Manage calling features for users

The first four steps are the same for all calling features:

Turn Call Waiting on or off

To allow users be on one call and receive another call, this feature needs to be turned on.

  1. Click the Calling Permissions tab.

    The Outbound Calling tab opens.
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  1. Click the Call Waiting tab.
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  1. To turn on Call Waiting, select the Allow checkbox.

    To turn off Call Waiting, deselect the Allow checkbox.
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  1. Click Save.

Turn Call Forwarding on or off

You can choose when calls are forwarded: always, when the line is busy, or when the line is not answered. You can also turn the Business Continuity feature on to forward calls to a number should the user's phone not be connected to the network due to a power outage, storm, or network issue. By default, calls are forwarded to a user's voicemail when they are on a call or when they don't answer the phone. Call Forwarding is turned on by default; you only need to turn it on if you have turned it off.

  1. Click the Call Forwarding tab.
  1. If Call Forwarding has been turned off, change the toggle to "on" and follow the steps below.

    To turn the feature off, change the toggle to "off." 
  1. Do any of the following:

    • To always have call forwarding on, select the Always checkbox, in the Set number field, search for an internal number or type an external number.

    • To have call forwarding on when a user is on the phone, select the When busy checkbox, in the Set number field, search for an internal number or type an external number.

    • To have call forwarding on when a user is unavailable, select the When no answer checkbox, in the Set number field, search for an internal number or type an external number.
  1. From the Numbers of rings before forwarding list, select the number of rings before the call is forwarded.

  2. Select the Use ring reminder checkbox if you want the user to be reminded that call forwarding is turned on.

  3. Change the Business Continuity to "on", then click the Set number field to search for an internal number, or type an external number, or select the Send to voicemail checkbox.

  4. Click Save.

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