM auto attendant named
MyUMAutoAttendant
that has: Business hours configured
as 10:45 to 13:15 (10:45 A.M. to 1:15 P.M.) on Sunday,
09:00 to 17:00 (9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.) on Monday, and
09:00 to 16:30 (9:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.) on Saturday;
holiday times and their associated greetings configured as "New
Year" on January 2, 2013; and "Building Closed for Construction"
configured from April 24 through April 28, 2013.
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Set-UMAutoAttendant -Identity MyUMAutoAttendant -BusinessHoursSchedule 0.10:45-0.13:15,1.09:00-1.17:00,6.09:00-6.16:30 -HolidaySchedule "New Year,newyrgrt.wav,1/2/2013","Building Closed for Construction,construction.wav,4/24/2013,4/28/2013" |
Use the Shell to view UM auto attendant properties
This example returns a formatted list of all UM auto attendants.
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Get-UMAutoAttendant | Format-List |
This example displays the properties of a UM auto attendant named MyUMAutoAttendant.
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Get-UMAutoAttendant -Identity MyUMAutoAttendant |