Setting Up a Custom Voicemail in Teams

How To:

  • Set up Voicemail for Teams

Applies To:

  • Staff & Faculty

Steps:

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On the Teams Desktop Application:

1) From the Teams application, click the three horizontal dots next to your profile icon in the top right

Image of the three horizontal dots next to the profile icon in the top right hand side of the applciation


2) Click "Settings" 

Image of the "Settings" option after clicking the three dots


3) From the options presented, select "Calls"

Red circle around the "Call" option from the settings page


4) Scroll down to the "Manage voicemail" section, and click "Record a greeting"

Image of the "Record a greeting" button underneath "Manage voicemail"


5) A number pad will be brought up on the next screen, the options are as follows: "to play and record your personal greeting press 1, to play and record your greeting for while you are away press 2, to exit press the * (star) key"

Image of the Number pad that is brought up after clicking "Record a greeting"


6) You will then be prompted to press 1 on the number pad when you are ready to record your meeting. You will then record your message after the tone. After you have recorded your message, you will be prompted to press 1 to accept your voicemail, press 2 to rerecord your voicemail, or to press 3 and delete the recording and use the default voicemail greeting.


On the Teams Mobile App:

1) Click on the profile Icon in the top left had side of Teams

Photo of the Teams app


2) Click on the "Settings" tab that appears on the screen that pops up

Image of the icons that show up after clicking on your profile icon


3) Select the "Calling" tab on the setting screenSettings screen with a red cirlce around the "Calling" option


4) Click "Change Voice mail Greeting". You will then be walked through how to set up what you would like your voice mail to sound like

Calling settinsg with a red circle around change voicemail greetings


5) You will then be brought to a call where it will walk you through the setup process. The setup from this point is the same as performing this on a computer. 

Image of the call that you are put into for setting up the voicemail


On the Teams Physical Phone:

1) On the Physical phone you will click the profile icon in the top left

Default screen on the Teams phone


2) Then click the "Settings" option

Image of options brought up after clicking the profile icon


3) Then select "Calling"

Settings page with a red circle around the "Calling" options


4) Finally, click "Change voice mail greetings"

Image of the "Calling" options with a red circle around "Change voicemail greetings"


5) You will then be brought into a call where you are walked through the voice mail setup process

Imaged of the call you are brough to when setting up voicemail